Hi friends,
After almost one week in Bonny Scotland I'm still very glad to be back for a few months though I keep thinking I'm at the North Pole. Cameroon is almost on the Equator and pretty hot. Fortunately for me, the Bamenda highlands, 9,000 ft, are relatively cool. Our monastery, 20 km from Bamenda Town, (it is almost a city), is 4,200 ft above sea level. This is about the same as the top of Ben Nevis. This can be seen from Nunraw Abbey, Haddington, my brother, Donald's monastery where I am staying. I pray the weather will soon allow me a glimpse of the top of the British Isles.
We do not have regular leave but I come home from time to time for special reasons, work on liturgical books, family reunion and health etc., all through the generosity of Nunraw Abbey.
I was born in Glasgow of Irish parents. We holidayed in Donegal every year until the family grew too large. When I was 2 years old we were at the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, 1932, (I'm not giving away my age), so I heard John McCormack sing Ave Verum and have been in love with music every since. Ireland is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of this Congress at the moment.
This is my first attempt at blogging so look out for more to come.
Your fellow blogger
William Brendan Nivard McGlynn
wbn for short
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