Superb morning at St James’, Riding Mill. Celebration Eucharist, bench blessing, delicious parish lunch! Local church offering welcome and hospitality in abundance 🍰🙏🤩🎉

June 20th is known in our household as ‘Katy Perry day’ commemorating the day Myles randomly met KP in Harris Manchester chapel, Oxford) in 2018 and played the organ for her (settle down folks, PIPE organ) 😂🎶

Sadly it was not to be. I got 5 miles north of Byrness and was pulled off the course (along with 7 others) as our timings weren’t on target. Gutted but honestly I had the most amazing adventure and have the most enormous respect for the Spine family. What an adventure and what a privilege 🙏💕

@spinerace.bsky.social kit check ready for the morning. #1027 on the tracker 👀🙏 let’s go!!

Lovely afternoon in Northumberland blessing the new flood prevention project and accessible access at Edlingham parish church. Spoke about prayer and pilgrimage and of course, I mentioned @spinerace.bsky.social 🙏🏃‍♀️⛰️

Of course they score the exact second I go to the kitchen to get ice cream. #HAISCO #FIFAWorldCup

The best thing about the first Spine race daily update video is that THEY’VE GOT THE SPINEY MUSIC IN IT BIG TIME!!!! @drlygo.bsky.social 🤩🎶 @spinerace.bsky.social 💕

Baptisms, confirmations and reception into the C of E today in our Cathedral. A happy morning! 💫🙏😘🎉🎶

Brilliant day walking from Craster to Warkworth on our diocesan St Aidan’s Way pilgrim route. More time on feet with my Spine kit! 🙏🌊🎶👍

Another Pennine Way adventure today, re-checking the high route back into Kirk Yetholm 🙏🏃‍♀️🎶💫⛰️

Back on the Pennine Way today, recce-ing Bellingham to Byrness. Weather totally different to last Monday 👌🙏🏃‍♀️

A particularly fine (made by Joyce) 3-layered cake for Trinity Sunday at Berwick Parish church, celebrating this day and their patronal 🎶🙏💫🎂🎉 Also Joyce’s vol-au-vents were 👌

Another trip around the sun completed. Here’s to my 54th (eek). In Sunderland today, the city where I grew up. At the National Glass Centre 😊🙏😎🥂

Lovely day filming for a couple of Songs of Praise episodes on mountains and trees! To be broadcast on BBC One early August 🙏🎶⛰️🌳

Epic day on the Pennine Way doing a recce for part of the the Summer Spine Sprint North. Breeze was lovely but ooof it was hot carrying that full Spine pack 🥵😎😆🎉

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Grand day at the County Show 😎☀️🐄🐑🚜🙏

A joyful service of baptism and confirmation at St Thomas’ in Newcastle city centre this evening (not far from SJP and we could hear the roars 🖤🤍🖤🤍⚽️) ☺️🙏

prayers with colleagues from NCL diocese and the cloud of witnesses at Gaberone Cathedral tomorrow for the ordination of 14 deacons as priests in God’s church. These are the first Anglican women to be ordained in Botswana, so if you’re the praying sort do pray for them 🙏🏻 ⚓️

On duty in the House of Lords today. King’s Speech debate gets underway on today’s theme of economic growth, trade and EU partnership. I’ll be speaking in the debate.

State Opening of Parliament this morning! 👑✨🙏

News just received from the Toon: internet up and running again in Bishop’s House…probable mouse cable nibbling 🤨

Sparkles on (yes it’s early 😆) for BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show Pause for Thought #eurovision 🪩😎

Caught up with the latest Banksy art installation in London today. Seems strangely prophetic.

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Wonderful afternoon at a Buckingham Palace garden party. Took my lovely friend Victoria, we were undergrads together (last century 😆) 👑💞

Welcome Tristan, the new priest for St Peter’s and St Luke’s, Wallsend. A happy and joyful evening 🎉🙏🎶

By Loch Lomond. Beautiful! Grateful for a little time to rest 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

In Dunblane for a couple of nights. Love it here. The water, the hills, the air. Taking my cousin’s funeral tomorrow. Dearly missed. She lived life to its full ❤️🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We had a terrific evensong service today in Newcastle Cathedral, commissioning our new Parish Safeguarding Officers. So grateful for them and for our diocesan safeguarding team 🙏

Well done @newcastleunited.com!

Medal Monday! My London marathon medal from Sunday. Wow what a day! Huge thanks to all who donated to the British Heart Foundation ❤️🏃‍♀️💫🎉🙏

I’ve been spending my morning tracking @helenannhartley.bsky.social running the London Marathon. Huge congratulations on her finish!

Lovely message from one of our clergy in Newcastle: ‘A 102year old woman from our congregation this morning was very excited to tell me her Bishop was running the London marathon and declared “she must be very fit” 💕

London marathon done! Wow that was tough but the most amazing experience! Time for chips 🍟😆🏃‍♀️🙏💫

London marathon let’s goooooooo! 💫🏃‍♀️🫶

On this Earth Day 2026 a shout-out to the brilliant @thegreenrunners.bsky.social. I’m glad to be part of this community, holding myself to account for treading lightly on our precious planet 🌎🏃‍♀️🙏

3 years ago today I knocked on the Cathedral door in Newcastle before my ‘plugging in’ as bishop. Giving thanks today for three full years and esp to family and friends for their love, support and encouragement (I couldn’t do it without them) 🫶💒🎶💕

Really sorry to hear that. Good luck on Sunday. BHF is a great cause. We will be on the streets supporting my daughter running her first marathon in memory of a dear colleague. www.justgiving.com/page/lisa-ma...

I’m running the London Marathon on Sunday. I was so kindly given a place but have decided to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation in memory of my dear cousin Anne who has just very sadly died. www.justgiving.com/page/helen-a...

A terrific morning at St Mark’s, Shiremoor celebrating baptisms, confirmations, reception into the C of E and first Holy Communion! 🎶🌟💒

I can’t even. 🤦‍♂️ #NEWBOU

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Oh good, it's Saturday, and Newcastle United are playing football again. That won't be stressful or traumatic...#NUFC

Island kids in Fiji can’t get to school because boat fuel prices have skyrocketed. They have a message for world leaders.

The piano is being tuned in Bishop’s House. The cat is NOT happy 😬😾😻

I was greatly saddened to learn of the tragic death of ultra runner David Parrish on the Cape Wrath trail. A few years ago I was asked to dedicate a memorial bench for a member of my running club who died in tragic circumstances. Here it is below. For all faiths and none 🙏🫶⬇️

The pope should create an online thread today that simply quotes the Sermon on the Mount. It’ll be like that time when NPR tweeted the Declaration of Independence, and a certain segment of the American population mistakenly thought it was a litany of criticism being directed at the Oval Office.