April 1963, and the letters page of En Route – which you can find here – was concerned with the caravanning clergy. HDL Thomas of Ipswich asked, ‘When caravanners cross the Channel, do they find Anglican chaplains in all the wrong places?’ No, it’s not what you think…
Instead, Mr/Mrs/Miss Thomas was looking for the chance to continue taking spiritual enlightenment while on holiday, particularly in those heathen foreign climes. ‘What suggestions would [readers] offer so that clergy who are going on holiday (who are potential holiday chaplains) can be of most use to churchgoing caravanners?’
No peace for the parsons was there…
