P6 Doncaster Elmfield Park Christ Church Minster 1h15m 3 miles

Doncaster's Mansion House has dominated the High Street for over two hundred and fifty years. The Grade 1 listed Mansion House was built between 1745-9. It is one of only four surviving civic Mansion Houses in the country.

Doncaster Mansion House was designed as a place for corporate entertaining and, although there were several rooms to provide living accommodation, the house was never intended as a residence for the mayor, although a few mayors made use of the rooms for this purpose.

Doncaster Mansion House https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwyDJlJ5XIY&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=dovecott

Connections through music binds us together. This clip includes a piece by Nemone, who is a 6Music DJ and Integrative Psychotherapist. After the clip we invite you to reflect on how music connects you to others.

If appropriate, ask a little deeper, what does this tell you about a person's values and beliefs?

It might be out of season or locked up or even closed down permanently and left for nature to reclaim... but there might just be the possibility of claiming a round of crazy golf!

If the crazy golf isn't an option, how about some crown green bowling?

A-Z of Sport - CROWN GREEN BOWLING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnu17T1T3iw&ab_channel=ManchesterEveningNews

Listen to the poem and then as you continue through the wood, TAKE NOTICE how you are at this moment among these trees.

Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

I am so distant from the hope of myself, in which I have goodness, and discernment, and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often.

Around me the trees stir in their leaves and call out, “Stay awhile.” The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say, “and you too have come into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled with light, and to shine.”

As you continue your walk, spend a few minutes listening to the clip about the benefits and spectrum of gratitude. Then consider what you are grateful for, what the source of these things is and how you might cultivate gratitude in yourself and in others.

Perhaps take a moment in the grounds of Christ Church where the Trussell Trust Food Bank is based and appreciate the serenity of the place.

Robert Emmons: The Power of Gratitude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLjVOvZufNM&ab_channel=GreaterGoodScienceCenter

As you take in Thomas Heywood performing the Hungarian Dance No 5 by Johannes Brahms on the organ in Doncaster Minster, NOTICE what comes up for you, how you respond to the music and the setting. Notice not just what goes on in your head but in the rest of your body too.

Playing the organ is incredibly demanding and is often considered one of the hardest instruments to master, after the violin. If you had the necessary resources, what would you love to learn that takes effort, time and skill?

Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Thomas Heywood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fihG17gheJU&ab_channel=ConcertOrganInternational