Over
Cambridge
CB24 5PD
21st September 2008.
Dear All,
Nice to see the sun at last and crack on with the garden. This week I have planted a new strawberry bed, dug a small extension pond (a fish free zone for tadpoles), harvested the last of the potatoes, planted over-wintered onion sets, garlic and shallots, sown winter lettuce and started digging for winter.
Serious work to be done on the cricket square so we have hired the county “winter maintenance trailer” for this Wednesday. As we haven’t done this before I went to Downham Market last Wednesday to see what is involved. There is a scarifier, two aerators, a loam barrow and mounted rake – it is like another world and will require a steep learning curve.
On Thursday I went on the RSPB conducted walk round the Fen Drayton Pits. These were created by gravel extraction and have been turned into a nature reserve. As it was a sunny day it was an enjoyable walk and although we did not see anything very rare it was good to have all the birds, butterflies, plants and dragon flies all accurately identified. They have a single bittern in residence and are hoping his booming will eventually attract a mate or two.
The most recent pit at Fen Drayton
Tuesday we had a Church meeting and Toni, an unmarried mother of two gave her testimony and applied for baptism and membership. She has had a tough time having been given away by her mother at 15, assaulted when young and raped to produce the first child.
It has been our Harvest Supper and Thanksgiving this weekend. The display in the chapel was very good and the speaker at the meal was a farmer from Perry who had the right blend of information and humour for the occasion. The meal went well despite several folk going down with S & D beforehand (not after!)
Part of the Harvest Display
Today the ex pastor of Needingworth, John-Mark Teeuwen has taken both services. He now works for UFM in Swindon. Our ex pastor Malcolm and wife Donna have also been in town today so there have been more pastors around than you could shake a stick at! Kate and I were invited to lunch with them at Kate and Gordon’s at Sutton.
Yesterday was also the CEEM BBQ at Moggerhanger. The weather was kind, the attendance quite good and a conducted tour of the house was thrown in.
Love
Mike & Kate
No comments:
Post a Comment