17th August 2009.
Dear All,
We have had a weekend entertaining Derbyshire folk, so no time for letter writing. There was a chapel trip to Madingley Hall gardens on Saturday morning which was well attended and brought to life by the head gardener who had been there for 22 years. The house was built in 1543 and been added to on numerous occasions. The gardens were designed by Capability Brown, of course, and the whole estate of house and 5000 acres of land was purchased by Cambridge University for £50,000 in 1948. It is now the home of the University’s Institute of Continuing Education offering courses and conferences to the public and business groups.
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Madingley Hall
Kate took the visitors to Denny Abbey Farm and Countryside museum in the afternoon while I played cricket. Esther came up on Sunday to help with the entertainment, so several small card board boxes made from Christmas cards should be making their way to Derbyshire as I write!
The garden needed a bit of attention after a week of wet weather while we were away. I picked 2 large crates of runner and French beans as well as several cucumbers, courgettes, tomatoes, beetroot and carrots. Raspberries and blackberries are also cropping well so nature is bountiful at present.
Thursdays walk was the 9th section of the Icknield Way from Gazeley to Icklington, via Herringswell, Tuddenham and Cavenham Heath. The weather did not look promising but once again it turned out fine and no waterproofs were needed.
Tuddenham
River Lark
Cavenham Heath
Love
Mike & Kate
Dear All,
We have had a weekend entertaining Derbyshire folk, so no time for letter writing. There was a chapel trip to Madingley Hall gardens on Saturday morning which was well attended and brought to life by the head gardener who had been there for 22 years. The house was built in 1543 and been added to on numerous occasions. The gardens were designed by Capability Brown, of course, and the whole estate of house and 5000 acres of land was purchased by Cambridge University for £50,000 in 1948. It is now the home of the University’s Institute of Continuing Education offering courses and conferences to the public and business groups.
Madingley Hall
Kate took the visitors to Denny Abbey Farm and Countryside museum in the afternoon while I played cricket. Esther came up on Sunday to help with the entertainment, so several small card board boxes made from Christmas cards should be making their way to Derbyshire as I write!
The garden needed a bit of attention after a week of wet weather while we were away. I picked 2 large crates of runner and French beans as well as several cucumbers, courgettes, tomatoes, beetroot and carrots. Raspberries and blackberries are also cropping well so nature is bountiful at present.
Thursdays walk was the 9th section of the Icknield Way from Gazeley to Icklington, via Herringswell, Tuddenham and Cavenham Heath. The weather did not look promising but once again it turned out fine and no waterproofs were needed.
Tuddenham
River Lark
Cavenham Heath
Love
Mike & Kate
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