26th February 2012.
Dear All,
Kate and I visited Ely Cathedral on Monday and had a tour of the Octagonal Tower. It is truly amazing how a building so large could have been built on dodgy foundations (5ft) in the 11th century and the Octagonal tower in the 14th century. It was quite a good climb up narrow staircases and one member of our party was too broad to get through one of the doors. The views from the top over the flat fens were spectacular. The Cathedral was also hosting the Quaker tapestry exhibition which Esther and Mary-Ann visited in Kendall last year.
Inside the Octagonal Tower
Dear All,
Kate and I visited Ely Cathedral on Monday and had a tour of the Octagonal Tower. It is truly amazing how a building so large could have been built on dodgy foundations (5ft) in the 11th century and the Octagonal tower in the 14th century. It was quite a good climb up narrow staircases and one member of our party was too broad to get through one of the doors. The views from the top over the flat fens were spectacular. The Cathedral was also hosting the Quaker tapestry exhibition which Esther and Mary-Ann visited in Kendall last year.
Inside the Octagonal Tower 
Octagonal Tower
Views from the top of the TowerThe sunny weather has meant that I started sowing a few things in the greenhouse: celeriac, cut ‘n come again, show onions, broad beans and finished digging.
Tuesday’s film was “Toto Le Heros” based on the belief of one man that he was switched with another baby at birth and someone else had lived his life. Interesting but not a barrel of laughs!
I was on the panel for a Gardeners Question Time at Shelford in the evening, as usual there was a paucity of vegetable questions – 2 out of 20 and one of those was on water cress.
We had an early swim on Wednesday and then I helped Geoff Allen replace some of the drawers in the chapel kitchen with the wooden frames we removed when we had our kitchen redone. In the evening we lead a chapel outing to Welney to watch the swans and ducks fed under floodlights. It is always a spectacle but there were fewer swans about. Many of the Bewicks stopped off on the way from Siberia due to the milder winter.
Welney at dusk
Tuesday’s film was “Toto Le Heros” based on the belief of one man that he was switched with another baby at birth and someone else had lived his life. Interesting but not a barrel of laughs!
I was on the panel for a Gardeners Question Time at Shelford in the evening, as usual there was a paucity of vegetable questions – 2 out of 20 and one of those was on water cress.
We had an early swim on Wednesday and then I helped Geoff Allen replace some of the drawers in the chapel kitchen with the wooden frames we removed when we had our kitchen redone. In the evening we lead a chapel outing to Welney to watch the swans and ducks fed under floodlights. It is always a spectacle but there were fewer swans about. Many of the Bewicks stopped off on the way from Siberia due to the milder winter.
Welney at dusk
Welney at night
Thursday’s walk was a circular round Hatley St George near Wimpole – 10 miles and the only crops we saw were wheat and rape!
Shirt sleeved walk
It was Pastoral Care course part 4 in the evening – not easy to be on maximum alert after the walk.
On Friday I took David Cook, one of the walkers to Southery to view the NIAB late leek trial. There had been some frost damage but that was useful in sorting the varieties.
Leek trial
Thursday’s walk was a circular round Hatley St George near Wimpole – 10 miles and the only crops we saw were wheat and rape!
Shirt sleeved walk
It was Pastoral Care course part 4 in the evening – not easy to be on maximum alert after the walk.
On Friday I took David Cook, one of the walkers to Southery to view the NIAB late leek trial. There had been some frost damage but that was useful in sorting the varieties.
Leek trial
Harvesting Rig
Over won again yesterday only 2 v 1 but a good game in perfect conditions. In the evening we had a Deacons & Wives meal and planning meeting – so another week in which it would have been difficult to fit in work!
love
Mike & Kate
