Dear All,
Serious winter maintenance of the cricket pitch this week. We were
later than usual and the square was wetter than normal which made it hard work
as all the machinery: scarifier, aerator, soil distributor, picked up mud and
eventually all the loam had to be applied by hand (50 bags). In addition there
were only two of us available so it took a couple of days.
We have attended several lectures this week. On Monday I went back
to NIAB as a Leeds University student is using the history of NIAB for an MSc
and gave a talk to the retired staff. It was interesting but several of the
wrinklies were muttering “I don’t think he has got that quite right!”
On Tuesday I returned the heavy roller to its winter quarters and
had to prepare a last minute study on “Mendelssohn” for our home group as the
designated presenter was laid low. We also attended a U3A lecture on “Cambridgeshire
Wildlife, Past, Present & Future”, by the head of the local Wildlife Trust.
He described the effects of Climate Change, Agriculture, Urbanisation,
Pollution and Foreign Introductions in a fairly balanced way.
Wednesday was an expensive day. My car was in for a service and MOT
and although it passed there is always the opportunity of extracting extra cash
by suggesting that something needs fixing before it lets you down. This time it
was a brake pipe and the ABS system. In addition I had some work dome on the
computer installing Microsoft 2007 and cleaning the fans in the computer box.
This week’s walk started at Brockley Green between Haverhill and
Bury St Edmunds and was the first really muddy walk of the year – the sort
where you collect great balls of mud from any bare earth.
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Brockley
Green
Our pastor and a couple of others have been in Moldova this week running
training sessions for local men. I haven’t heard all the details yet but they
seem to be encouraged.
On Friday the “Biography” class featured William Hamilton, husband
of Lady Emma and friend of Nelson. Ironically he seems to have turned a “blind
eye” to Emma and Horatio but he was a serious art collector and respected
diplomat.
On Friday evening we ran a quiz at the Day Centre to raise funds.
Kate had prepared all the questions and I was Question master. It raised £312
and seemed to go pretty well. Questions available for a fee!
Kate catered at the second instalment of Messy Church yesterday and
55 turned up so that is very encouraging – and a lot of hot dogs, sweet corn
and cakes on sticks.
Love
Mike & Kate
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