Dear All,
As an appetizer for Christmas I managed to dine out 5 days this
week. Monday was the NIAB retirees (wrinklies) lunch at the Royal Cambridge
hotel. It was good to see old colleagues, but the meal was comfortably the
worst of the week – and the most expensive. On Tuesday Kate and I did a reccy
for a walk on the 27th starting at Dalham near Newmarket. Sheikh
Mohammed of racing fame, brought Dalham Hall for £45m on 2009. It was a good
circular walk taking in Gazeley, with ancient wooden pews and a 14th
century font in the church and Moulton with a medieval pack horse bridge.
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Moulton
Packhorse bridge
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Dalham
cottages
Wednesday was Carol Kitson’s birthday so 6 of us ate Chinese at
Longstanton Black Bull. Thursday was the U3A walking group Christmas walk and
meal in Cambridge. We started with a walk round some unfamiliar and recently
developed areas of Cambridge, stopping for mulled wine and mince pies at a
member’s house. We then continued along the Backs to “La Mimosa” and Italian
restaurant by the river. They coped very well with 51 of us and the food was
very good.
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New Microsoft Research building
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The
Belvedere, Cambridge
On Friday I collected the usual car load of Brussels sprouts from
Biggleswade (50 stems and 2 nets). It was like driving through “the Drowned
World” as every field had either a pond or a lake. The rest of Friday and
Saturday morning was spent distributing his bounty – more satisfying than
Christmas cards for people you see regularly.
Friday evening Jim & Janet Burr held an open house to celebrate
their birthdays. The balance between walking and eating is a bit delicate at
present!
Hopefully Ben (on his bike), Mary-Ann and Amélie should arrive
sometime today. Esther and Andy both have to work tomorrow so should arrive
after that.
Best wishes to everyone, especially those we will not see over the
holiday.
Love
Mike & Kate
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