9th June 2013

9th June 2013.

Dear All,

We have just waved goodbye to Jonny, Rosie, Charlie and Danny who have been staying overnight after Jonny’s workshop session at the St Neots Folk Festival. They are off to Cambridge and we plan to meet up with them for lunch.

It was the Day cousin’s reunion on Wednesday as most of you will already know. We met at Peter and Annemarie’s in Redhill followed by the traditional Harvester meal and a short walk along the North Downs Way. Gwen and Rob had flown over from Guernsey and John and Muriel were fit enough to attend so it was a full house and a fine sunny day. A full description of everyone’s ailments would explain why the National Health Service is so overstretched!

Cousin’s reunion 2013

Waiting for Compo? 

  

                        Gwen (ex hat designer!!)

 View from North Downs Way towards Reigate

Our Thursday walk was excellent in the heart of rural Suffolk starting at Hawesdon taking in Stansfield and Thurston End. The sun shone and the scenery was British countryside at its best. The appointed leader of the shorter walk did not turn up so Kate (mainly) and I led. It turned into 9 miles and we got back after the long walkers who had completed 11 miles.

 Hawkesdon church

                                           near Stansfield

We had a chapel outing to Ely yesterday to visit the Food Bank  project which is supervised by Cathy Wright (Johnson) followed by a tour led by a local expert and lunch in “The Hub”. The guide was excellent and had access to places we had not seen before.

Ely Food Bank

Ely familiar 

                            and less familiar

There has been lots of grass cutting this week: mine, old ladies and 4 cricket pitches. Unfortunately the cricket club cylinder mower needed a new clutch cable which cost £59!

It has been a good gardening week planting leeks, celeriac, squash, sweet corn, lettuce. Basil and fennel all of which could do with both rain and sunshine.

Love

Mike & Kate