29th September 2013

29th September 2013.

Dear All,

No complaints about the weather this week – shirt sleeves all the way and the garden could do with a good rain! Hopefully not too much next week as we are accompanying Esther on her assault on the summit of Snowdon!

I have spent most of the week either gardening or preparing for the U3A course we are teaching, 10 talks are taking rather longer to prepare than I anticipated!

Kate found some interesting wildlife while clearing up in the borders yesterday – hopefully he was hovering up all the slugs.

I harvested most of the pumpkins and squash this week and as usual they make a colourful display.

Kate and I led the short walk on Thursday (although it was about 8 miles) It started at Hempstead in the “Bluebell” pub which was the birthplace of Dick Turpin. In the church are memorials to William Harvey, discoverer of the circulation of the blood and Eliab Harvey, Nelson’s favourite admiral and commander of the “Fighting Temeraire”. The walk was dry and sunny and the wildlife highlight was spotting a grass snake.

The Bluebell, Hempstead

  

It was Harvest Supper last night and John Law was the guest speaker homing in on food miles and seasonality. Harvest Thanksgiving today and our invited speaker from “Send a Cow” has had a heart attack so a certain amount of rearranging is in order. This month marks Ray Asplin being a deacon for 50 years so that is being recognised in the service. In addition, it has been arranged for him to be a guest in the Directors box at Cambridge Utd (yes this is a reward not a punishment as he is a season ticket holder).

I watched Over win 6 v 0 yesterday and rise to the top of the Premier League.

Love

Mike & Kate