9th February 2014.

Dear All,

It was the annual church “Awayday” yesterday at March. It was lead by John Law on “Encouragement” who did OK  - but not as good as Graham of course! On the way back we had a look at the floods at Sutton Gault which were very impressive.

March – Bridge Building Exercise

Sutton Gault

Esther’s old room has been finished and everything replaced – well nearly everything as Kate has been pruning the books in her usual ruthless fashion.

In the Nutrition course we covered “Vitamins” this week which you will know are “Essential low molecular weight compounds required in trace amounts for normal growth and metabolism”. We learnt that supplements are a waste of time for healthy folk with a balanced diet, except vitamin D which is in short supply in our northern winters as it is formed in the skin in the presence of sunlight.

The U3A film was “Woman of the Dunes” a bizarre Japanese B&W offering about a man and woman trapped in depression in the dunes by a tribe of fishermen. It was very memorable and some people loved it while others (like Kate) did not.

I spoke at the Little Paxton Gardeners Club on Wednesday so called in on John to plan our next Moldova trip a little. We are booked on Moldovan Airlines this time and they have already bumped us onto a flight a day later which is not very convenient.

On Thursday Kate and I lead the walk from Horseheath via Shudy Camps avoiding as many muddy fields as possible. Kate managed most of the walk so is still progressing.

In the evening we visited Stan & Maya, a Bulgarian couple who have applied for church membership and they had unexpectedly laid on dinner. Stan is a computer expert and I currently entrust my machine to his TLC.

Have you heard of John Baillie? Maybe not this one – he was the topic of “Biographies” this week. Being Cambridge it was presented by the man who wrote his biography, George Newlands. Baillie was a Scottish, Calvinistic Minister and liberal theologian with an interesting and influential life.

Love

Mike & Kate