26^th April 2014.

Dear All,

Early bulletin this week as we (John Law and I) are off to Moldova this afternoon.

It was our turn to mind Amélie this week so we travelled down Tuesday afternoon returning Wednesday evening. We spent most of Wednesday in Newhaven, initially on the beach under the fort then walking round town. It has clearly seen better days and much of the port seems to have been given over to recycling.

There is an impressive sandy beach, which apparently belongs to the fort and has been sealed off to the public for “Health & Safety” reasons. This is a great pity as the rest of the coast is huge pebbles.

Sandy beach

Not so Sandy beach

Newhaven Cliffs

Newhaven Docks

Easter comes but once a year!

The rest of the week has been spent packing, gardening and cricket square preparations.

On Thursday we were invited to Churchill College for a Red Cross fund raising lecture by Sir Gregory Winter on the role of Antibodies in medicine. He was very erudite and reasonably clear but I guess a good percentage of his audience struggled to keep up! It was quite interesting to hear not only the science but the way discoveries are commercialised by the major drug companies.

love

Mike & Kate