Dear All,
Well the “Cousins Reunion” planned for Friday did not go quite as
planned as Dave and Jen dropped out due to a misunderstanding about the date
and John and Muriel decided at the last minute that they were not well enough
to travel. As Gwen and Rob were not planning to fly from Guernsey this time it
was a question of quality and not quantity! However we had an excellent meal at
“The Old Crown”, Girton and then returned to Over for a walk round the Fen and
tea with serious conversation in between.
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I was at Wisley on Thursday to view trials of Coriander, Dill,
Iceberg Lettuce, carrots, garlic and Beefsteak tomatoes. As is typical of the
RHS in recent years some trials were good, some poor and some inbetween. The
M25 was fairly constipated and it took me 3 hours to get there and 2.5 to get
home.
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RHS Vegetable Panel
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Iceberg Lettuce trial
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WW1 Commemoration Garden
Kate joined the usual Thursday walk this week at Howletts End between
Saffron Walden and Thaxted – always an attractive part of the country.
I had an appointment at Addenbrookes re gout and arthritis on
Wednesday so Kate travelled to Hove on Tuesday evening on the train for the
first time. It seemed to go OK despite some disruption at Victoria. She took
Amélie to a soft play area where seemed happiest dribbling a football. Is that
genetics or the influence of the World Cup?
We actually won a chapel cricket match this week which was a reward
for persistence as I had to make about 40 phone calls to assemble the team.
The Cemetery Committee decreed that a small lavender border should
be planted to enhance the area where ashes are entered so I had the task of
digging and planting the area which had been enriched with broken glass
containers and other debris from surrounding graves.
Yesterday was Swavesey Festival and I had the honour of judging the
Fruit & Vegetable show. As they have opened up a new allotment field there
were several entries including 21 lots of new potatoes and a plethora of
strawberries.
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Strawberries
Love
Mike & Kate
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