Dear All,
It was Lea valley walk no.3 this week from Hartford to Hatfield.
Even though it is a decent journey to get there the walks are worthwhile and
new to us. Only a few of the group actually choose to travel so far, the rest
organise a more local walk.
Hartford
Hartford Castle
It has been another week of activity at the cemetery as I strimmed
all the overgrown graves on Wednesday and in the heat it proved an excellent
way of shedding a few pounds, as it took over 4 hours. We had a skip delivered
on Friday for a work day on Saturday to remove the old concrete path. This has
been an ongoing project for a few years as various plans have come and gone,
due to expense, so we decided to remove it ourselves and replace the concrete
with grass. This was largely based on a sample digging where the concrete level
was judged to be quite thin and no serious problem for a bunch of serious
minded labourers (even if we were all over 60!). However the lessons of the
West African Groundnut Scheme had not been sufficiently well learnt (sampling
should represent the whole area not one corner) and further digging revealed 6”
or more of concrete necessitating further plans. Plan F was to remove only
loose material and get a quote for tarmac!
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Tea Break
I spoke at a garden club at Wickhambrook, south of Newmarket on
Monday night, I try not to do too many in the summer, but I owed then one as I
postponed a talk to go the Dolomites a few years back.
The garden is fairly prolific at present so this week we have
harvested potatoes, lettuce, salad onions, radish, cauliflower, cabbage, onions,
shallots, peas, mange tout, broad beans, courgettes, strawberries, raspberries,
gooseberries, red, white and pink currants and a cherry. Most of this has kept
Kate very busy.
Love
Mike & Kate
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