11th January 2015.

Dear All,

Fame at last – I sent one of last week’s photos to the “Cambridge News” and it was published on Saturday. As it was the first time I have done this I assume they must be desperate!

Cambridge News

Two walks this week in similar locations. On Monday we parked at Longstanton Guided Bus Park and did a circular walk to Westwick returning on the Guided Bus cycle path. On Thursday the U3A Ramblers met at Cottenham and walked a loop taking in Rampton. It rained for quite a portion of this walk so it was not as enjoyable but underfoot it was not too bad. We met at “The Chequers” pub which was deemed safe as there has not been a murder for 3 or 4 years now!

 Damp Fens

We swapped our two 11 and 12 year old cars for another this week. The new one is a 3 year old diesel Peugeot 3008 with only 10,000 miles on the clock. At present we are still getting used to it as it has automatic handbrake, lights and wipers and seems bigger even though it isn’t very much larger. It also feels much more solid and you sit higher.

DA61HLF

We had an ex NIAB “Wrinklies” lunch on Tuesday. We had booked “The Old Crown” at Girton but when we turned up it was closed. The landlord was very embarrassed because someone had erroneously accepted the booking so he gave us £60 to spend in the more expensive “Felix”.

Last night was the annual church social. The food was very good as usual – even though Kate was not in charge, and I presented a review of the year.

Our aged neighbour, Hilda Dodson, died at noon yesterday. She was 99 on Christmas Day and had been unconscious for much of the week.

Hilda at 99

Love

Mike & Kate