Dear All,
Question: How do you turn a normal gentle cold into a severe case of
Man Flu?
Answer: Spend 6 hours walking round the streets of Cambridge on a
cool damp night!
I can’t remember having a cold last year; I have now managed 2 in a
month. What started with a sore throat and ticklish cough seemed to improve
with the Thursday walk but we were on Street Pastors Friday night and it doesn’t
seem to have improved things – perhaps I should write a paper for the “Lancet”?
Consequently I have stayed in yesterday and today. We were accompanied on
patrol by the Mayor of Cambridge who was along as an observer. As is usual it
was reasonably quiet for the first hours but livened up for the last couple
when the effects of an evening of imbibing become manifest. There were several
rough sleepers about – not great weather for this activity and there is evidently
a gang of Polish men giving them a hard time in Cambridge.
We were due to go for more SP training on “Alcoholism and Homelessness”
yesterday so Kate went alone and reported that it was very interesting. So here
are some awareness questions:
What is the average age that a person is classified as an alcoholic
in the UK? (41)
How much does the Government spend on alcohol awareness? (£1m/pa)
Alcoholism is a special problem with ex soldiers
What percentage of people killed in road accidents are over the
limit for alcohol? (25%)
What percentage of homeless are classified as alcoholics? (51%)
What percentage of those classified as alcoholics are white or
Irish? (96%)
In the last 10 years what has been the increase in the number of
11-15 year olds seeking help for alcoholism? (100%)
What percentage of secondary school teachers drink to a dangerous
level? (25%)
John Law has travelled to Moldova as in Burlacu they have made great
strides in building a new church (with Dutch, German and UK help) and converted
the old building into a Drop In Centre for the elderly and Street Kids. They
have made an excellent job of it and John has gone to attend the opening.
Before
After
On Thursday our walk started at Leighton Bromsgrove which is to the
north of the A 14 opposite Graffham Water. There were great views from a ridge
overlooking the A 14 but the scenery was not spectacular and the mud was an
especially sticky variety.
Leighton Bromswold
Buckworth
The Biography on Friday was “Samuel Pepys” – the first time we have
had a repeat but the lady presenting was an expert so it was still interesting.
Do you realise that he was MP for Harwich?
Love
Mike & Kate
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