Dear All,
Happy New Year to you all. Christmas seemed to last a nice long time
and we greatly enjoyed it. Esther and Ben were here from late Christmas Eve
until Tuesday afternoon and Mary-Ann, Andy, Amélie and Bert arrived late on
Saturday and stayed until Wednesday evening. Esther arrived with a sore throat
and cold symptoms, Ben has a split eardrum and a sprained wrist but both
gradually improved.
I met up with several people before Christmas with the annual
distribution of 50 Brussels sprout stems as well as a 30 kg net. Kate and I attended
the NIAB “Wrinklies” Christmas lunch at the Bar Hill hotel. We also inspected
Kate & Gordon’s new extensive extension in Haddenham and Hilary & Geoff’s
new bungalow in Streatham.
Adrian joined us for Christmas lunch and enjoyed/endured an
afternoon and evening of games and quizzes. I adopted the “Aunty Connie Role” of
losing at nearly everything – must be old age!
Christmas lunch
We had a very breezy walk on Boxing Day round Over Fen and on
Tuesday visited the local Raptor Centre at Woodhurst. They have a large
selection of birds and put on a twice daily flying demonstration.
Eagle Owl
In between Ben, Andy and I watched Cambridge Utd somehow beat Barnet
2 v 1.
Amélie was very well behaved despite the excitement and attention.
On Wednesday we took her to Huntingdon Garden Centre to see the pets on
display. Bert has a very healthy appetite and a stout set of lungs. He has
learnt to smile which of course helps in the cuteness stakes!
Mary-Ann & Albert
Amélie’s busy day
Kate’s leg has been playing up again so she was not fit to walk on
Thursday. Unusually we met at a Golf Club not far away at Bourn as the village
pub is a bit up market. The food at the club was far better value. We walked to
Longstowe and back.
Longstowe Church
We saw the New Year in by going to bed before 11 pm!
Yesterday I watched Over come back from 3 down to win 4 v 3 in a
very exciting match against West Wratting – much more entertaining than Cambridge
Utd!
Love
Mike & Kate
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