Dear All,
No swimming this week as at Half Term the pool times are adjusted
for lessons so instead Kate and I went to St Ives as she wanted to be rekitted
for Natasha’s 18th birthday party in Derbyshire next weekend.
On Tuesday we had some negotiations with our new neighbours as their
plans showed the boundary – which has never been properly marked - as some way
into our garden. John Law came for lunch to discuss the next Moldova expedition
as he was speaking at the Women’s Meeting.
Wednesday was free so we ventured to Hutton to carry out some early
season gardening jobs for Esther, mainly emptying he large compost bin together
with a few other receptacles, cutting the grass etc. Esther was at work but
managed to pop home for lunch.
Thursday’s walk was a challenge of mud and water, probably the
stickiest, wettest walk we have enjoyed for a year or two! It started at
Cottered near Buntingford. It had rained heavily in the night and the soil was
largely a special sort of adhesive clay. The beginning of the walk looked like
a canal so I guess we should have been warned. However the sun shone for most
of the morning and the pub was efficient but with a chaotic bottle necked car
park.
Cottered – The Start
A typical headland!
Herfordshire clay
Whose turn for boot cleaning?
I had a Garden Club talk at Waterbeach in the evening and the
chairman’s opening remark was “I used to play hockey with Tom Webster from NIAB”.
I have since phoned Tom to inform him and he sounded much better than before
Christmas. He spent a month with his daughter in Exeter over the New Year and
now his son Tom Jnr. Has come to live with him.
Friday’s Biography was “Edwin Smith” a renowned photographer who
trained as an architect and fancied himself as a painter. This was followed by
the last “Visual Perception” class. It has been well delivered but the subject
matter is amazingly complex.
Edwin Smith
Yesterday Adrian called for coffee followed by an old missionary
couple who are looking to move from London. Their last posting was starting a
hospital in Madagascar.
Yesterdays match ended Over 0 v 0 Fowlmere and will not live long in
the memory!
Love
Mike & Kate
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