Dear All,
Our pastor David Smith started a month’s sabbatical this week having
been in office for 10 years. This means there is a certain amount of delegated
duties to perform in keeping things ticking over.
The swimming pool was back in operation this week and noticeably
warmer than of late. I had my usual 1.5 hours smiling at my dentist on Tuesday –
all 5 roots now successfully filled – just two more appointments to fit a cap!
Kate and I had an expedition to the Garden Centre on Wednesday to
spend some of our accumulated tokens. Compost, seed potatoes, onion sets,
dahlia tubers and a stock of chemicals were purchased.
We called on Jim Burr who had been in hospital in a very unstable
state. He seemed happier at home than in hospital but early this morning he was
rushed back in.
Our Thursday exercise started at Hinxworth near the A1 and took in
Caldecote, Ashwell and Newnham and included the John Mills Sculpture Park.
The Three Horseshoes, Hinxworth
John Mills Sculptures
On Friday Kate dropped me off at “Biographies” while she went DIY
shopping. The subject this week was “Jim Clark” the Scottish racing driver/farmer
who won two world championships, 25 Grand Prixs and held 33 pole positions from
72 races before he was killed aged 32 at Hockenheim.
Kate then picked me up to attend the Requiem Mass for John Dunn one
of our walking colleagues who collapsed just before Christmas. It was the first
Catholic funeral I had been to and was not impressed as the priest was not very
clear in his delivery and the service was long and hardly mentioned John.
We were on “Street Pastors” patrol on Friday. It was fairly quiet
but that seems to make it seem longer! The main excitement was that the street
dweller who attacked one of the SPs on New Year’s Eve and was banned from the
City Centre between 6pm and 6am was in evidence the weekend before so we were
warned to look out for him. He seems to have a personal dislike of SPs and is
obviously not completely sane.
We have been out to lunch today at Rachel & Will’s – hence the
delay in publication!
Love
Mike & Kate
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Did I detect that one of the Women of World War 2 had lost her uniform?
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