Dear All,
In January I rashly reported that “we treat decoration like the
Forth Bridge – gently but non-stop one room per winter”. My wife evidently did
not entirely agree and this week we have been tackling the Playroom! It is a
big room but fortunately fairly straightforward so it is nearly finished in a
fashionable shade of grey.
On Tuesday we were in Hutton helping Esther catch up with her
garden: cutting the grass, moving the hen run, reseeding the bare patch,
weeding the front beds, planting the raised beds, training the raspberries,
moving the tayberry, planting the white currant, painting the shed, planting
the greenhouse, repotting the blueberries – it is amazing how time flies when
you are enjoying yourselves!
On Wednesday I met up with Riverford again north of Peterborough as
they wanted advice on updating their varieties. I came away with a reasonable
list of topics which will be difficult to fit in as we are off to Moldova this
Wednesday. The update on the seed parcel is that it has been intercepted by the
customs and will be returned. “Seed can only be sent by seed companies or large
organisations”. This is a nuisance as it was not only seed but other things
destined for the village.
Our Thursday walk started at Rede south of Bury St Edmunds and took in
Hawkedon, Somerton and Brockley. Unusually the pub would not take preorders for
lunch so a delay before food arrived for 30 plus walkers seemed likely. As one
of our passengers needed to catch a plane we did not stay – nor did several
others so the pub lost out. It was a decent walk with cowslip, oil seed rape
and a few bluebells in bloom.
The Plough, Rede
Hawkedon House
Hawkedon Green
We marked out the cricket pitch that night, as usual one mower and
the roller were playing up despite winter maintenance.
Love
Mike & Kate
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