14^th August 2016

Dear All,

It has been a busy end of the week with walking Thursday, Test Match Friday, Over Show and Street Pastors Saturday, Baby Dedication and lunch out today and Wisley tomorrow.

On Tuesday evening we attended “Shakespeare in the open air” at Trinity College, we saw “Comedy of Errors” which was very good, but it was the chilliest evening of the week.

Trinity Garden

Our Thursday walk started at Little Downham, near Ely, and took in a slice of the Fens. Crops seemed later there than many other places with combining only just beginning.

Near Coveney

The temperature was much hotter at the Oval on Friday, Ben got me a ticket and we were sitting in the full sun all day watching Pakistan’s relentless progress. I left just before the main excitement of taking 2 wickets at the end of the day! It was good to catch up with Ben who is currently having work done in his flat and writing a CV to reapply for an upgrading of his job at King’s.

The Oval

Iconic Gas Holder

Over Show was of a high standard but dominated by one youth who is so good it is discouraging the opposition. Kate was also judging the children’s entries which were rather sparse.

Over Show

Both Over cricket and football teams were at home – the footballers won narrowly and the cricketers lost narrowly.

Street Pastors was fairly lively late on, at one stage Kate and Peter were trying to revive a youth comatose in a gateway, Liz and I were trying to sort a domestic situation, there was a fight going on in the main street which eventually needed an ambulance and we had just encountered the dreaded Neil Carpenter who had just been released from 16 weeks in jail for attacking a SP! He has an ASBO not to come to Cambridge centre if he is drunk, which he clearly was. However the police were thin on the ground due to holidays and other commitments, so I guess he slipped the net.

Kate & Gordon’s granddaughter Ruhe was dedicated in this morning’s service and several of us were invited to Lunch at Haddenham to celebrate.

Love

Mike & Kate