7^th August 2016

Dear All,

It was the annual chapel jaunt to Hunstanton yesterday and one of those rare days when it was almost too hot at the English seaside! We hired the Day Centre minibus which seats 17 and altogether there were 29 of us. We had also hired a room in the Tourist Information Centre for coffee and chip eating. There was plenty of beach exposed as high tide was 8.15 am and I managed a swim by wading out quite a distance. On the way back we were invited for a BBQ at Haddenham courtesy of Kate & Gordon.

Hunstanton Greensward

Serious Chip Consumption

Pitch ‘n Putt Competition

Low Tide

BBQ at Haddenham

Earlier in the week Natasha was with us until Tuesday lunchtime then progressed to Esther’s and Hove. I think they were amongst the first to try the new Brighton Tower which opened this week. While here we went swimming, travelled the guided bus to St Ives market, helped harvest my potatoes, attended the cinema and went shopping in Cambridge with Kate.

Kate & Natasha

Chris and Cathy Wright called on Monday. Cathy runs the Food Bank in Ely and Chris is now based in Basle working on Health & Safety for Syngenta. They have to decide where they will be based with three teenage children to consider.

Our Thursday walk was round Ickworth Park – over 10 miles in all but with plenty of shade on a hot day.

Ickworth Park

Wild Flower Meadow

On Friday I went to Colchester with three others to watch Essex v Sussex. It is a great setting for cricket and a large crowd on a sunny day.

Love

Mike & Kate