Sunday, 4 September 2016

4th September 2016

Dear All,

We haven’t been far this week, even the Thursday walk was fairly local starting at Stow-cum-Quy and took in Lode and Quy Fen. It was warm and a good walk, it is surprisingly rural for an area so close to Cambridge.


Quy Fen


Lode Mill



I played cricket on Bank Holiday Monday – a friendly within the club. I took 2 wickets, held a catch, hit a couple of fours, strained a groin and have a sore arm. I think someone is trying to tell me something!
This weekend marks the finish of the cricket season and the 2nd XI played in the rain yesterday making a mess of the pitch, justifying it by saying “You have the whole winter to put it right!”
I spent a day swapping the strawberry bed and the raspberry raised bed over in the fruit cage. It was serious rotovating, adding compost and relaying Mypex. Kate has taken strawberry runners and I have ordered new raspberry canes.
Joy Larkcom, who we visited in Cork a few years ago, is busy updating her book “The Salad Garden” and I have been helping her revising the variety sections. This has involved more work than I expected but the end is in sight.
We were on Street Pastors on Friday night. It was fairly quiet – which makes it seem longer. The strangest sight was a line of six lads sitting outside a shoe shop queuing all night to buy the latest “Jordan Air” trainers for a bargain £125 per pair. They explained that they would be worth £250 next week.
Our pastor David Smith has returned to South Africa for a couple of weeks as his father is declining rapidly and he wanted some “quality time” before his demise. We expect Dave Garlick this evening to update news from Ecuador.


Mike & Kate

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