Sunday, 23 October 2016

23rd October 2016

Dear All,

It has been an “interesting” week. Kate was called back after a mammogram as they had found a small lump and she had to endure a painful biopsy. Unfortunately we will not get the result until after our holiday. Then on Friday I was delivering my contribution to the “Biography” group subject “Angela Merkel” when I had a funny turn and cannot remember what happened. Evidently I went back to the beginning three times but eventually finished the talk. I have been checked over and nothing was amiss except high blood pressure. In the evening Esther phoned to report she had been violently sick and was covered with spots as a bad reaction to an antibiotic which she had been prescribed for an ear infection.
Kate travelled to Hove on Tuesday by train as I had a talk on Wednesday. The journeys to and fro went well despite the threat of strike action on Southern Rail. The highlight of the trip seems to have been Kate pegging washing on the drier and Albert watching then taking his own socks off and arranging them on the rail!
My talk on Wednesday was to Newmarket U3A and this week I have to address Cambridge U3A Gardening Group.
Our Thursday walk started at Monk Street and took a wide circle round Thaxted. It is still dry underfoot, most fields are ploughed and drilled but there are some very lumpy seed beds.


Monk Street


Boyton End


Break time


Cutlers Green


We had a work party at chapel yesterday removing the kitchen cupboards as we have been donated a new kitchen. It was quite hard work especially removing the vinyl floor covering which had been stuck to the floor.
Mary-Ann, Andy, Amélie and Albert are flying to Budapest today for a couple of days.
If all goes well we fly to California on Thursday after spending the night in a Heathrow hotel.

Love


Mike & Kate

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