Dear
All,
We
were in Hove again this week; fortunately the M 25 was free flowing in both
directions so the journeys were fine. Albert is gaining speed on all fours and
zooms from room to room and up the stairs if not watched! We did some Christmas
shopping in George Street and walked westwards along the seafront towards Portslade
while he slept for much of the time. Amélie was in her school nativity play
which we were able to view on Wednesday evening. Andy had described her
performance “a bit like Lance Corporal Jones in Dads Army – a step behind the
others and sometimes turning left when the rest turned right!” However she
looked angelic as an angel!
On
Thursday Philip was struck down with stomach pains so Kate and I had to lead
the short walk with little notice. The walk started at Wicken and we were able
to include a good deal of a previous walk which started at Burwell and took in
Wicken Fen. There was more wildlife in evidence than often is the case on the
fens, we saw deer three times, three raptors, a pair of egrets, 30 Konik ponies
and flocks of lapwings. We did end up covering 9.2 miles which was a tad long for the short walkers!
Near
Burwell
Wicken
Fen
The
subject of “Biographies” on Friday was Sir Richard Doll – had you heard of him?
No neither had I! He was an epidemiologist credited with being the first to
link smoking with lung cancer, asbestos to lung problems and radiation to
leukaemia.
In
the evening I had a Garden Club talk at Barrow near Bury St Edmunds – a small
group but very friendly.
Yesterday
I watched football in the rain before we attended the Over Pantomime this year
it was “Dick Whittington” and was very good – Oh no it wasn’t – Oh yes it was!
Love
Mike
& Kate
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