11^th June 2017

Dear All,

We have been “About a Bit” this week: Tuesday and Wednesday in Hove, Thursday walking at Much Hadham and Friday and Saturday in Derbyshire for the Chatsworth Flower Show. The journey down to Hove was wet with plenty of road spray and restricted vision at times. We arrived in time to collect Am lie from after school club. She was very pleased with herself as she had learnt how to make a jam sandwich at school that day and demonstrated her new skill at home!

On Wednesday we took Albert to “Middle Farm” where his highlights were the slide and feeding the pigs with various fruit and vegetables. I pushed him along the seafront when we returned to Hove and the wind was so strong we could barely stand upright. The almost inevitable accident on the M25 delayed us for 30 mins on the return journey but we were home by 9.30pm.

Sandwich Maker

Pig Feeder

  

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Much Hadham is over 45 miles from Over so about as far as we go for a Thursday walk. It was worth the effort as it is attractive rolling countryside and the walk took in the “Henry Moore Sculpture Park” at Perry Green.

Much Hadham High Street

Much Hadham Hall

Henry Moore Sculpture Park

The reports coming from the Chatsworth Show were not encouraging as there had been serious delays with car parking and heavy rain had turned the show ground to mud on Wednesday and Thursday. We left home at 5.30 am and reached Chatsworth at 8.30 am. Lessons had been learnt from the first two days and we got in very easily and enjoyed fine weather. It is a new show hence the teething problems, but it is a wonderful setting and an enjoyable experience. It was fairly similar to Hampden Court with water running through the site and less stuffy than Chelsea. We stayed the night in Ashbourne and visited Bolehill on the way home where they have taken on a new puppy – hopefully less savage than its predecessor!

Chatsworth

Queen Bee?

love

Mike & Kate