27th
August 2017
Dear
All,
Highlight this week was our Friday trip to London to
belatedly celebrate Kate’s 70th birthday courtesy of our family. We
met at the Tower of London and spent the morning there. It was, as usual, teeming
with folk but well managed and something for everyone. Albert enjoyed climbing
all the steps and Amélie was impressed by the Crown Jewels. We then walked
along the Embankment to the Globe Theatre and were treated to a “Midsummers
Night’s Dream Tea” in the Swan Restaurant. This was very grand as you can see
from the photo.
Our usual swim on Monday was thwarted by a pump
breakdown. On Tuesday we were down at Hutton sorting Esther’s estate. This week’s
invitation was to fix a new doorbell, free a stiff tap, weed the front garden
and borders, cut the grass, pick blackberries and raspberries. In addition we
had time to refurbish the swing seat, prune the raspberries and construct a new
compost bin out of pallets. It is always rewarding to be able see a difference
at the end!
We walked from Broughing near Buntingford on
Thursday. It is a village of interesting architecture and some history
including H.G. Wells installing his pregnant mistress there. The local
landowner planted 3 woods after WWII and named them after British disasters so
we passed Ypres, Suez and Munich Woods!
Broughing
The local football season is underway and I have
watched four matches this week, partially because there was a tournament in memory
of a village worthy.
We have harvested a bumper crop of Sweet Corn this
week – about 40 cobs. Fortunately there was a BBQ last Saturday and again this
lunchtime.
Mary-Ann and Andy took part in 50 kilometre walk for
the “South Coast Challenge” yesterday. Mary-Ann reported that “her feet are
hurting and going over the Seven Sisters was exhausting” but they made it
keeping up 5 km per hour, so we are very impressed.
Love
Mike & Kate
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