8th September 2018

Dear All,

An early letter as we are off to the US of A tomorrow. Monday was a busy start to the week as we took Norman and Rosemary to catch a coach first thing. We then killed time having breakfast in Tescos before swimming, followed by the dentist for me while Kate travelled to Cambridge for some pre holiday shopping. I joined her in town and all before lunch! This was followed by the last planting of lettuce for the year and mending yet another bike puncture.

It was MOT and service day on Tuesday, this year, using the local Over Garage rather than Marshalls the Peugeot agent in Cambridge. Also on Tuesday Amélie restarted school and so far so good!

Back to School

On Wednesday we attended a dementia talk in Willingham Library given by one of our walking colleagues whose mother died from this condition in Belgium. In the evening Kate came with me to Little Paxton where I was delivering a Garden Club talk but beforehand we called on Pat Law whose husband John – my usual Moldova companion, has debunked to Turkey.

On Thursday we completed the sixth section of the Stour Valley Path from Stoke-by-Clare to Great Thurlow via Wixoe, Sturmer, Kedington and Great Wratting. We saw more of the river on this section and the sun shone nearly all morning. Later I had a post event wash up meeting for Over Produce Show with the usual 15 points on the agenda!

Stour at Stoke-by-Clare

Stour near Wixoe

Wixoe Mill burnt out

Kedington

Ford at Great Wratting

Kate has been to Addenbrookes to visit Rachel yesterday afternoon. She is improving with most of her tubes removed but has been sick a couple of times so they will not let her home until she can successfully eat a sandwich. Matthew’s father has arrived from South Africa to help.

Love

Mike & Kate