Monday, 15 October 2018


15th October 2018

Dear All,
Belated letter as my computer was playing up – Windows 10 updated automatically and failed to speak to any Microsoft applications.
U3A kicked in again this week so we were teaching “Just Vegetating” – Carrots & Parsnips on Monday, Kate was at “Polar Studies” on Tuesday and I was back at “Biographies” on Friday. “Rambling” on Thursday rolls on uninterrupted!
We are in a bigger room next to the kitchen in the Friends Meeting House for “JV” which is a big advantage.
On Wednesday it was the annual pilgrimage to Lincolnshire visiting the Seed Trade Brassica trials with David & Lawrie from walking. We managed to visit seven sites, some were very good, others were showing the effects of the drought. In the evening we had Street Pastor training at Impington so it was a long day.


Ornamental Cabbage


Pak Choi


Beetroot & Turnips


Parsnips


Kale trial
Our Thursday outing was fairly local starting at Godmanchester and taking in Hinchingbrook Park and Brampton. The weather was kind with sun throughout.


Godmanchester


Hinchingbrook Park
The Biography subject was Caroline Herschel a lady astronomer who discovered 8 comets and has a crater on the moon named after her. In the afternoon it was time to plant garlic, shallots, onions and Elephant garlic.
We were on the streets again on Friday – it was fairly busy as students were back in numbers and still have money to spend. Our first customer was a student from Jesus College who spread eagled at our feet and lay there saying “I must be drunker than I thought!” It turned out in conversation that he had been to “Soul Survivor” in the past and was quite chatty. We marched him back to college as it was not far away.
On Saturday I went to watch Over at Milton then there was an area meeting at chapel followed by an interesting session at the Community Centre entitled “Over Voices” by Caroline Redmayne tracing the history of Over through families, houses and land enclosures.
Love
Mike & Kate

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