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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