20th October 2019

Dear All,

It was Street Pastors again last night, hence the delay in publication as we did not get to bed until 4.22am. The streets were fairly busy but reasonably good humoured with no fights. We had a few serious sickness cases but it was not too bad.

“Just Vegetating” this week featured “Alliums” and this year’s class are full of questions which is a good sign.

We have been down to Hove on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Wednesday we caught the Coastliner bus to Worthing with Albert and explored the pier and the town which seems to be prosperous.

Worthing Pier

Kate & Albert on the Pier

Amelie the Artist (Cat theme!)

Our Thursday walk was local at Eltisley including Caxton and Cambourne. It was a decent walk with several green lanes. When we came out of the pub after lunch we had a 15” crack in the car windscreen, how it happened was a mystery but it has now been replaced.

Bourn Post Mill

 

 Caxton Church

On Friday the “Biographies” subject was “John Howard” of the “Howard League of Penal Reform” fame. He became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and therefore responsible for local prisons. He was shocked at what he found and spent great energy visiting almost every prison in England and many on the Continent studying conditions and suggesting improvements covering about 80,000 miles mostly on horseback.

John Howard

In the evening we had the annual fund raising quiz at the Day Care Centre. We were a little apprehensive as the Centre failed to advertise the event in the “Over News” but in fact we had a full house and raised about £400. Kate as ever has complied all the questions and it seemed to go very well.

It was the first Lego event of the season at chapel yesterday. Kate was in charge of refreshments so all in all has had a fairly busy week.

With love

Mike & Kate