10th November 2019

Dear All,

Not too much to report this week as we have not been far. “Just Vegetating” this week was “Salads-Fruit” covering Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Peppers and Aubergines. The food continues to be popular with none left over for hungry leaders who have skipped breakfast to go swimming!

At the weekend I received an invitation to speak to the “South Devon Organic Growers” in January. It is a long way to go but I have met them before as they supply “Riverford”.

I have started working on my next “Biography” presentation this week as I have to perform in December now, as someone has dropped out. This time my subject is “Jack London” who packed a lot in a short life dying at 40.

Our walk venue was one of the more distant locations at Haynes in Bedfordshire beyond Old Warden. The weather was better than forecast and it was a good autumn walk with coloured leaves and loads of fungi.

Autumn colours

Fungi

Maulden Wood

  

Clophill Old Church

In the evening it was the AGM for Over Produce Show which is a bit of a non-event but necessary nonetheless.

This week’s biography was “George Keith” he was an obscure Scottish and Prussian army officer and diplomat. Jacobite by persuasion. He served in Flanders under the duke of Marlborough from 1708 to 1711, but for considering placing the Old Pretender on the British throne on Queen Anne's death he was deprived of his commission. He fought on the Jacobite side during the 1715 Jacobite rising and his estates falling to the crown. He then served Frederick the Great in Prussia eventually dying there.

George Keith

Yesterday I wrote December’s Garden Column and watched Cherry Hinton 2 v 0 Eaton Socon while Over beat Fulbourn 8 v 2

With love

Mike & Kate