22nd December 2019

Dear All,

We have managed two Christmas lunches this week and both were decent quality for mass catering. On Monday it was the ex NIAB employees at the Hallmark Hotel at Bar Hill and on Thursday the walking group at The Crown Little Walden. Both suffered reduced numbers through illness which seems especially rife this year. The walking lunch had to be earned of course with a challenging walk via Saffron Walden with mince pies and mulled wine at a member’s house. The walk outside of town was slippery and hard going with hardly a field without a lake on it.

Near Little Walden

 

Saffron Walden

 

The Class of 2019

Kate and I did a little more shopping in Cambridge on Tuesday and on Wednesday I managed to book our next flight to Moldova and collected a Christmas tree from Fenwick’s bargain allotment – still £2 per foot. I also completed an eight page security check for the CEEM account at HSBC – a few hours of my life that I won’t be getting back!

I collected my usual haul of Brussels sprouts on Friday this time grown in Kent via a farm shop in Hilgay. The size is good but they have a few more black spots than usual and the price had increased by 50%. I started delivering yesterday to locations outside of Over and plan to distribute locally tomorrow (58 on the current list).

Sprout trees

Additional sprouts

We watched Shelford 3 v 1 Eynesbury yesterday with one goal being scored from 70 yards.

Happy Christmas to all readers especially those we will not be seeing over the period.

With love

Mike & Kate