1^st March 2020

Dear All,

Well, Friday was a good day, first Kate got an “all clear” from her latest mammogram, then a walk colleague came to help me sort the seed from Mr Fothergill’s then we completed our last Street Patrol - at least for a while, as we are taking a break after more than 5 years. It was payday Friday so the streets were fairly busy and we had enough incidents to stop us getting bored! We had donned an extra layer of clothing heeding the weather forecast, but actually it was not too cold and stayed dry throughout.

We have been sorting the seed by crop and variety and so far have 200 vegetable varieties and 970 packets without starting on the flowers.

Just beginning

On Tuesday we attended the U3A film which was “The Touch” directed by Ingmar Bergman – his first in English. It was absorbing but fairly unbelievable.

I had another Garden Club talk on Wednesday this time at Baldock. Kate came with me to share the driving and it was a large group of over 70. I had another photo published in the centrefold of the Cambridge News this week of Willy Lott’s cottage at Flatford which still resembles “The Haywain” without the Haywain!

 

 

As published (part)                                                     The Original

Walking this week was a case of: when the going gets tough – quite a lot of the tough stay at home! We met at Cottenham and Cottenham Fen is not the most attractive spot in the world on a nice day so when it is snowing and blowing with mud underfoot it is a teeth gritter. However, the sun came out half way round and we finished on an entirely different day.

Assembling in a snowshower

Traditional Fenland Flytipping

 

Between Rampton & Cottenham

Rampton

“Biographies” topic this week was “Johannes Kepler” of astronomy fame. He was a remarkable scientist in demonstrating the planets circulating the sun rather than the earth but was a very difficult personality, falling out with everyone he met or worked with.

Joannes Kepler

All local football matches were cancelled yesterday due to waterlogged pitches. Esther and Emma flew to Tenerife yesterday staying in a hotel close to the one that is quarantined!

With love

Mike & Kate