Sunday, 15 March 2020


15th March 2020

Dear All,
Well we are living in interesting times! U3A cancelled all meeting indoors and outdoors on Thursday. Needless to say our walks leader Philip is still contemplating whether to comply. Church has stopped all meetings involving food, started collecting names of attendees and deciding whether all meetings will go ahead. Over football was cancelled as the opposition requested it and to make it worse Kate has decided that the freed up time should be spent decorating!
It is not all bad news as we managed to get a plumber this week to fix an overflow problem – he is the third one we have tried after six messages.
On Monday I was down at Wisley to assess onions from storage. It was a good time to go as the Magnolias and Azaleias were beginning to show on Battlesdon Hill and there were huge sweeps of crocuses. Needless to say the M25 was not flowing freely so we barely made it in time. Kate meanwhile attended the U3A film which this week was a Hitchcock thriller “Shadow of a Doubt“.

 
Onion Storage







Wednesday was the best weather we have enjoyed so far and I managed to plant early potatoes and onion sets and round up digging after leeks and parsnips. In the evening I was at Whittlesford Garden Club – my 8th talk in the last 7 weeks.
Thursday saw us at Therfield above Royston. It was a good walk but very up and down with some severe wind gusts. Violets were the flowers of the day.

 

Overlooking Royston



Violets
Yesterday John Lane and I attended a cricket pitch maintenance course at Cambourne. You can always teach old dogs new tricks! In the afternoon Dave and I went to watch Comberton v Hemingford – one of the few surviving fixtures.
With love

Mike & Kate

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