8th March 2020

Dear All,

It was a Hove visit again this week and we took Albert to Brighton on Wednesday to explore. There is always something new to discover in Brighton, this time we visited St Bartholomew’s the tallest (to the roof) church in Europe complete with a solid silver altar. We then visited a new park (to us) and found a street market.  We were back in Hove for lunch in a café run by one of Amelie’s school friends’ parents and got into conversation with a couple of elderly gents one of whom turned out to be Michael Jayston an actor who has appeared on “Only Fools and Horses”, and “Dr Who”.

 

St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton

The Silver Altar

 

In the Levels park

 

Street Art

On Monday we assembled 5 for swimming then we were sorting seed again. In the evening I was speaking at Willingham Garden Club arriving home for the second half of a Deacon’s meeting.

Thursday’s walk started at Chippenham near Newmarket where the soil is sandy so less mud than usual.

Chippenham Fen

 

Landwade church

Landwade bridge over the moat

In “Biographies” we were introduced to a double bill of “William Morgan” and “John Williams” both were Welsh 16^th century clerics who studied at St John’s college, Cambridge. Morgan translated the Bible into Welsh and Williams became political advisor to James I.

 

                        William Morgan                                 John Williams

We fetched Ben from Huntingdon Station on Friday night as he is up to run the Cambridge Half Marathon this weekend.

The garden dried enough to plant out Peas and sow Broad beans and to give the grass the first trim of the year.

With love

Mike & Kate