5th July 2020

 

Dear All,

Some signs of returning normality as we worked on the cricket square, I managed the dentist, Kate went to the hairdressers and we booked eye tests. However, caution is still the password as it will be interesting to see whether the virus spikes again with the recent relaxation measures.

As it looks likely that local cricket will return soon after Boris’s U turn, we spent Wednesday morning double cutting and rolling the square. The main snag appears to be the toilet facilities which evidently don’t match this week’s requirements – but that could change!

My trip to the dentist was surprisingly painless as what I thought was a lost filing was in fact a cap which I had fortunately taken with me to show the dentist and he merely cleaned things up and stuck it back on. Kate’s hairdresser actually phoned her up to see whether she would like an appointment and she was the second one back yesterday after the shop reopened.

I sent some seed to Moldova on the 24^th March for Oleg, our main collaborator to test – it arrived this week on the 1^st July!

 

 

Oleg & Angelica with seed parcel

 

June’s on-line 70^th birthday party worked quite well. We attended the virtual Museum tour and took part in a quiz. The quiz was presented by her Scottish brother-in-law who had a rather broad and soft accent which led to a certain amount of guesswork as to the question, let alone the answer!

Our longer walk this week started at our friend’s house in Histon and took in Oakington, Northstowe, Rampton and Westwick covering a couple of paths that were new to us. We also encountered a crop of Canary Grass for seed – it is used for birdseed.

 

Oakington Millenium Wood

 

 

Oakington Martyr’s graves

 

 

Canary Grass

Kate has strung the autumn sown onions, continued picking currants every day and just about finished strawberries and raspberries. I have sown late French beans, swedes, turnips, Pak Choi, Tatsoi and Corn Salad.

 

Local Craftswoman!

 

Today is Amélie’s 9^th birthday. She requested a dog so her uncle and aunts clubbed together to buy her a stick insect cage together with contents – close!

 

 

Stick Insects

With love

Mike & Kate