30th August 2020

 

Dear All,

Highlights this week included booking a holiday, re-joining U3A the walkers and carrying out a Risk Assessment for chapel – so not as exciting as your weeks maybe?

We have booked a cottage at Hopton in Derbyshire for a week from 18^th September with David & Elly, friends from U3A walking. They were on the 2013 U3A trip to Derbyshire that was restricted by heavy snow and David is keen to complete some of the walks that were not possible that week.

As our local companions were not available this week, we joined the U3A walkers at Quy on Thursday. They are still going out in small groups to different locations although Philip interprets current regulations as allowing 30 if you are a charity! The walk took in Quy Fen, Horningsea, Lode and Anglesey Abbey. The temperature and wind were OK for walking which had not been the case for much of the week. We had walked shorter local routes during the week and been severely battered by the wind.

 

 

Quy Copralite Quarry

 

 

Maize maze

 

 

Lode Watermill

Other excursions this week included a visit to Oakington Garden centre and Kate has braved Tesco and undergone an eye appointment – which she failed due to pressure in her left eye and has been referred to Addenbrookes.

 

I watched a couple of football matches this week in the pre-season charity cup, the weather for the final on Friday was atrocious with both wind and heavy rain. The short adult cricket season finished yesterday but youth matches are still carrying on so we are still preparing pitches.

 

Kate and I together with Stephen Gregory have been charged with carrying out a risk assessment for chapel prior to the possibility of starting meeting up again. The Government guidelines are in a non-too compact 20-page document listing the things which you can (few) and cannot (many) do. I cannot see many folk rushing to fill the building but I guess it is a stage to go through.

Ben had a week off and having studied the list of countries which were open to UK tourists and did not require quarantine on return chose the Czech Republic – returning just in time to avoid the country being added to the quarantine list!

Plant of the week this week is the Pineapple Lilly as featured in this months RHS “Garden” magazine.

 

 

Pineapple Lilly

 

Did you watch the TV programme about Sophie & Edward Wessex last night – I am gradually coming to terms at not getting a mention!

 

Sophie & me!

With love

Mike & Kate