Sunday, 14 February 2021


14th February 2021

Hi All,

Microsoft Office is playing up this weekend so the letter is initially only on the blog site.

It has been a very chilly week although we have not had the snow that seems to have settled in Essex and it has been a plus to walk on frozen mud rather than the sloppy sort!

We did our longer walk on Wednesday this week partly because the I had a talk to deliver on Thursday and partly because the weather looked better. The weather proved to be good for walking with sunshine above and frozen below. We walked across the Over RSPB tp the Staunch to see how high the river was - and it was very high, We then took the Ouse Valley Way intending to reach Earith but the path disappeared under water half way along, so we retraced our steps and circumnavigated Barleycroft lake. The Lake was heaving with water fowl: flocks of ducks and geese as well as several swans, egrets, coots and cormorants.


Frozen Mud on RSPB


River Level


Style to?


Ouse Valley Way


River Ouse Reflections

A surprising feature next to the Lake was a field of about 90 Alpacas which were not there on previous walks.

Alpacas

The sugar beet clamp in Over Fen has been cleared this week to a hard standing but has left a terrible mess on the field.


Post Sugar Beet Clamp


I have delivered two talks on ZOOM this week, on Tuesday to U3A Garden Group on "Legumes" and on Thursday to Hitchin Probus on "The Wildlife of Costa Rica". I usually enjoy this one but I had several bird experts in the audience who corrected a few things!

We attended Megan's funeral on U Tube which was obviously very emotional, especially seeing all the photos.

"Biographies" this week featured "Carl Gustav Jung" of psychological fame. It was very highbrow as we were introduced to Archetypes, Archetypical images, Complexes, Extraversion and introversion, Persona, Shadow, Ego, Collective unconscious, Anima, Animus, Self, Individuation and Synchronicity - but I don't expect I have to explain any of these to you?!! He was actually quite a cheerful chap and lived until 86 years old with a plethora of children and grandchildren,


Carl Gustav Jung

Kate did a Hinchingbrooke run with Lorna on Tuesday and they had to wait over 45 minutes in the Car Park for admittance - I think you need to avoid hospitals if you are not feeling well!!

love

Mike & Kate

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