Sunday, 27 June 2021

 

27th June 2021

 

Dear All,

Well tough times afoot with football, cricket, rugby, F1. Tour de France and Wimbledon all on it is going to be tricky fitting them all in!

Highlight of this week was an Over Gardening club visit to Impington Mill gardens. A couple took on the project 20 years ago as there was an overgrown area of 1.5 acres but they were not interested in the windmill. However, they have largely restored the mill and created an interesting garden. One feature is their compost area of 12 tilting bins so that the contents can be turned as they pass through the system.

 


 

Impington Windmill

 


 

Mill Cottage

 

 


Pottager Bed

 


 

Turning Compost Bins

 

Lowlight of the week has been my emails being hacked. I couldn’t access them for a day and called in “Stan the Computer Man”. It took him 1.5 hours to sort with two phone calls to BT. He discovered that the emails had been diverted to a third party so were lost to me. Evidently, they build up a picture of you that they can use in a Scam using your identity!

 

Our Thursday walk started at Sturmer beyond Haverhill and skirted Haverhill to Little Wratting, great Wratting, Kedington and back along the Stour Valley Way. It was good conditions for walking but parts of the Stour Valley Way were surprisingly overgrown. One farm yard had experienced a very serious barn fire.Kate came on the walk this week and made it round OK. She is still gradually improving but gets tired every evening and the steroids seem to affect her sleep pattern.

 


The Red Lion, Sturmer

 

 


Stour tributary near Haverhill

 

 


Serious Barn Fire

 

I watched Over cricket team yesterday who fielded a weakened team as one member held a stag do in the Lake District. What are things coming to when cricketers get married in the season? The remnants performed well but lost by one wicket in a close finish.

The theme of the photos in the Cambridge News this week was “Cambridgeshire” and I had a picture of Fleam Dyke printed.

 

 


Fleam Dyke

 

With love

Mike & Kate

 

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