5th September
2021
Dear All,
Highlight this week was a
trip to Hyde Hall and Hutton on Wednesday. Hyde Hall is the RHS garden near
Chelmsford and they have spent a deal of money there recently improving the
buildings and relaying the gardens. We met Esther, Amḗlie and Albert there,
Mary-Ann and the children were spending some days at Hutton, but Mary-Ann was
having to work. The best part for me was the new vegetable beds featuring a
range of common and unusual vegetables, all well grown. Fortunately, there was
also a children’s play area to entertain A & A as they might not have been
so enthralled with the vegetables!
Hyde
Hall new Glasshouse in Vegetable garden
Sunflowers
& Squash
Rudbeckia
Upper
Lake
Amelie
& Albert at Alice’s tea party
In the afternoon we
returned to Hutton to apply some law and order to the garden, including
clearing a passage so that a fence could be replaced.
Hutton
work party
Recovery!
Meal
at the George & Dragon
Later we all gathered at
the George & Dragon at Mountnessing for a meal and to suss out a possible
site for a belated 50th anniversary gathering.
On Tuesday we entertained
Norman Ingle and the Kitson’s for Lunch including Carol’s mother who is now 100
years old.
Walking on Thursday
started at Therfield above Royston, it was very up and down and quite hard work
but an attractive walk. High point was coming across a herd of over 40 fallow
deer.
Kelsall
Memorial
Deer
Herd
Pen
Hill
We prepared the wicket
for the last adult game of the season on Friday and had to spend an hour
rolling the outfield as the grass has not been kept under control in recent
weeks as the Parish Council limit the number of cuts that they will pay for.
In the garden Sweet Corn
has been very productive and still cropping at full bore and there was a good
Pepper pick yesterday. I have also started digging for a new strawberry bed.
Pepper
Harvest
Over drew 2 v 2 with top
of the table West Wratting yesterday in a very exciting match and the cricket
went to the last over before losing.
The CN topic was “Insects”
and my submission was a Costa Rican scorpion on Kate’s hand – they don’t sting
there!
Costa
Rican Scorpion
With love
Mike & Kate
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