28th August 2022

 

Dear All,

17.5 mm rain Wednesday night and Thursday has made a lot of difference, but obviously is not nearly enough. It certainly affected our Thursday walk as it was rain or drizzle all the way but it is so long since we have had decent rain it did not seem too bad even though we were as wet inside our waterproofs as outside! We started at Orwell and circumnavigated Wimpole Park.

 

 

Damp Gathering

 

 

Novel Rainwear

 

 

Wimpole Charcoal Oven

 

 

Wimpole Way

 

 

 

Damp Break

 

 

 

In the evening I had dried out enough to attend the Over Produce Show committee meeting trying to analyse what went well and what didn’t. Why does every committee have one or two slightly annoying characters? (maybe it is me?)  We had our car back on the road Monday after six days, the garage blamed a faulty batch of starter motors from Bosch – but who knows? We entertained the Burrell family for lunch as they were due to depart on a camping holiday next day.

 

 

Rachel, Matthew, Arthur & Grace

 

On Tuesday we spring cleaned the bottom garden shed, a job not be taken lightly with about 500 flower pots and heaps of fleece and netting covers. This led to noticing the shredder which I had not used for several years so yesterday morning I had an enjoyable session turning 8 feet tall Jerusalem Artichokes into compost.

 

 

Phantom Shredder

 

 

 

We managed a Blackberry gathering during the week and were surprised to find a patch with plump juicy fruit amongst the predominantly dry shrivelled ones down Fen End.

 

 

Foraging Loot

 

 

 

I prepared the wicket for the last match of the season on Wednesday. They have not enjoyed a great season with both teams being relegated and continually struggling to field teams, local cricket is definitely on the decline with nine matches called off yesterday due to teams defaulting.

I picked the last Sweet Corn yesterday but it has performed well and beans have made a come back with the cooler weather.

 

 

love

 

Mike & Kate