23rd October 2022

 

Dear All,

I guess the highlight of this week is trading in our car and buying another, we opted for the same model but it has been considerably updated and not for nothing do they refer to the dashboard as the “Cockpit”! The old car was showing signs of wear and the local garage thought the clutch was going and the gearbox sync probably as well and as these would be costly replacements it was more than the value of the car was worth.

 

 

KD19TVA

 

We missed the first week of the new U3A term walking last week so had some catching up to do. On Monday it was “Next Question” a session on quizzes. It consisted of 2 x 20 question quizzes then a few fillers at the end. It was quite good but the leader had a very quiet voice so it was a strain to catch the questions. Kate meanwhile was on a Zoom about the Brain, this week including dyslexia.

 

On Tuesday we both attended “Napoleon” and this was excellent covering his rise to power and meeting with Josephine. On Wednesday I tuned into a lecture on “Agricultural Risks and their effect on World food supplies”.

Kate was not feeling too good so we missed the Thursday walk which was a blessing as we recorded 36mm rain – the most in a single day this year. It cleared up in the afternoon so we walked through the RSPB reserve to Brownshill Staunch.

 

 

Overcote Pond

 

 

Overcote Road

 

 

Brownshill Staunch

 

 

Torrent

 

 

Tough Guys

 

It was back to “Biographies” on Friday the topic this week being “Elizabeth Mackintosh”. She was a Scottish novelist and playwright who also wrote under the pseudonyms Josephine Tey and Gordon Daviot. Her most famous book “The Daughter of Time” examined Richard IIIs role in the murder of the babes in the tower and found him not guilty.

 

 

Elizabeth Mackentosh

Over managed to play a home match on their own ground for the first time yesterday as the pitch had been suffering from stony topsoil dressing and a plague of rabbits digging holes. They responded well and beat 2^nd in the table Cambridge University Press 4 v 0.

We are expecting Dave Garlick to take the service this evening then we plan to drive down to Hove to mind the grandchildren for a couple of days of half term while Mary-Ann is at work and Andy visits Sweden for the first time since lockdown.

Love

 

 

 

Mike & Kate