24th September 2023

 

Dear All,

It is Harvest Thanksgiving weekend at chapel which meant decorating on Thursday and Friday afternoons then a Harvest Supper last night with a speaker from AquAid a Cambridge based company who supply water coolers but use money raised for charity work in Africa.

  

 

Harvest Decoration

 

Josie Charter from AquAid

 

We are expecting Dave Garlick from Ecuador to speak at this morning’s service.

I have spent some time this week sorting, labelling and distributing the Georgia photos – even putting some on Facebook!

Plenty of gardening to catch up on but some serious rain - over 70mm this week. The second storm on Wednesday evening coincided with an Over Garden Club meeting in the Community Centre and the noise of the downpour was so loud you could barely hear the speaker who was describing her experiences of mounting a Chelsea Show exhibit.

 

 

Monday’s harvest

 

Walking this week started at Newport near Saffron Walden and took in Wicken Bonhunt which David will remember from “Googa Peas” days! It was mainly through arable fields which had been cultivated but mostly not sown. Sugar Beet and Rape crops looked good and the rain the previous night had sunk in so not too much mud.

 

 

The Coach & Horses, Newport

 

 

St Helen’s chapel – 2^nd oldest building in Essex

 

 

Near Wicken Bonhunt

 

 

Cultivated field near Newport

 

Esther and Emma called in yesterday on their way home from a rather damp week in Derbyshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire taking in the Smiths, Bridgewater Garden, the Gormley statues, Harlow Carr, Bettys and York Minster amongst other things.

Over won 2 v 1 against Bassingbourn yesterday making it 4 wins out of their first 5 games which is much better than expected with a young side featuring 5 of last year’s 2^nd team.

Love

 

Mike & Kate