3rd September 2023
Dear All,
We
spent last Saturday and Sunday at Beccles and Southwold helping celebrate Sue
and John Bailey’s 50th wedding anniversary. They had booked a beach
hut at Southwold and the junior members of the family were happy digging holes
in the sand and manning a sail board. The cast included Sue and John’s son
James and his Polish wife Joanna and their two children, daughter Helen and her
two plus John’s brother Paul, his wife Angela and their children Christopher
and Caroline, Paul’s wife Stacey and a French exchange girl. An interesting
range of characters largely proving “You can choose your friends but relatives are
as delivered!” (Not in the case of our family of course as you are all near
perfect!). The weather was very mixed with sunshine interrupted on both days
with thunderstorms which flooded the car park on Saturday.
Southwold Beach
Southwold Pier
Merry Paddlers:
Stacey, Christopher & Kate
On
Monday we were invited to Wimpole Hall to advise on the Walled Garden,
particularly an experiment they are running comparing “Dig & No Dig”. One
of our walking companions volunteers there and has a major input into the
project spending 3 days a week in the garden and allotment. He also walks 2
days and has his own allotment so does not see too much of his wife - which he
claims is a secret of a happy marriage!
Experimental Beds
Walled Garden
Monday
was of course a Bank Holiday and when we left at noon every car park was full
as was an overflow field and cars were queued back to the main road.
It
was Arthur’s 5th birthday on Monday so we dropped in with a present
and a drink. Besides the three children in a small house, they have acquired a
puppy which will fill any remaining space!
The
Cambridge News Photo theme this week was “Space” and I had four entries – I
think they were short of material!
Photos from the
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Our
U3A course allocations came through this week, apart from the Just Vegetating
and Biographies which I help run and the Rambling we both have a course on
French history and I have one on the Balkans.
We
began our walk on Thursday at Wrestlingworth near Potton and took in Tadlow and
Eyeworth. Conditions were good but the scenery mainly cereal stubbles so not
the most picturesque.
Old Chapel House,
Wrestlingworth
Hook’s Mill,
Eyeworth
Bury Holme Farm,
Eyeworth
Stubble field
The
badgers discovered the sweet corn at the allotment Wednesday night and spraying
a border with petrol did not prevent them returning to finish the job on Thursday.
Fortunately, we had picked 75% and still have some in the garden.
Badger Picnic!
Kate
has hade a good show of flowers on her allotment particularly Zinnias which can
be tricky to grow.
Zinnias
Over
had their last cricket match against Hemingford yesterday which they won to
finish 5th in their league, meanwhile the football team were also
playing Hemingford and won 3 v 1.
A
rare sight in the river this week as a pair of Dolphins managed to swim right
up to Brownshill staunch.
Dolphins (not my
photo)
If
all goes well we are off to Georgia on Tuesday so no letter next week – control
your disappointment!
Love
Mike
& Kate
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