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Sunday, 14 January 2024

14t^h January 2024

Dear All,

This week has been dominated by preparations and carrying out the chapel New Year social. Kate was IC the meal with Jane Gregory and the planning, shopping, preparations and execution involved a lot of work. 50 people eventually booked in and 46 finally turned up with the menu reading:

Starters: Celeriac soup or Prawn cocktail

Main: Chicken casserole a la Mary Berry with roast potatoes, carrots, parsnip and cabbage.

Sweets; a choice of 9 sweets

Cheese & biscuits

Coffee.

I delivered a Review of the year under the headings:

1. World events

2. Chapel events

3. Sport

4. Local events.

The excitement levels were raised by both boilers packing up during the morning and only one of them being repaired. Clearing up seemed to take for ever and we eventually got home at 10.45pm

Pat & Merv have invited us for lunch today which I think will be greatly appreciated.

Warm Room

Cooler Room

Sweet Array

I have had two photographic assignments this week – first a portrait of Geoff Pake for the CEEM website:

Geoff Pake

Second was to take Adrian’s new kittens as he plans to let them out of the house this week and wants material for the Wanted Posters when they get lost! This was a far more challenging task as they were loath to sit still!

Binky

Billy

Oakington Garden Centre had seed potatoes in stock this week so we nipped over to purchase Kestrel, Charlotte and Desiree.

Did you catch the programme about the Fenstanton Crucifixion this week? Bones were uncovered with a nail through the ankle from Roman times – only the second time this has occurred in the whole of the world.

Our Thursday walk started from Little Walden and took in Ashdon. Fortunately the ground was frozen for the first 2 hours and only became muddy for the last hour. We saw three herds of deer one of which had about 80 individuals.