17th March 2024
Dear All,
Following
Monday’s swim, Just Vegetating was Minor crop’s part 2 including Globe and
Jerusalem Artichokes and Cardoons. Kate prepared Pumpkin, Sage and Barley bake,
Jerusalem Artichoke dauphinoise and stuffed aubergines. One week to go! I
managed to plant onions and shallots and sow carrots on the raised bed.
In
the evening it was the annual chapel 10 -Pin Bowling evening at Pidley. It was
well attended again with 35 dining and 28 bowling. For once Gordon didn’t win
but claims he should have done on count back! I performed very modestly leaving
1 or 2 standing 16 out of 20 goes.
Pre-Contest Meal
Mervyn – Poetry in Motion.
La Belle Epoque
The Great War
Our
lawn appears to have come through the wet winter with about 50% moss so I went
to Berrycroft stores to purchase some Lawn Sand but they no longer stock it instead they have a special lawn fertiliser which is supposed to kill weeds and moss. I have
applied it and await results.
Our
Thursday walk this week started at Barrow half way between Newmarket and Bury
St Edmunds. The A14 had been seriously flooded in previous days but was
thankfully open although there was plenty of evidence of tankers and pipelines.
The conditions this week were kinder that several recent outings with some
sunshine and less mud but what mud there was had a special stickiness as though
mixed with glue!
Barrow Old Clock
Tower
Lest we Forget!
Wilsummer Wood
Barrow Village
Pond
The
Biographies subject this week was Dame Freya Stark she was a British-Italian
explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels
in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works
and essays. She had a terrible accident as a teenager when her long hair got
caught in a carpet loom and yanked part of her hair and scalp away so she
always wore a hat thereafter, her most famous book was “The Valleys of the
Assassins” about travelling alone in Iran.
Freya Stark
We
held a CEEM meal and meeting Friday evening to progress the sending of the
Firemen’s uniforms and seed to Moldova and try and set date for this year’s
visit, it looks as though Geoff Pake and I will go on 2nd to 9th
May but it is not finally booked yet.
The
speaker for next Wednesday’s Over Garden Club meeting dropped out this week so
I have been asked to substitute.
Saturday
morning, I planted peas from gutters and Beetroot from modules so although the
land is still very wet there is some progress on the drier areas.
The
big match yesterday was Shelford (top) v Over (3rd), Unfortunately
Shelford won an even contest 3 v 0 but Over are a very young team so will
hopefully learn from the experience.
Last night a group of us were in the Church Hall for "Would I Lie to You?". I t was quite entertaining but went on a little too long!
The
Magnolia trees have been at their best this week but are already beginning to
fade.
Magnolia
Regards
Mike
& Kate
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