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Sunday, 18 August 2024

18^th August 2024

Dear All,

Kate had an early appointment with a physio on Monday but this has so far not yielded any positive action. We then had an 11.15 am swim in a very crowded pool. In the afternoon Kate helped me saw logs from the tree we had felled behind the chapel. We managed 30 logs so it was well worthwhile.

Kate has finished all the questions for the village quiz in October and we have been putting the presentation together, one round is “People and Places” so matching dots on a map with someone’s name e.g. Eric Morecombe.

On Tuesday morning we had a trip to Scotsdale’s Garden Centre to view garden sheds as our bike shed is showing its age. We took Adrian with us as he always enjoys a good shed! In the afternoon I succumbed to a dose of diarrhoea and had to take to my bed.

I recovered enough to dig the Sweet Corn land that the badgers had ravished on Wednesday.

Mary-Ann, Andy and family departed for a week in Lanzarote and looked happy in the photos as the temperature was comfortable 26C. Ben is currently cycling in France having crossed from Newhaven to Dieppe heading for Rouen.

I was given a few tubers of a recent variety of potatoes named Carolus which I dug this week – it is blight resistant and produced a very good sample.

Carolus

Water has become an issue in the garden as we have only recorded 1mm rain in August so far. The Sweet Corn at the allotment has been cropping well protected by the electric fence.

Our Thursday walk started at Burrough Green near Newmarket this week and took in Widgham Green and part of the Stour Valley Path. Conditions were good as there was a cooling breeze throughout. It is horse racing territory with a few studs along the way. Harvest seemed to be nearly finished in the area.