24^th August 2024

 

Dear All,

Early letter this week as we should be off to North Wales tomorrow with some of our walking colleagues.

On Monday we were both in Cambridge as Kate had a Book Club meeting in the library and I was shopping for new walking boots and trousers. On the way in via the Guided Bus we met our old doctor Larry Amure who has spent some of his retirement writing an autobiography entitles “Beyond the Horizon Might be Better”. He has written books before which were not great but this time he has employed editors to help and he claims it is much better. He was partly raised in Nigeria with a very difficult father. I have a copy and will let you know!

We managed a swim on Tuesday accompanied by Carol and Mervyn and it was not as crowded as the previous week. Later I emptied the bike shed as the replacement should be delivered a few days after we return. I then had to remove the guttering which was a challenge as some of the screws were past their best.

In the evening Over won their first match of the new football season beating Witchford 2 v 0. They are going to miss two of their best players as their mother is from the Faroe Islands and they are going to try and get into the Faroes International team.

We have continued to work on the quiz and this is now largely complete.

Plenty of vegetables harvested this week including Sweet Corn, Marrows, Courgettes, Beans, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Beetroot, Lettuce and Peppers.

Our Thursday walk started at Horningsea this week and looped in to Lode via Anglesey Abbey. The weather was overcast but a good temperature despite a lively wind. Harvest was finished.

 

 

Pre-Walk Gathering almost a PM?

 

 

Stow cum Quy Pits

 

 

Lode Water Mill

 

 

Quy Water by Anglesey Abbey

 

We prepared the last cricket wicket of the season on Friday but in the end the match was rained off. We managed 8mm rain which was welcome as we had only 4.5 mm the previous 23 days of August.

I started preparing the Harvest report for chapel this morning as our Harvest Thanksgiving is only a week after we get back.

Ben sent a photo from a landmark that you might recognise.

 

 

 

Guess Where?

Regards

 

 

Mike & Kate