27^th October 2024

 

Dear All,

 It has been a week of catching up with the things cancelled the previous week. On Monday  Kate and Merv went swimming but I missed it to get my tooth recapped. The U3A office has been closed all week because they detected Legionnaires bacteria in the water supply.

I have been a member of the Thursday walking group for 16 years; this time we have also signed on for the Tuesday group – we do not plan to attend both each week but to choose the walk which is closest as some of the Thursday walks are 40 miles away. This week was our first outing with the Tuesday group which started at Haddenham and took in Aldreth and the River Great Ouse. We had good weather but it was a little soggy underfoot in places. The group is larger and they split in two alternating walks with one group aiming to walk faster.

 

 

Leaving Haddenham

 

 

Cattle by the River

 

 

Great Ouse at Aldreth

 

 

Break

 

On Wednesday morning I had both an Eye check and a discussion about hearing aids so I need stronger lens and hopefully a different hearing aid. We had a full turn out for the church group and Bulgarian friends Stan, Maya and Sammy Stoyanov called in for a drink.

Having a free Thursday was a novelty so we went to St Ives on the Guided Bus as Kate wanted to fill a shoe box for the Samaritans Purse Christmas appeal.

 

I called in the local Pharmacy to collect medications and the staff asked “have you had a Flu jab yet.?” I said “no” as I had to cancel with the COVD. They replied “Have you got 5 minutes?” - and they jabbed me on the spot!

I planted out Broad Beans and also sowed a row hoping mice, squirrels, Muntjac deer and all other pests will let them prosper.

I have continued digging at the allotment and managed to almost finish this week.

We were able to hold “Biographies” this week as we do not meet in the U3A offices but the Friends Meeting House. The topic this week was Sir Kenneth Clark of “Civilisation” fame. He had a strange childhood not being allowed to mix with other children but at boarding school got interested in art and after Oxford became director of the Ashmolean Museum aged 23. He later transferred to be director of the National Gallery and then chair of the new Independent Television Authority, never having owned a TV. The highlight of his career came when he was invited to present “Civilisation” by David Attenborough. It was the most expensive production at that time but because it was syndicated worldwide made money.

 

 

Sir Kenneth Clark

 

Over had a good win on Saturday thumping Witchford 6 v 1.

 

Regards

Mike & Kate