3rd November 2024
Dear All,
The undoubted highlight of the week was
meeting up with David, Mary and Graham on Wednesday (dare I say otherwise!). We
used to assemble 10 for a cousin’s reunion but now John, Muriel and Jenny are
no longer with us and Peter and Annemarie are both in care homes so it is down
to five. We had lunch at a garden centre in Clacton then walked along the front
to Jaywick. Jaywick centre has improved a little but is still rather run down
but the beach is now excellent following the strategic placement of rocks which
have encouraged the deposition of sand. After we went back to Beaumont to catch
up and for tea. On the way down we started to notice road kill deer and between
Stanstead and Colchester we counted at least 10.
Kate, David, Mary,
Mike, Graham
Jaywick Sands
After
our swim on Monday Kate and I took Tony and Jenny Miles to Addenbrookes as Tony
was having a heart monitor fitted. I then tuned in to U3A “Balkans” on Zoom
which this week was on Slovenia.
Lake Bled,
Slovenia
Later
I picked the green tomatoes and removed the plants form the bottom greenhouse
while harvesting our vast peanut crop (one plant!) and digging up a bucket full
of Sweet Potatoes.
Peanuts
Sweet Potatoes
On
Tuesday I was back at Specsavers to have my ears moulded for a new hearing aid
then I mucked and dug the tomato house. In the afternoon I went to Willingham
to help Geoff Pake erecting a new poly tunnel. Unfortunately, the site was wet
and muddy and the day before he had slipped and damaged his ankle so he was not
very mobile. He had a scan the next day and found that he had cracked a bone.
Geoff’s Tunnel
We
did the Thursday walk this week which started at Newport south of Saffron
Walden and took in Rickling and Wicken Bonhunt. It was an excellent walk but we
started in mist which did not clear for nearly 2 hours. The mist showed up an
amazing display of ground cover cobwebs.
Newport in the
Mist
Nell Gwyn’s House,
Newport
Ground Cover
Spiders Webs
Interested
Observer
The Coach &
Horses, Wicken Bonhunt
St Helen’s Saxon Chapel
The
Biographies subject this week was James/Jan Morris the transgender travel
writer. He had five children before changing gender and was on the Everest
expedition and responsible for getting the news of the conquest back to the UK
in time for the coronation.
In
the evening, we had a meal and CEEM committee meeting at the Pakes.
Over
won again on Saturday beating Milton 4 v 1 so are now 3rd in the
table.
Regards
Mike
& Kate
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