9th February 2025

 

Dear All,

 

Another crowded session in the swimming pool – peoples New Year resolutions seem to be lasting longer this year! Just Vegetating was Salads – Leaf, Shoots and Roots. Kate produced: Braised Celery with cheese & Onion sauce, Squash, Onion & Quinoa salad and Strawberry, Mint, Olive, Lambs lettuce & Hazelnut salad.

After I had a visit to HSBC to try and sort a difficulty with the CEEM account then joined a couple of walkers: David and Howell for lunch in their favourite venue Weatherspoons!

We walked on Tuesday this week as it was a local walk starting at Bar Hill and taking a novel route to Dry Drayton and Madingley. It was a bright and sunny day but with plenty of seasonal mud.

 

 

Dodgy Bridge

 

Little Boxes at Dry Drayton

 

 

Madingley Wood

 

This was followed by the first of two Memorial Services this week this time at Whittlesey for Gordon Foster’s father Alan.

Contrasting with this fellow CEEM members Laura & Philip produced their first baby on Tuesday named Nicolas Peter.

 

 

Philip, Nicolas & Laura

 

Norman Ingle was here for lunch on Wednesday as usual followed by Church group at the Kitson’s – Matthew Kitson started a new job on the Science Park this week.

I was sent a Survey form from Imperial College, London, which I completed this week regarding my experience with COVID – it was very detailed.

On Thursday we delivered some surplus chapel chairs to Emmaus at Waterbeach. This is an amazing charity set up with so much donated and put on for sale. I squandered £3 on two shirts!

In the evening it was the Over Produce Show committee meeting to plan this year’s event in August – this time with added craft classes!

There were two subject for Biographies this week: Winnie Seebolm and Ryszard Kapuscinski. Winnie lived at Hitchin and was frustrated by Victorian conventions but managed to be one of the first ladies at Newnham College, Cambridge and wrote numerous letters which gave an impression of what life was like in those days but died aged only 23. Ryszard was a dare devil Polish reporter who rose from a persecuted beginning to travel the world and receive numerous accolades.

 

 

Winnie Seebolm

 

 

Ryszard Kapuscinski

 

 

The second Memorial Service was for my cousin Peter Nunn who had been a missionary in Colombia for 40 odd years. There was an interment on Friday and a Thanksgiving service on Saturday which was on Utube. Mary & Graham went to both but we watched the Saturday session on –line.

Kate went to Ladies breakfast Saturday morning where the speaker was a poet.

Over won a hard fought battle with Newmarket Reserves 2 v 1 yesterday.

 

 

Regards

Mike & Kate