2nd
March 2025
Dear
All,
“Just Vegetating” this week was “Potatoes”
and Kate produced: Celeriac, potato and mushroom gratin, Curate’s Pudding &
Spicy potatoes with tahini and soy.
As it was a sunny on Tuesday Kate
helped me trim the trees at the bottom of the garden. I then dug Salsify, Globe
Artichokes and Skirret for Kate to practice cooking for the next two weeks of
Just Vegetating” on “Minor Crops”
Adrian came for lunch then we did
a local shopping trip via Highgate, Berrycroft and Oakington Garden Centre for
bird seed, plant labels and compost.
The U3A Earth session this week
was on Soils – so not altogether new!
On Wednesday Derek Medlock and
Joyce came for coffee. Derek has had bad session with a suspected stroke. He
was taken to Nottingham hospital (near where they live) in an ambulance then
left in a corridor without being seen for 8 hours! He is hobbling badly while
waiting for a hip operation.
Norman Ingle was here for lunch
then I led the Group meeting on books that have aroused discussion points. I
presented “the Salt Path”, Kate “The Outsider”, Norman “One of our Own”, Carol
“The Screwtape Letters”, Bob mentioned all the books he had read! And Liz the
German book she was translating in a U3A class. David was on a course, Kate
& Gordon away and Norman & Rosemary poorly.
Our Thursday walk this week
started at Spaldwick and circled round to Grafham Water. There had been serious
over-night rain and I cannot recall a walk with more surface water, which of
course meant a little mud as well! Fortunately it was bright and sunny for most
of the way. The pub was old and quaint but service was very slow.
Grafham
Water
Fire
in The George, Spaldwick
The Biographies subject this week
was “Arthur Koestler” He was born in Hungary and wrote several major novels,
two volumes of autobiographical works, two volumes of reportage, a major work
on the history of science, several volumes of essays, and a considerable body
of other writing and articles on subjects as varied as genetics, euthanasia,
Eastern mysticism, neurology, chess, evolution, psychology, the paranormal and
more. He was serial womaniser, married three times and died in a suicide pact
with the third wife.
Arthur
Koestler
In the afternoon I planted some
new strawberry plants of the recent variety Malling Century and sowed Water Cress
in the hot frame. After we decided to do a short recce in Knapwell Wood to see
how muddy it would be for a walk we are leading next week. The recce was OK but
on the way back we had a puncture in a fairly new tyre. When I tried to change
the wheel after we got home the locking wheel bolt came apart leaving a stump
that I could not move. Kate called the AA and after a considerable struggle a
helpful operative managed to extract it and replace the emergency wheel with 4
bolts. I drove to Kwick Fit at Bar Hill on Saturday morning where they did not
have the correct tyre in stock and was told if they had they would not be
allowed to fit it if a bolt was missing! I managed to obtain some bolts from
Marshalls in Cambridge and have booked a refit for Monday afternoon.
Over continued winning ways with
a 2 v 0 victory against Hemingford and are now joint top with Shelford but
behind on goal difference.
Best Wishes
Mike & Kate
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