21st September 2025

 

           Dear All,

Back to routine this week catching up in the garden, two walks and a meeting most evenings! We were leading the Thursday walk this week so we had to do a recce on Tuesday as it was a not familiar route from Alconbury Weston taking in Upton, Buckworth and Alconbury. It was a mixed walk with some good sections and some very exposed to frisky winds. There was an excellent crop of Haws and as we stopped for a break at Buckworth church we were able to help transporting in some of the decorations for their Harvest Festival. Ploughed fields are not so common these days but we found a serious one on this walk.

 

 

Haws

 

 

Ploughed field

 

 

 

Approach to Buckworth

 

Buckworth church

 

In the evening it was a church business meeting where it was revealed that we have been left a £30,000 bequest.

Wednesday church groups was followed by Over Garden club where there was a speaker on Weeds! A few months ago we were all given a fuchsia plug for a growing on competition, modest prevents – OK I won!

 

 

Winning Fuchsia

After walking on Thursday it was the Over Show committee where we always have a 20 point agenda!

After the Tesco run on Friday I cut the grass then shredded to Jerusalem artichoke tops which had grown to about 8 feet. Kate meanwhile was busy painting a front window.

 

 

Shredding

 

 

Painting

Saturday we dismantled the electric fence round the sweet corn at the allotment and harvested the first batch of winter squash.

 

 

Winter Squash

 

Over managed to lose two games while I was in Italy but thankfully returned to form today with a 4 v 1 victory over Milton.

 

 

 

Best wishes

 

Mike & Kate