1st
March 2026
Dear All,
After
swimming “Just Vegetating” this week was “Potatoes” and Kate prepared Spicy
Potato with Tahini and Soy, Curate’s Pudding and Celeriac, Potato and Mushroom
Gratin. Later she planted 50 snowdrop bulbs in the garden.
I
had another doctor’s appointment on Tuesday and he said your blood test results
are like an 18 year old apart from being very low for vitamin D, consequently I
don’t think he thinks I can be very ill which is not how it feels to me! So it
is keep taking vitamin D, Paracetamol and fresh air!
In
the evening I took Mervyn and Adrian to the Local History meeting which was a
good session on Basil Brown, the man who started the discoveries at Sutton Hoo.
He left school at 12 and initially worked on his father’s farm but his heart
was not in it and he studied Archaeology and Astronomy whenever he could at
night classes. He eventually gave up farming and was employed by Ipswich Museum
to carry out digs. Mrs Pretty the landowner at Sutton Hoo was curious about the
18 mounds on her land and employed him to start investigating in 1938. He found
enough to carry on in 1939 but got a bit elbowed aside by trained
archaeologists from Cambridge University but he was given full credit for his
finds.
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Basil Brown & Sutton Hoo finds
After
Church Group on Wednesday I worked on the Moldova talks and sent a couple of
emails to Moldova.
On
Thursday I did a short walk round the village while Kate took the Guided Bus to
St Ives and walked back recording the flood water on the way.
Black & White Swans in St Ives
The
Biography subject this week was Jennie Lee the Labour politician. She was a
Scottish miner’s daughter who was an MP from 1929 to 1931 then again from 1945
to 1970. She was married to Nye Bevan and was Minister for Arts in Harold
Wilson’s government and involved with the founding of the Open University.
Jennie Lee
Just
Vegetating next week is Minor Vegetables (part 1) and I managed to harvest
Salsify, Scorzonera and Skirret yesterday
Scorzonera, Salsify, Parsnip &
Skirret
Over
were held to a 1 v 1 draw yesterday conceding a last minute penalty.
Best
Wishes
Mike
& Kate
