3^rd May 2026

 

           Dear All,

There was excitement after swimming as Merv somehow lost his false tooth plate and despite retracing his steps and thorough searching it did not come to light so had to be replaced at some expense.

Plenty of planting again this week including Lettuce, Sweet Corn, Runner and French Beans, Radish and Beetroot.

On Tuesday we had a chapel outing to Oakington Garden Centre for a conducted tour including a look behind the scenes at their glasshouse and tunnel areas where they are growing more of their own plants.

 

 

 

Glasshouse

 

 

Tunnels

I had another doctor’s appointment on Wednesday but did not get any further forward.

I watched Over’s last football game of the season Wednesday evening – they won 2 v 1 to finish 4th but it was a poor game due to a rock hard pitch and keen wind.

I managed to join the Thursday walk as it was a bluebell walk in Waresley Woods. The flowers were slightly past their best but still worth seeing.

 

 

Waresley

 

 

Waresley Woods

 

 

 

Bluebells

 

Early Purple Orchid

 

 

Little Gransden

In the afternoon there was meeting of the NIAB retirement Association for a talk on Fibre crops concentrating on Flax and Hemp showing a range of building and insulation products that can be made from them.

On Friday Kate had an audio session to be fitted with hearing aids while I pricked out Leeks.

 Derek Medlock appeared Saturday morning with anther boot full of bags of rabbit muck – that is 18 bags so far and counting! This was followed by David Cook arriving to collect Kate’s spare flower plants as he has just moved house.

The cricket season began on Saturday and despite Over scoring a decent total of 218 – 8 Bar Hill over took it in the last over.

 

Best Wishes

 

Mike & Kate