Thursday, 31 March 2011

Sabbatical Days 8-10 Riding, Gardening, Woodbridge, Wymondham and Haverhill

Monday (week 2) and amidst the dawn chorus, I went out for a swift 42 miles, darkened morning and fog, plus a tad chilly again so skull cap and sleeves re-instated - grrr! The remainder of the day was an outdoor workout in the garden, emptying rotted compost bin, refilling rotted compost bin from part rotted compost bin, digging over back corner of garden, planting raspberries / strawberries - potting up runners from both to sell plus general tidy up all round.

Tuesday, getting into the habit now - walk to station, head off to destination (Woodbridge) then return to Norwich and walk home. Had a good meeting with Tracey Fearn of St John's in Woodbridge learning about their gap year programme - Form. Once home it was out on the bike for a quick round the block spin (18 miles) in contrast to yesterday, the legs,arms and fingers were all exposed for the first time this year! Then another quick change before out to Wymondham to see an after school club in action - Awesome!

Wednesday - earlier start but same routine walk/train/walk this time destination was Cambridge, before being onwardly transported to Haverhill. Cambridge station is like a bike graveyard - approx 500 bikes "abandoned" by their owners in the cycle racks outside. Spent day looking at Reach a community outreach project headed up by River of Life Church (Henry Wilson) - Foodbank, Furniture Bank, CAP, Drop in Cafe and more... - so inspiring, a great day even though the weather was miserable. Home for tea then First Taste small group - phew!

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