August
On Friday 6
Overbury Bowls Club held its Open Evening: fine weather, a good attendance and one or
two new members as a result. The competitive
leagues drew to a close. In the Triples
League, Overbury were in contention for the Runners up spot until the last
match, but could not quite make it.
There was a further Fun Day on Sunday 22 which Roger’s rink was lucky
enough to win.
On 12 Helen
came home for a long weekend to celebrate her and Roger’s birthdays. During her stay we revisited Beckford church*
and looked round Broadway one morning.
Roger had some good presents, including some very
readable books, table mats, Oxford memorabilia, wine and chocolates. But the pièce
de résistance, destined to become a family heirloom, was a crossword by the
world famous setter Araucaria*, especially compiled for Roger by the great man,
and based on themes supplied by Teresa and the girls.
Having coffee in Broadway one
morning
Outside Beckford
church
We decided
to pursue the flat for Jay that we had seen:
though it was over budget, we were beginning to see that the market for
suitable properties was very limited in that area of
We treated ourselves to a Little
Chef lunch on the way back
Teresa again entered the Winchcombe show and was
placed in most of the cooking classes she entered. Strangely, however, she had to surrender the
strawberry jam cup she had won for the last two years and her magnificent loaf,
which we thought would be a shoo-in, was totally overlooked in favour of some
miniscule but worthy granary offerings.
The overlooked loaf
and jams