April

On Sunday 10, Jay went to her first riding competition. At Allens Hill, in nearby Pershore, she competed in a mini show jumping competition – Clear Round and Class One (60 cms). She really enjoyed it, and was rewarded by a rosette in the Clear Round event. Unfortunately, Clyde was a bit blasé in the next class and got four faults.

Waiting to jump Clyde with his rosette

Fresh from her success in installing broadband and networking on our three computers, Teresa next completed the physically more spectacular (though electronically simpler) task of re-housing her own computer. The new case was a wonder of art-deco nostalgia with polished plastic panels and kaleidoscopic lighting effects. A veritable Wurlitzer of the PC world.

Before … … and after …

Sunday 17 saw the opening of the bowling green at Overbury: almost inevitably followed by rain. But at least a few cold damp ends were possible, in contrast to last year when no-one got on to the green at all. The short period of play was followed by a rather longer period of eating. Teresa’s sandwiches disappeared rather smartly, but the chocolate cake, despite its excellent taste, did not – people did not know how to tackle its luxuriant creaminess with their fingers. We realised afterwards we should have sent plastic spoons.

Overbury Bowling Club

Roger also attended a ‘Heartstart’ clinic at the bowling club – what to do if someone collapses with a heart attack. He has also joined the rota for mowing the green. On preparing for his first mow, he noticed rabbit diggings on the green, which could be bad news. The green warden said that one deterrent was to surround the green with half-filled 2 litre clear plastic soft drink bottles. As we get through a lot of these between us, Roger volunteered to provide some, and has already laid them along one side of the green. There have been no rabbits since – touch wood! But a further batch of bottles are on hand in case.

The demise of Rover cast a cloud over our Rover, just as its first annual service was due. Fortunately, our free service voucher was backed by Bramall (the seller) rather than Rover itself, so that was honoured without any problem, but our guarantee at the moment is probably worthless, and the car itself much devalued. However, the model is quite popular in this part of the country, so there is unlikely to be a spares problem, assuming we now hang on to the car for a few years.

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