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with and the water temperature, a soothing 18 degrees C. Along with a number a minute plant which is
of other swimmers, I made my way in gentle front crawl style up the lake. There growing out of cracks in
were no black lines to guide me, just the line of the lake bank. The lake one the ancient tomb in
superintendants were keeping a watchful eye with one in a dinghy if action was the churchyard. The
required. white flower is a very
minute version (3mm
I swam 3 circuits of the lake and am now the proud owner of the Henleaze across) of the saxifrages
Swimming Club endurance test certificate for completing 1200 metres in not so we grow as garden
record time. It was such a lovely sublime experience when time seemed to stand rockery plants. In both
still. cases, the plants survive

I collected my hot chocolate and bar of kit-kat, and enjoyed a pleasant half by having root systems that seek moisture within cracks
hour chatting to a group of ladies sat on a bench overlooking the lake. I left the in the wall structure.
ladies to get dressed in the open gentleman’s changing hut on the side of the
lake.
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When I returned, they were in deep debate as to whether the committee should
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GARDENING CLUB

It has been a late spring this year and
temperatures have been down on average. I
made the terrible mistake of not getting down to
cutting my grass early enough and have been
struggling with a jungle but am getting there. There is now just so much to do now
the weather is better and you feel like being outside. Maybe I am just getting
older and the garden is steeper and it just seems harder. Hopefully by the time
you read this, temperatures will be warmer and we will have all tackled the
undone work. (Gardening is never done)
In May we were treated to a talk by Brian Hesketh. He gave us a very enthusiastic
talk about the benefits of Organic Gardening. Organic is better for you, it is
natural, nothing extra, and a great depression beater. Organic is better for wildlife
nothing nasty and we need wildlife, it all has a place. Organic tastes better.
What better vegetables can you have than those which have been grown
naturally and picked minutes before you eat them.
He talked a great deal about the importance of soil health. Look after the unseen

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