MONDAY 18TH JUNE

It rained last night until this morning and it has just stopped. Everywhere is very wet but not flooded here.

We enjoyed a barbeque on Saturday evening as the weather was glorious. So we ate and drank until we were in a merry mood not too much just enough to glow gently. We were kept company by chorusing pheasants in the fields beyond and in the garden by a female blackbird who insists on joining in. As the dark fell along came the pipistrelle bats. Oh and the sunset was stunning a long glow of orange turning red as the sun disappeared behind the horizon.

What a relaxing way to spend the evening. The best? well perhaps but definitely a very good way to pass some hours.

We haven't watched TV for about 2 months life is better without it don't you think? Certainly in the summer.We get the essential news from the radio.