"Time flies"

I see that it is five weeks since I made my last blog entry. Where has the time gone? Well, since Ben and family left us on 3 June we have had three more sets of guests staying with us. Guests provide the perfect excuse for putting all the chores on one side and driving round sharing interesting and lovely places in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire with them. Its great fun but the chores are still there when the guests have gone! This year we have taken our visitors to villages and small towns which were having "open garden days", a wonderful way to admire other people's gardens and homes, from stately manor houses to charming little cottages. And there were some lovely ones too. We have also spent some time playing in the opening rounds of our Croquet Club summer competition. We've done well in the Doubles Association Croquet and should be through to the next round but we won't talk about the Doubles Golf Croquet! Then of course there have been talks to do, singing, bellringing, committee meetings and much watering of the garden during the recent dry spell. We need a holiday! Photo shows my sister Joan (one of our guests) with Jenny on Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, made famous by the Hovis TV advert many years ago. It was a bit chilly and damp that day.