I spent my whole childhood on the Isle of Gigha, I had a wonderful childhood there, I spent my days exploring, swimming, sailing and running free in wellies or bare feet. In the winter there was Halloween and Christmas parties held in the village hall, Carol singing around the houses. The school was small but we had a super teacher who would sometimes say, “it’s such a lovely day let’s all go out and explore the wildlife” and of we would go, she knew the names of every plant, tree and rocks. Every time I go back for a visit old friends alway make me feel so welcome, I am always sad when I have to go.

I spent two days walking along Haidrains Wall in Northumberland, the weather was perfect, warm, windy and dry. Bliss.

Bliss.

The garden has suffered a lot with the lack of rain this summer.

So have spent a lot of time clearing away all the scrub and opening up the garden to let in lots of light.

So in the spring Las brought this huge machine around and we cleared away all the rubbish in a couple of hours.

Now the boggy area is turned into a lovely open grass.

I even have a few flowers still alive.

But not many.

There is nothing nicer than a walk on a sunny afternoon.