After one or two days of extreme temperatures the weather has settled down to traditional warm, sunny/cloudy days. We had two nights when the thermometer stayed well above 20 c and which were vaguely uncomfortable.

Mid-Summers-Day has been and gone and July is just about here. The silly season as some of us call it. School holidays and busy beaches. Glastonbury is history, Wimbledon has started and the days are officially getting shorter. Time really does fly for some of us, especially those of us not living in a war zone.

Ignoring the global political situation for now let us all celebrate the fact that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has now reigned over us for seventy years. What a wonderful example she has set for all of us. Long live our noble Queen.

My apologies for failing to Blog in March. We had a very busy month and despite lots of news to impart, I just didn't get around to writing. Much has happened since February so let's get on with it. Covid has been replaced in the news media by Putin and Russia illegally invading Ukraine.

It is already the middle of February and Spring is almost here. The days are drawing out, the grass is growing on steadily - in fact, it didn't really stop growing at all this Winter ! - the catkins are out and giving the hedges an early splash of colour and the daffodils and snowdrops and primroses are slowly coming to life again.

2022...... another year older, another year wiser. Hey ho then, onwards and upwards. After all the trepidation about the Omicron variant causing devastation, things have started to settle down at last.

All of a sudden it’s the middle of December. Doesn’t time fly, especially when you’re enjoying yourself. Well, we’re doing our best. We have the traditional Christmas tree up in the sitting room and some twinkling lights around the back door and porch.

Human nature can be a strange phenomenon. Much of the country is grinding to a standstill because garages are running out of fuel. Not because there is a shortage of fuel but because certain sections of the press are suggesting that there might be.

August has flown past again in a bit of a blur, as usual. It always seems to be our busiest month of the year, despite being fully booked from April until October. Keeping the pool up and running smoothly puts us both under extra pressure.