This summer has been glorious- a slower way of life for us all, al fresco dining when the weather allowed, a week in Spain, good times in the garden growing our own produce (hello runner beans and strawberries galore), inventing games, painting (in the garage with newspaper on the floor of course-I've not gone totally insane)...just being happy, b
Earlier this month, in a bid to catch the last of August's rays, we headed for a pretty picnic in Bolton Abbey, a place I visited myself many times as a child.