……..we have been experiencing the most glorious unseasonal weather for the past 10 days. So much so that we have had to try and find some summer clothes. “Great” we are thinking – the UK is following NZ’s splendid summer example. However, pluses always come with a few minuses. We have garden designers working very hard to install an established mature garden by the beginning of June. Each day we have articulated trucks bringing in hedges, huge 40 foot trees and plants from Heathrow, flown in from Holland. There is an army of gardeners with all manner of diggers and implements (that we get to play on when they go home in the evening). The problem is, although the days have been lovely, it is a nightmare for the gardeners who had expected to have at least another month of cold weather before the plants and trees “woke up”……we have trees and shrubs yawning and waking up all over the place…not good….. it’s turned cold again today – I wonder if they will all go back to sleep?? Our employer was in residence over the weekend….he needed to go out for a few hours….we explained there was work happening on the driveway and we couldn’t leave the property – “No worry” said he “Quenty can bring in the helicopter”……the helicopter is stored 1/2hrs flight away…..down it came, in he hopped, took the controls and flew off for a few hours…….as you do!!!
The next day to clear our heads we went exploring, we found “Belas Knap” an ancient burial mound, (over 5000 years old) high on a hill near the village of Winchcombe and Sudley Castle. The thing that frequently strikes us as we drive through rolling pastures and forests, we are living in a country with 60 million people – where are they?????? Much love xxxxx
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