If music be the food of love…a wonderful weekend full of cake and music

Apple cake, music, apple cake, talking about my favourite subject, music, Rugby cake, country drive, and rounding off with tea and cake. On Friday, after a delicious lunch of homemade soup, apple cake and cups of tea, Ian Rees and  Becky Lynch entertained us with a lovely mix of old favourites and less well known …

Holiday Stars

Aberystwyth, Brecon, Cymtydu..a veritable A to Z of delightful places was enjoyed during the week in Wales. The weather was for the most part kind with blustery heavy showers later in the week. I caught a lucky glimpse of the partial lunar eclipse on the 7th when the moon appeared out of the clouds and …

August

I blanked out my diary for August for 'fun'. It has been exhausting. The heat and humidity had not been factored into my plans for attending local fairs and events, and certainly not for days on the beach. So far, one afternoon at a fair to enjoy the thrills and spills of sheep racing, a …

July 2025

1st July 2025 …and the hottest day of the year so far, and indeed for many years.  Even in Devon it is in the high 20s.  Drove out this evening for a walk in the shade of a woodland where the temperature was down to 22 C.  The bluebell wood in summer had remains of …