Solstice with Sally

Walked 14 miles along the Gipping valley with my oldest friend, seeing one grass snake, two egrets, three tiny ducklings, four small cygnets, any number of shaggy highland calves and a perfectly sweet foaleen, as we walked and talked...

And talked..

And talked....

As she lives on the other side of the world we can only meet every couple of years, but we always pick up exactly where we left off. And we really do know each other very well indeed. After all, we first bumped into each other on the first day of school. Back in 1962...