Happy Canada Day!

We had a beautiful start to the day in the garden over breakfast. The swallows gathered in large numbers and gave us a 21 swallow salute to kick off Canada Day. Their aerial manoeuvres left us astonished and delighted.

I swam my sixth mile in six days and afterwards one of my dodgy knees let its displeasure be known. I was a bit disappointed because I was hoping that swimming would be good exercise for it. Hey ho. Still, the café freddo and maple syrup cookies helped enormously.

Later on we went to Cisternino for a wander and a drink. It was a gorgeous evening and a lovely end to another Canada Day.

PS A black snake turned up at breakfast but then went away again.