Packed up in Cresswell; and drove home. Stop / start sort of a journey, with fish and chips at Dunbar at lunchtime. Girls home around 2, boys back by 3, and then the washing machine kicked into gear steadily for the next 12 hours.

After a couple of hours in, I got the bike out, and stiffly rode to the allotment, put my dismay at the weeds behind me and knuckled down in the glorious sun to some weeding.

Courgettes are doing well, beetroot nearly into harvesting, salad bits in need of eating.

Was so pleasant in the sunshine to feel the warmth, get the peace. Left as the light faded (no lights on the bike) and had a quiet night tidying up, and a smiling chat about the week before a half glass of white tipped me into a deep deep sleep.