ALMOST LIKE SUMMER AGAIN!

What a fabulous day it's been! Warm and sunny,reflect for a stroll down a country lane picking blackberries which is what we did this afternoon. Charles lets the girls off their leads which terrifies me, but actually they are really good and never stray far and always come when called. Rose is always close to Charles's heel, whereas Lily likes to wander a bit, but so far they've been extremely well behaved. Just had a long chat with Helen about arrangements for Christmas this year and, for the first time ever, it appears that they will be spending the Big Day up here. Mind you, as this is a mere three days after their other extremely BIG DAY it makes sense really. Sadly I can't see how a big family get together for lunch on Christmas Day is going to work, especially as nothing has been booked yet. But there will be plenty of opportunities for us all to be together between Christmas and New Year. Talking of Christmas and bearing in mind that it is indeed still only September, I think I should point out that Asda already have shelves full of mince pies and Christmas puds, so you'd better get along there pretty damn quick if you don't want to miss out!