Here comes summer . . . . .

Summer means time to enjoy food and wine out in the garden with with friends, trips to the seaside, Agricultural Shows and visits to swoon over the cottage gardens at Beamish, fish and chips, ice cream vans, the magnificent cliff lift at Saltburn, red geraniums in a window box, ice cold beers in the sunshine, banners at the Durham Miners Gala, music festivals, picking vast amounts of fruit, blue skies, cake and tea, and wearing stylish sunglasses. Small decisions abound . . .  should the artichoke be left rather than eaten because it looks so beautiful? Are there just too many red currants and can I go dancing in those gorgeous flip-flops or should it be the sensible plimmies . . . . .