Jewel In The Crown

Ruby in fact...

The girls clubbed together and sent J and me off to stay at one of the country's greatest hotels, The Devonshire Arms in the Yorkshire Dales, to celebrate.

I decided to take J and treat her and go via one of her favourite places, RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate. Of course we had to have coffee in Betty's Cafe, and she of course had to have the "fat rascal". It's a fancy scone, so quit sniggering.

Love is a many splendoured thing and one of the things best learnt is when to keep silent. I'm not very good at that (surprise, surprise). J however, is known in the family for inheriting her gran's way of keeping schtum at times of pressure.

Like when her old man is grumbling and grousing that a macro lens might have been handy...