Bank holiday renovations continue, we've avoided the floods so it's supper al fresco with summer delights.

Strawberry’s botanical name is “Fragaria ananassa.”
Strawberry is a member of rose family and it is the only fruit which has seeds outside.
Strawberries contain more vitamin C than oranges.
Strawberries are red, yellow, blue, white, black and purple. Some strawberries are the size of an apple.
Romans loved strawberries and not just for its taste. They believed that it could cure melancholy, fever, bad breath, chronic fainting, and spleen and liver disorders.
There is a museum dedicated to just strawberries, in Belgium.
According to a legend, if you cut a double strawberry into two and share the other part with someone, you would soon fall in love.
A royal lady of Napoleon’s court by name Madame Tallien used to bathe with fresh strawberry juice once a year. One-time bathing took 22 pounds of strawberries.