The end is nigh - hopefully only for these tulips

Busy morning baking lemon drizzle cake and oat cookies for the good friend who brings the Saturday Guardian.

What I thought would be a quick 3 miles in the woods took ages as I met Shona on the top carriage drive so we stopped at a distance to have a moan about BJ and his cronies. That took quite a while.

Thought I’d be home in time to lounge in the sun and finish C J Sanson but it has over 550 pages and the sun went in.

The tulips in pots at the front terrace have lasted so well but they are just about over now.