Oh dear!

Hazel somehow found a way out of the house and managed to fall in the pond . . . ! She slinked back into the house covered in mud. Hosepipe was out. She was not happy.

Everyone arrived - eventually. Clair et al drove through the night getting here after midnight. Joanne and Greg had to brave all the A1/A66 traffic today. We had cake and champagne for a birthday and eventually a barbecue happened.

A lovely day. We can so rarely get together, but when we do . . .