5.00am sun.

The 1st of July and the sun was up just before 5.00 am as was I. The sun was lighting up the bedroom through a small gap in the curtains so my first thought was a sunrise shot.

I preferred the way it was lighting up these, now somewhat tatty, Foxgloves in the back garden to the sun coming over the rooftops. A real mix of colours but you can see the smaller butter yellow ones in the middle that have flowered well again this year.

I did go back to bed to read a while; not really sure why I was so readily awake.


It is another lovely day and I noticed on a walk to the village that despite not being on the Tour de France route there is a festive feel on the main street. The PO has a little row of yellow jerseys across its sign. The beautician has green, yellow and spotted red and white balloons in the window; the village school has an array of coloured bunting on the railings and they are flying a Union Flag and the Tricolour.

Lovely to get everyone involved. Wherever you go there are conversations about where people are planning to go to watch. It's reaching a crescendo very soon!