BeenThere-DoneThat Blog

A blog about life and travel in Great Britain

Browsing Posts published in July, 2007

Salami and chips

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Yesterday, Sunday 22nd July, I left home at 9:30 AM and drove to Thaxted where I had arranged to meet Antonello from Florence in Italy. He had been staying in Thaxted for 3 nights, having already been to Rye in Sussex, and was moving on to Long Melford in Suffolk to stay there for 3 [...]

Summer for a day

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There was a brief change in the weather today – still plenty of cloud about but the sun has been more out than in so we went for a short walk up the lane. Here is a view across the fields where the clouds look more threatening than they actually were. The pink flowers in [...]

Mid-summer madness!

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We are now 3 weeks past mid-summer which means that the days are getting shorter although as there is still a little light at 10:00 PM it doesn't really notice yet. It would be nice if we could have some – summer that is. We have now had about 6-7 weeks of unsettled weather and [...]