Running and Spanish and oodles of family time
Well a whole month has whizzed away since I last blogged and its hard to know where the time has gone: a visit from a dear friend who lives in France was the focus of the beginning of July. I love the way that a visitor makes us get out into this lovely part of the world in which we live rather than gardening and working and sticking to our admittedly delightful routine. A highlight was a walk on the beach at Newborough Warren in Anglesey (Llanddwyn in Welsh) and a meal at Dylan's in Menai Bridge looking out over the water. Newborough Warren is large and wild, fringed by pine forest which is home to red squirrels, and crowned by an island accessible at low tide. You can look across the sea to the mountains of Snowdonia or away out west towards Ireland. Why do I love the west? I do not really know but the North West, Wales and west Wales, North West Scotland and the South West of England all draw me and the sun going down over the sea always sings to me. Then there were a