Odds 'n Ends

Mark, Anne and Daniel Midgley popped over from Cape Town for afternoon tea on 23 July. As hardened "vegiephobes" (is there a word for you guys?!), I was extremely chuffed that Mark even tried one of the crystallised rose petals decorating my raspberry clotted cream cake :)

Daniel and Anna rekindling their friendship.

As a man who is is on holiday for nearly 5 months of the year, Philip is clearly someone with a bit of time on his hands. He accompanied Ben's class to the Cotswold Wildlife Park at the end of term and was responsible for Ben, Dylan, Christopher and Sam (above).

With the Beans at Blenheim Palace, birthplace and ancestral home of Winston Churchill (11 July).

Leading Bean astray in the labyrinth at the National Herb Centre.

Anna's sports' day on 12 July: here she is in action, on her way to winning the super-challenging (according to Dad) "backwards" race (right of picture).