Now this will be a one to remember. The weather was not so kind to us, but oh how my guests banded together for this wild ride ! I could not be more thankful for these troopers, some quite accustomed to the ‘quirks’ of British climate, they brushed it off their shoulder and kept their chins high!

Now the weather started quite fine , a pocket of sunshine after a week of rain and showers. I was hopeful and positive we could keep things in that direction …