It’s drizzling after breakfast so I hang on for a bit to see if it will ease off, and it pays off.

A pair of swifts are feeding over the tree tops as walk down the road. I was worried back in May when it felt like there were much smaller numbers here than in previous years but things seem to have picked up a bit now.

In the woodland clearing the raspberries are thriving, the warm wet weather seems to suit them. They’ve created a dining table sized bush which I don’t remember from previous years. I eat a few fruit with my eyes closed – they’re sweet and tangy in equal measure.