Hello my reader.  I beg forgiveness for having left you with nothing new to read for a whole five months.  This is unforgivable – which appears to be a paradox if I am begging forgiveness for something that is unforgivable!

I know that it is summer as I am sitting indoors on a Saturday afternoon in July writing this, watching the rain that is preventing me from getting out and enjoying the sun.

This year has been a relaxed and slow year so far, but I have organised this year’s holiday … to Chicago!  Things will no doubt liven up over the next few months planning and, as usual, I will be writing my usual daily holiday blog whilst there (subject to WiFi availability, which I seriously don’t expect in the USA to be any problem).

Having left you for so long with nothing to look at for so long, I thought I should post a picture from “Pensthorpe Natural Park” (did you see what they did there!), which is my local birdwatching, walking and picnicking site.