Luckily I was driven there by another friend (my sense of direction is not my strongest suit). We spent a pleasant couple of hours chatting, drinking coffee and eating Walkers shortbread biscuits. The dog stayed still.

Jack, the dog, is a stuffed toy but could fool a postman and many others, including me!

Cabbage and onion, purple sprouting broccoli, asparagus and green onions

And I persuaded them to take some rhubarb too although it scarcely made a dent in the supply of stems.

Pictured as I lay on the grass looking up through its branches to the blue sky

They only live and lay their eggs on lilies and other fritillaries and they also eat holes in the leaves. I only noticed them yesterday and had never seen them before. Pretty but destructive.

Strangely the lambs don’t seem to recognise their mums after they are shorn. They will eventually

We have brought all the sheep and lambs in for vaccinating and shearing