The summer of 2025 has been a wonderful time and we have tried to squeeze as much fun as possible into our break. This week was no different and with the ongoing gorgeous weather, summer seems never ending.

On Monday we went through to the neighbouring village for their summer fete. It is like stepping back in time with a tombola, raffle, coconut shy, a produce tent, live music, dog agility show, tea tent etc.. It does make for a great afternoon and the weather was superb. Our son was delighted to win a coconut and a prize for the strongman hit the bell contest. For me it’s the craft stalls and marvelling at all the flowers in the produce tent while Mr S is happy with a cup of tea and a tasty slice of homemade cake. A lovely, traditional afternoon and a perfect way to spend a bank holiday.

After a restful day on Tuesday on which I spent the day prepping for the return to school, I went up to Bristol for a few days. My main aim was to spend time with my parents as my dad gave us all a health scare earlier in the summer and help my daughter get ready for college, new stationery, ‘uniform’ for her placements and the all important bag. We had a very productive time shopping in Cabot Circus and I did the old people thing of explaining to my daughter, ooh Primark used to be John Lewis, those flats used to be a nightclub, I used to work there .. She took it all in good nature.

I really liked the mural of Made in Bristol, the photo doesn’t do justice to its scale, it’s huge and difficult to get into one photo. I spent my formative years from 14 – 31 in Bristol so do feel a great affinity to the city and always enjoy my visits. On our trips across the city, we searched out the Gromit trail and found a few of the figures around the city. I do enjoy a trail.

This week, we all had a productive Saturday, I got a parkrun PB, Mr S’ team won their game and clinched the league title and our football team had a very good win. We were all buzzing. We then finished the week with a train trip to Weymouth, it’s a nice town to potter around and as the last day of summer it seemed appropriate to be mooching around a seaside town.