The hedgerows around the village are still looking beautiful, now with the red campion and buttercups in full flower.
We enjoyed walks around the village and were pleased to get a photo of this year's donkey foal. The braying of the donkeys is often heard as we relax in The Granary garden.
Progress continues to be made on The Bell as the final touches to the thatching are completed, clearly some shaping is still needed above the upstairs windows.
And the good news is that an August opening is now being planned.
Further afield we walked around Northam Burrows and the Skern where the sound of the skylarks filled the air.
We did a few jobs around the cottages including repainting the handrail and replacing an outside light. Despite being around 3 miles as the crow flies from the sea, salt and the damp weather means that varnish and paintwork do not last long and metal corrodes very quickly. I also refreshed the garden pots and containers. The pansies planted last September had done very well but are now replaced with osteospermum, they were well watered before we left and hopefully there will be a few spells of rain before we are back in Parkham. I will take a photograph next month, assuming they survive.
We were also able to catch up with many friends and visited the Puffing Billy at Torrington for lunch in the former railway cafe garden https://www.puffingbillydevon.co.uk/ . We were also invited to Abbotsham for a charity Cream Tea, scones served of course the Devon way!
The sun was still shining when we set off back to Stourbridge where it had clearly been equally sunny judging by the blooms on our patio clematis plants.
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