Day:209, Words:209

The sun and the clouds fought an intense battle today. It was a case of jumper on, jumper off, bathers on, hop in the pool, freeze. The rain stayed away for once and the kids enjoyed a variety of activities. One of the new toys for both big and small was the archery set. Arrows flew through the air over the homemade football pitch, narrowly avoiding the eldest boys on their bikes, performing stunts on their bikes, and four year olds, proudly staying upright on their bikes.

Apparently optimism sells as all of the major newspapers are teasing with bright suns on the front page under similar headings of a 'promised' late summer. The fact is that, this may be one of those rare, yet totally plausible situations when the days were ticked off and the summer never came.

The sheep have escaped once again and are on the loose up one mountain or another. They have escaped before and it took two solid days to walk them back to their grassy paddock.

The evening was a blur of good wine and competitive board games. No mattter how old one becomes, the enjoyment of sitting in a holiday house with a large group of people is a wonderful thing.