Another beautiful summer’s day, warm and sunny – though we were warned that it might not be. We have spent much of the day preparing for this evening, when we are having four friends round for dinner – two from across the road (French husband, Italian wife) and Dot’s former teacher Barbara and her husband Andy from deepest Suffolk. Well, fairly shallow Suffolk really, quite near the border.

Today’s picture is of Dot’s mum in jaunty pose, taken we think near Westwick Pond, just outside North Walsham, perhaps by her sister-in-law Margery, perhaps in wartime.