Burtle Harvest Home

Hello all.

Sorry I haven't posted for a while - those Olympics are rather addictive and I'm watching the most bizarre collection of sports.

Anyway - we had a weekend away to the Burtle Harvest Home - really a good excuse to meet up with lovely family and eat and drink.

So here's the huge tent that 500 of us sat in for a really amazing meal.

And inside was very nidely decorated too.

The next day we all walked up Glastonbury Tor.

As you can see the weather was a little volatile. I amazed we kept dry - well at least we kept dry on the way up - on the way down we got a little damp.

And in the post today my programme arrived for the 2012 Festival of Quilts. The theory of buying this before the show is that I can plan what I'm going to see. I'll let you know how it goes.

Tale care and enjoy the sunshine

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