Sunday 8.7.2018

Overcast and cooler later this afternoon with spits and spots of...what`s that stuff called again...oh yes, rain.
It makes for better walking conditions though. Paths in and out of the trees were being mowed as we walked round the woods so the scent of new cut grass was heady, the crops in the fields are coming on apace

and it really feels like high summer.......









....which also means seaside, ice cream and Festivals. So last weekend it was a first visit to Largs, the perfect place to be on a blazing hot day with fabulous views across the Firth of Clyde

not to mention the famous Nardini ice-cream.






But then onwards and upwards to Kelburn Castle,just up the road, for the last day of the Kelburn Garden Party. All the usual fun and frolics of a Festival in the sunshine: stunning setting looking over towards the Isle of Arran,

beautiful grounds,

a new band discovered - new to us that is - Trongate Rum Riots - brilliant fun,

and last but not least a boat at the top of a hill. Naturally.