Catch up!

I'm so far behind I know. Sorry everyone. I'm back in the UK after a brief sojourn in SA. Caring will be done no more and I have a few interviews for accounting jobs set up over the next few days but I'm getting way ahead of myself. Please bear with me, I'll get there. First I need to go back to the end of May.

Boyton, Suffolk - a tiny little village. One street (called The Street), at least 8 miles from anywhere. It's very isolated but also very pretty. In the 2011 Census the population was listed as 147.

There's an almshouse - you see these quite a lot around England. They tend to be quite old buildings run by charities and aim to keep people in communities.

There's a pretty church with an original Norman door which has been restored. It's a lovely spot, very peaceful.

And then there are lots of fields - potatoes mainly and some wheat. Irrigation continues around the clock. There are footpaths around most of the area so I was able to explore quite a lot.

The only shopping available locally - organic eggs and an honesty box. They were good.

The hedgerows in the area are amazing - 3 metres high, and dense enough to provide home for all sorts of birds.