A gentle Sunday in the Church household! A good session in the garden and enjoyed watching the football always more interesting when it is the knock out stage!

Gloucestershire has been celebrating the Laurie Lee centenary and last night we went to a performance by Johnny Coppin and friends. Beautiful photos of the Slad Valley and a good number of historic photos as well to accompany songs and readings. David Goodland read from his books and poems and his voice was a delightful echo of Laurie’s. A nostalgic evening and left with a warm glow. I was reminded of my first year Gloucestershire as a young naive teacher. I used to go on long walks of the Slad Valley and often used to call into the Woolpack and would often see Laurie in there. Perhaps the reason why I am so fond of his writing is that lovely romantic view of the world and of the people in it. It chimes with this hopeless romantic!

Our David has just got promotion at work what a star! Peter is at Glastonbury but I haven’t seen him on the TV which is a surprise!

Clare has just read through my story “Dreams” and has given me a strong positive response. A bit of work now on polishing and developing a couple of parts and then I will give it a good go and seeing if I can get it published.