Richard and I rocked up in blistering heat for our garden tidy up mission. Our host has been poorly for a while and looking sadly at the weeds taking over the little patch of respite, as well as around the driveway in the front.

We set to with tools, digging weeds from the flowerbeds. We needed to put the hose on the soil, it was so hot, and within minutes we were cooked, so took regular breaks in the shade. I started on the mowing, while Richard dug the larger comfrey, thistles and dandelions from the lawn.

Then we moved to the front. Our host asked us to swap out one of the potted plants in the back for one in the beds at the front, so after weeding a bit and sweeping the paths, we finished up with the plant swap and carried the repotted plant to the back garden again and watered it.

Then we watered ourselves again because it was sooooo hot!