July - holidays and more
We had three holidays in July - for which there are separate posts: Visit to Leipzig with Bristol Choral Society Barnes Ringers Summer Trip Roving Ringers Lee and Emma came up to stay in the house and look after Suki - who missed us dreadfully! Found time to enjoy Wimbledon fortnight - made myself sit and watch it in the afternoons as it was something I had always wanted to do when I was at work and couldn't! Ignored that feeling that I should be doing something more useful than watching TV in the afternoons. The weather continued to be hot and sunny for most of the month, and the all time record high of 38.5 was reached on 25th. The nights were warm too and we had both fans going all night at times. Monica and I went to the Chiswick Choir Concert in St John's Smith Square. Carmina Burana plus an award winning youth choir. It was done without a full orchestra, just a lot of percussion and two pianos which still seemed very effective. It was a v...