Its holiday time and Chris went to the Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park near Masham and Ripon. The garden is very reminiscent of the Dorothy Clive Garden but on a larger scale – and with sculptures; some permanent and others for sale. It was too hot to walk around the whole garden as originally planned – we just stayed in the shadier areas and were very grateful to find a number of small shelters and huts to rest in and drink some water.

At about the same time we had our Club trip to Shropshire and Erica has sent a few photos