​This is the first year of looking out of my window and seeing this fabulous hedge of blossom in full bloom. The scent carries across to my house. It’s my favourite tree, the Hawthorn.

​Looking across the Wear valley after climbing to the top of the hill on our group morning walk.

​A woodland walk with a group this morning. Rob having a moment of madness with everyone.

​At the Empire in Consett for comedy night with friends. One of the comedians was Sammy Dobson, who also stars in TV’s Casualty. She was pretty funny!

​The middle of May and it’s been cold. Cold enough today that we had thunder and lightning with hailstones the size of marbles. The view out of my lounge window, and that isn’t blossom on the ground.

​I drove to Yarm today to look around charity shops, and was delighted to find a wonderful gift shop, that I’d been to about 15 months ago, and hadn’t remembered where it was. For over a year, I’ve been searching on Google, and had been to Ripon, Thirsk and Northallerton, trying to find it. Due to the heavy rain, wandering around the town wasn’t an option, so I had a fabulous lunch here too.

​Tricksie Treat runs towards me to start her begging an hour before Treat Time. I have to deal with this every day.