A ridiculously busy summer has seen the blog neglected, but I should say that the five days we spent in Rugen, an Island in NE Germany was fantastic. Staying in a remote cottage with a seawater lake at the bottom of the garden, wonderful beaches, sauasages,wild boar, bread and dripping, schnapps, bonfires, crosswords and sunshine. It felt like I’d been away for weeks.  Will write at length, perhaps about the dripping, soon.