Cherries and Stoolball

Well the season has well and truly started. I'm up at 6.15 each day to take the dogs to the vineyards and prepare guests' breakfasts. This morning it is beautiful, like so often. It's still slightly cool at that time so I'm able to cycle the dogs without wrecking the work of the earlier shower. This morning I picked a bowl of wild cherries for breakfast from a tree in the vineyards.


Last weekend we had a fantastic team of Stoolball players here. We managed to haul together a team to play a couple of matches against them. I guess you may never have heard of this game as it's really only played in Kent and Sussex in England. But it's fantastic fun and playable by all ages. Have a look at the National Stoolball Association site for details, and here for a full match report. It was a noisy and jolly weekend as the team filled the house and they must have enjoyed it almost as much as us because they've already booked to come back next year.