Another rainy lunchtime

A frustrating week for lunchtime walks. The rain this morning was so heavy it lifted drain covers on my way to work. It had brightened up a bit by lunchtime but sill looked drizzly and grey.

Had to rely on the garden at home again for my photo. Lots of bees and hoverflies around. We have lots of bee-friendly plants in flower at the moment - lavender, digitalis, butterfly blue and there should be globe thistles soon.

This hover fly was basking on a leaf and seemed happy to sit for me for a few minutes.

Looking forward to watching Mock the Week tonight - it will be the episode that we saw being recorded on Tuesday. The theme tune has a particular resonance tonight - "Read all about it ....News of the World, News of the World". They couldn't really joke about the NOTW story on Tuesday - they were not sure how it would pan out. Interesting developments today!