Nose-bombed

I was bending down to blip the surprising bank of violets and suddenly a snout appeared. Someone was keen to investigate!

We gave Berry a good walk en route to my MIL's; there's urgent paperwork needing doing and she really has no energy these days to manage it herself. We stopped off for lunch at Hardwick Hall's cafe which was a terrible abuse of culture but better (much) than Doncaster services. Extra is a quick blip of the monument to ego and power built by Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury. We will return when the house is actually open.

It's been a very long day with 6 hours' drive for only an hour or two with LH's Mum. It's shocking how her energy levels have reduced in just over a month since we last saw her.

A pile of ironing done this evening.