Dad came down to visit over the first Bank Holiday weekend in May so we took the chance to go to the rhododendron walk at Bowood, which is only a couple of miles up the road from us but which we've never managed to visit in the 21 years we've lived here! Although it was so early in the season it was really very impressive. And yes, I did take a picture of almost every bloom in the garden!

Had the usual trip to Lacock, only a couple of days after we'd been there for lunch (ooo, my birthday meal At The Sign of the Angel was fabbie. It was a lovely day so we finished the wine off in their back garden). We also made it to the Motors TV Live Raceday at Castle Combe on the Monday. We also recorded it (to see the crashes that you miss when you're actually there) and could see me and Dad pogging about in the Paddock in one shot! Oooo, fame at last...

Oh, and May's new recipe was Potatoes Boulangere. Very nice but I had loads left so it's in the freezer and will no doubt be turned into Nigel Slater's smoked mackrel dauphinoise, with the addition of cream, mustard and the fish. Or maybe his stove-top dauphinoise.