Had a lot of leave left and so I took a week in Benone outside Downhill.
Friends of ours have a little cottage there, under the cliffs beside the beach and they loaned it to us.
Great weather all week. 
Went on the beach most days and either walked or lay about reading. 
Leisure reading was, "The boy in the Striped Pyjamas" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns".
Played a nostalgic 36 holes on Benone golf course. This is where the boys and I started playing golf 25 years ago! Still a lovely little course. 
While I was playing golf, Lilian was doing here Precept Bible Studies. Guess who's the spiritual one in our family!
Being the "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" we picked a lot of blackberries and elderberries for Lilian's world famous "Hedgerow Jam". 
We still need the crab apples and hazelnuts. 
Went for a walk along the cliffs and out to the Musseden Temple.
On Saturday the car broke down in Castlerock, (the clutch has gone) and Rick had to come up on Sunday and tow us home!
2 comments:
Hi Lindsay, The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas is an amazing book, I read it while I was in England and was deeply moved by it. Any chance I could borrow 'A Thousand Splendid Suns?'
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