The pink climbing rose I planted this year beside the conservatory has grown several feet and some beautiful highly scented blooms have appeared this week. The aim is for it to grow really large and mix with the white blooms and prolific green leaves of the clematis giving shade in the warm Summer months and then after the leaves fall giving us plenty of sunlight in the Winter months. The grapevines inside the conservatory also make a complete canopy of shade and have given us a constant supply of small, sweet black grapes all Summer long. It certainly beats spending a fortune on conservatory blinds.

I went into Llandeilo this morning, stopped off at the great little coffee shop down by the church and had an espresso and some of their delicious coffee and walnut cake. I also dropped into the tiny delicatessen just up the tiny side street opposite and bought some of their delicious special olive oil and some cheeses