Travelling down to Swansea for a meeting this morning so we will be going to Patrick's for lunch, a divine little restaurant on the seafront in The Mumbles. The food is delicious, innovative and a real treat for the senses, the views out over the bay divine and the service friendly and efficient. I never really want to leave the estate, so it takes something special to entice me away gracefully. We don't use the main roads, but turn off at Llangadog, through some beautiful countrysde and drive right over the top of the hills - great fun and a real change of scene. On the way back, we whizz home on the motorway via Crosshands, through Llandeilo and then Porthyrhyd and the much beloved Bwlch Tre Banau Estate. http://www.walesholidaycottages.com/

I was in the courtyard tidying after the wind blew some dead leaves around and the robin who has taken up residence perched on the end of the wheelbarrow and watched me for a while. He sings beautifully. I left him out some food as a reward, a little rolled barley from the hen house.