We started our time back in the UK by visiting sister Audra and brother-in-law Gavin who live near Bingley, Yorkshire.

The weather was great which made blackberry picking all the more pleasureable. We are looking forward to Gavin's blackberry whisky in due course. If his sloe gin is anything to go by, it will be good.

We visited wonderful Skipton Castle and the award-winning pie shop next door.

Pub dinners, walks along the canals and Audra and Gavin's delicious cooking, including Viennese Whirls as per the Great British Bake Off challenge, made for a great visit.

See you again soon!