We seemed to jump straight from a long winter into glorious early summer last week, with nearly ten days in a row of sunshine. I took myself off in my little van to the shore of Loch Achray, in the Trossachs. The loch is fairly shallow close to the shore, so the sun had taken the chill off the water, and it was warm enough to have a pleasant swim and then sit by a fire afterwards to warm up. Astonishingly, there were no midges. A perfect camping trip! (oh and can you see the tiny moon in the branches of the tree?).