Sometime life simply gets in the way. There are periods when everything is going swimmingly - you do what you want to do in the time you need to do it and it all runs smoothly. Then there are the periods, of indeterminate duration, when there is too much to do, too much to consider and too much to think about to achieve any of the stuff you wanted to. Such has been our situation since the simply beautiful Definitive Italian Wine Tasting last June (I know!!!) in the Royal Horticultural Halls' Lindley Hall.

So, with apologies to everyone who wanted to see this, here is a snapshot of the day - it was instructive, fun and beautiful.