As we were preparing to leave the house, my daughter said, “I’m so glad we’re going to the beach today, last time it was this hot in Inverness, we wasted it by going on holiday to Legoland.”  (Right, so glad we haven’t booked anything for this summer holidays!)

It’s true that when the weather’s beautiful there is no where nicer than Scotland and the beaches are suddenly transformed from windswept walks into gorgeous suntraps.

The kids had a great time, burying each other in the sand.

Fern had a ball, running in the sea and then rolling in the sand (so glad I didn’t actually get round to cleaning the car last week!).

Whereas, silly Mammy, roasted.

I have typical Highland skin, so peely, wally, it’s almost blue. Today it’s glowing red and tomorrow it will be peeling.

Today we’re all in the garden, and I am hiding in the tent clarted with factor 60. Better stock up, according to the Met Office, we are in for a cracking summer.