Flaming June
This retreat has been an amazing week with temperatures soaring to the low 40's, but we still kept knitting! We have had 5 returning visitors and 3 lovely ladies from Iceland. The weather has been pretty warm, but everyone has made good use of the pool.
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We made our trips out early in the week when it was a bit cooler and managed to fit in shopping in Saintes and Cognac, a trip to Chateau Otard for some cognac tasting and a visit to the market in St Jean d'Angely. The rest of the week was very relaxing.
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we spent a few evenings dipping our feet in the pool at dusk
![20190626_212346jpg](//files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/7f/da/7fda4bd8-495e-45ec-bc38-e6065fc2e288.jpg)
and watching lovely sunsets
![20190628_214442jpg](//files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/b0/3e/b03e8102-fb27-4409-bfe6-332ad62df57b.jpg)
in spite of all the relaxing everyone managed to knit and crochet vast amounts, I am missing a few photos for projects from Sveina and Jona, but here are some of the others
![20190628_141650jpg](//files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/38/7f/387f6398-3b22-4d45-b6c0-e1244778c7bd.jpg)
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We always seem to end up with one problem crochet pattern, this is Maggie's solution for Brenda's hat pattern......
![IMG_1374jpg](//files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/4a/04/4a04efee-99e4-462e-a84e-c9012b7e1945.jpg)
And to finish off the week the first sunflower has just been spotted in the middle of the field at the end of the garden
![20190623_144253jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/78/28/78284581-5d02-4d23-a56a-814f342d611d.jpg)
We made our trips out early in the week when it was a bit cooler and managed to fit in shopping in Saintes and Cognac, a trip to Chateau Otard for some cognac tasting and a visit to the market in St Jean d'Angely. The rest of the week was very relaxing.
![20190623_190732jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/2e/bd/2ebda421-1722-4ac6-ad7a-160c4fb5f911.jpg)
we spent a few evenings dipping our feet in the pool at dusk
![20190626_212346jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/7f/da/7fda4bd8-495e-45ec-bc38-e6065fc2e288.jpg)
and watching lovely sunsets
![20190628_214442jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/b0/3e/b03e8102-fb27-4409-bfe6-332ad62df57b.jpg)
in spite of all the relaxing everyone managed to knit and crochet vast amounts, I am missing a few photos for projects from Sveina and Jona, but here are some of the others
![20190628_141650jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/38/7f/387f6398-3b22-4d45-b6c0-e1244778c7bd.jpg)
![20190628_141734jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/53/15/5315bf54-1e1e-4942-919f-b6cab7b0eeb2.jpg)
![20190628_141906jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/da/22/da22141b-1fee-4b08-a97f-930cc9724b88.jpg)
![20190628_142107jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/fe/9f/fe9f1440-0bfc-459c-8c64-5b19406b15b1.jpg)
![20190628_142129jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/b0/f2/b0f28e09-023e-498c-a924-0389503e33eb.jpg)
![20190628_213654jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/0b/03/0b039456-38c1-4417-bc77-2c7cfccfbb37.jpg)
![20190628_213802 1jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/f3/80/f380eeca-d352-4978-b28b-503e86ec7bfd.jpg)
![20190628_213815jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/9d/17/9d17d598-acff-4e20-9c3d-413fc475943c.jpg)
We always seem to end up with one problem crochet pattern, this is Maggie's solution for Brenda's hat pattern......
![IMG_1374jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/4a/04/4a04efee-99e4-462e-a84e-c9012b7e1945.jpg)
And to finish off the week the first sunflower has just been spotted in the middle of the field at the end of the garden
![20190627_075322jpg](http://files.websitebuilder.prositehosting.co.uk/1b/07/1b078dab-7ac8-467e-a26e-72c5446f42a6.jpg)