It stands to reason that I pick the wettest day of the month so far to plan a day out and a picnic. But it’s August, after all. It couldn’t possibly be cold, wet and miserable, could it?

Anyway, despite the really rubbish weather, we ventured out to Ashdown Forest Llama Park to see the llamas, but mainly to see the ALPACAS. And not only alpacas, but BABY ALPACAS AND LLAMAS, all tiny and nubbly and pocket-sized-for-smuggling-home-in-a-backpack (I wish!).

Sadly, they send all their alpaca fibre to be spun in Wales, so there was no yarn or fibre to be had. Plenty of ready-made alpaca knitwear in the giftshop, but where’s the fun in that?!