What I did on my holidays: The Gardens
It's been a long time since I used this blog for its original intended purpose, which was to talk about what I've been up to. So I'm going to rectify that with a couple of posts on my recent holiday back to the UK. While I've been to the UK several times since I started my PhD the previous times have either involved hospital visits or as a break between conferences. This was the first time it was just for a holiday. And what a holiday! There'd been a heatwave for the previous couple of weeks before my arrival and I was concerned that it would end as soon as I touched down at Heathrow. I needn't have worried. Instead, on our approach to Heathrow I began to realise that the complaints about the heat hadn't been exaggerations. My much-missed green and pleasant land had turned distinctly brown. As soon as we realised that I'd be home for Hampton Court Flower Show, mum and I arranged our traditional weekend away. We normally go on the final Sunday