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Summer is back and temperatures are soaring. Yesterday was lovely here at Ynyslas with a gorgeous quiet morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I spent most of the day in the garden, doing a few chores, catching up with things, and generally tidying up. It\u2019s become a lovely, peaceful place to sit these days. Not that I\u2019m very good at just sitting there<\/em>, but it\u2019s nicely sheltered and private now that we\u2019ve finally managed to get a few things growing above head height \u2014 not as easy as it sounds in Ynyslas, and it\u2019s only taken 20 years to get there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a nice patch of shade under the oak tree too \u2014 a tree we grew from an acorn. It\u2019s now quite a big tree, which is a satisfying thing to say. I topped up the pond while I was at it. With the recent lack of rain it was looking a bit low, so I added some rainwater from the butts (not tap water, of course). Things are looking good, and the bees were busy doing their thing, buzzing happily around the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went out for a short bike ride in the afternoon, and later, when Anna came home with an Ioniq 5 to test drive, we headed to the beach for a swim. The sea is as warm as it ever gets here. Usually it\u2019s just slightly less cold than normal, but at the moment it\u2019s actually\u00a0warm<\/em>, so no wetsuit has been required \u2014 even for a decent-length swim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ioniq 5 looks nice. Anna thinks it feels quite big and I’ve yet to actually drive it, but there’s lots of room inside, I like the styling and it has a nice spaceship-like dashboard. Features and range should be pretty similar to the Kona that we’ve currently got, but it has a larger boot, more room inside. It’s not quite as fast, but the Kona was crazy fast for some reason!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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