DMs family are in Devon this week on holiday so the whole clan met for a picnic on the beach. Humans from the left are: Maurice, DM, Margaret, Linda (not me but DMs sister), Ruth, Will, James and Tony. Dogs bottoms from left: Lola and JD.

The dogs had a great time – lots and lots of willing participants in the tennis ball game. They were utterly thrilled to find that it wasn’t just the two of us to entertain them but Maurice, Will, James and Tony all knocked the ball up the beach with the Woolies £2.99 “Pro” tennis racquet suitable for age six and above. I expect Andy Murray uses them all of the time! The dogs played so hard that poor old Lola has been decidedly subdued since we got home – too much sun, sand and sea I think.

DMs family are staying in a holiday rental cottage in a supremely posh bit of Devon. The roads were “private” roads and the golf course on the dunes was rather beautiful. We were so curious to know exactly how posh so we looked up the price of a house that was for sale on the way to the beach – a five bedroomed house for a cool £2m. Phew. We won’t be moving there then!