We're open for business again for the summer and as I sat waiting for the guests to come down to breakfast I read the excellent news that Carol Ann Duffy is the new Poet Laureate. The first woman in 341 years to hold the post. Brilliant. And I'm so glad that my vote counted. Regular readers will know that I cast my vote for her back in December last year in a blog post .

I wonder if she'd like to come to stay?