Summer is well and truly under way here at Our Little House in the Country.  The weather is stunning, the paddling pool is out and we spent the morning at the beach!  Hi all, apologies for the short hiatus in posts, we have been away on holiday in the South of France for the past few weeks and while away we decided to take a total break from cyberspace!  The only thing our iPads were used for were for reading several books and we even turned off our data roaming services so that emails and all other notifications couldn’t interrupt our family holiday.  I must admit that I really and…