Felicity Cloake, Red Sauce Brown Sauce: A British Breakfast Odyssey, Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, Ned Boulting, How I Won The Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France, Kate Mosse, City of Tears, Nicholas Higham, King Arthur: The Making of the Legend, Richard Osman, The Man Who Died Twice

 Holiday reading as we went to Celtic Haven in Lydstep for a 3rd time, Pembrokeshire being established as a family favourite destination. I consciously took what I thought would be less challenging, comforting reads, and while that was generally the case there were one or two missteps - Calvino's Invisible Cities was a crazy travelogue of increasingly bizarre imaginary cities, and 'King Arthur' turned out to be much more rigorous and academic than the title suggested. The rest were good beach lounger fodder, with much of the reading done on the bank at Celtic Haven overlooking Giltar Point, a beautiful vista. I did a lot more running  on holiday than ever before, and managed the whole of the Coast Path between Amroth and the MOD domain at Castlemartin, despite some hairy encounters with slippery cliffs and territorial cattle. The kids generally played well together and there wasn't too much bickering, but finding activities for them all is getting tough - things that would interest Freddie like coasteering or longer walks aren't things Libby or William can do yet. I think we'll have to find another place as perfect though for holiday next year, as we have been to the Dino Park and Carew Castle just so many times. We didn't even bother going to Manorbier or Pembroke Castles this time, lovely as they are they are just over-familiar.