Best summer reads 2015 - win £500 of books!

The best thing about ( a sunny ) summer is being outside for reading, eating, playing games and sport, parks are full, beaches are crowded and everyone is happy.

Listening the birds sing, and children playing, while I sit and read in my garden bliss

The fact that after 60 years I appear to have 'grown out' of terrible hayfever and can finally enjoy the month of June, drinking in the great British outdoors, grass, trees, sunshine and all the lovely flowers colours and scents...I can now reclne on a garden chair and read under a parasol instead of behind closed curtains through puffball, sore and itchy eyes! I used to be able to set the clock for June 1st and would be in sheer sneezing, sniffling, misery until after my birthday, the 27th. Being 63 rocks!

just relaxing with an icecream and a good book

Such a glorious collection of books!

My favourite thing about summer is that you don't need to wear a coat or a jumper - but everybody wears a smile!

Eating in the garden with a glass of wine and good friends. From the heart.

My favourite thing about summer is beng able to gorge on all the lovely summer fruit which is so abundant.

Summer means a lot to me, it reminds me of lazy days spent with my Dad out in the garden, picking strawberries and eating too many, eating pea pods, pulling little carrots to have for tea and enjoying all the stories he used to tell me about when he was young and the mischief he got up to with his friends. Happy days.

Life is slower, easier, happier, more fun�� Wimbledon watching in the sun��

The light! A clear blue sky and sharp-focus light just lift everything for me

Sunny days & light nights lift the nations mood. Summer is my favourite thing , birds singing, bees humming, children laughing & paddling pools splashing. Corks popping, barbecues squizzling, skin turning pink & adults having too much to drink! Trips to the beach, soggy dogs & sandy picnics, summer is my favourite thing ����

Playing tennis with my grandsons who are now of an age to get a good thwack at the ball.
We have to make the most of this because soon it won't be PC to play with Gran.
We have hilarious fun and I keep fit as well.
The local park is our Wimbledon and a cheeky squirrel keeps score !

My favourite thing about summer is sitting in the garden , surrounded by friends and family enjoying a summer evening BBQ or by myself with a drink some snacks and a good book! Nothing beats reading in the garden in the sunshine!

I am unable to work so love entering into the 'world' of a book so to win this prize would be amazing! I ❤️ Books!

Running into the sea with my Granddaughter laughing and giggling as we go. Great !

I love all the beauty of flowers and the smell of freshly mown grass

My favourite thing about summer is seeing my great grandson who is nearly three playing with water. He loves jumping up and down in a bucket of water, being sprayed with the hose or just pouring water everywhere. My older grandchildren also like the water but they enjoy swimming or sliding down water chutes. However they are ALL happy to b the ones spraying the toddler with the hose!

Longer days and warmer nights are the ultimate combination making you feel invigorated and extending your scope.

Reading under the trees and then going out for dinner to a local restaurant

Days out with the family, enjoying the great outdoors with a bit of sunshine to boot!

strawberries and Ice cream

My favourite thing is getting to be with the children more and having impromptu picnics x

I've just come back from the Chalke Valley History Festival, and I can see that this is going to be my fave summertime activity for years to come!

The best thing about summer? Apart from warm days and evenings, holidays, everyone having a happier face, the community being more sociable? Me? I love the long days - but, oh no the longest day has been and gone so they'll start to shorten now - better make the most of summer!!

Preparing the children to go to the park by applying sun cream, packing water bottles and cutting small portions of apples, bananas and strawberries. We manage to get there just before the sun goes down and the children just love the rides and being able to play with lots of children. This gives me a little time to myself to read a good book while keeping an eye on them at the same time.

Long, long hours of daylight, enabling you to do so much - and still have time for reading!