Best summer reads 2015 - win £500 of books!

Long days of light and long evening shadows. The abundance of life all around.

Getting up in the very early morning and wandering round the garden in my dressing gown, smelling the dew in the flowers and listening to the birds.

Life in general is just easier in the summer. The GC can leave the door open and play outside without coats, have impromptu picnics on the lawn, squirt the hose at each other, and not ask for the television. Left to myself I love to potter in the garden and sit with a chilled glass of cider, on a warm summer evening, to watch the sun set. Happy days.

The best thing about Summer is being able to have long leisurely meals in the garden with friends and family

Strawberries and raspberries!

Long summer evenings to sit outside and enjoy a good book with a glass of wine and food on the bbq

Not forgetting Wimbledon of course !!

Swimming in the sea is my favourite summer pastime, I'll hopefully be doing this a lot right up until September, can't beat it, lazy days having fun with my dog at a local dog friendly beach with her tennis ball and my camera, oh and a packed lunch, who needs Christmas chaos ?!

My favourite thing about summer is that it's light when I go to work and light when I come home.

Long summer evenings that seem to go on forever. It is still light up here at 10pm. There aren't many advantages to living up here but our longer evenings are one of them.

my favourite thing about summer is all the wild flowers in the meadows, watching the clouds overhead and the butterflies and bees landing on the flowers

I love the warm sunny days, which do make me think of relaxing with a good book.

My favorite thing about summer is being able to walk out into the garden and pick fresh fruit and vegetables

It's not winter.

Having the time to sit and read of course!

Sitting out in the garden after work with a good book and to catch the last of the sun's rays.

Ny favourite thing about the summer is the anticipation you feel. The anticipation of lazing around the garden in the long hot summer days with the sun warming your body whilst listening to the birds chirping in the trees and watching the bees hopping from flower to another. The anticipation of the summer holidays and the promise of a trip to some exotic location or even to your own back garden. The anticipation of the fun and laughter that the warm summer days inevitably bring.

I just love to sit in the garden, with a good book, and a nice glass of wine, enjoying the warmth, and the sunshine.

Poppies!! I live near the South Downs and the fields around us get planted up with poppies... it's a sea of red and it really is beautiful.

Windows open, light when I go to bed and when I wake up (not to birdsong but to seagulls!) and the sun on the sea (well, most days...) during my morning walk. And when the wind whistles and the rain sheets down, I appreciate the sunny days so much more.

Wimbledon and Pimms - the best thing about summer.

My favourite thing about summer is lying on the grass reading a good book eating strawberries and cream

Summer means doing nothing in the afternoons and evenings apart from watching Wimbledon and hoping one day to be there in person

To be able to wear summer clothes that look beautiful instead of big thick jumpers that make you look bulky. To open the windows and get a gentle breeze instead of a freezing blast.

My favourite thing about summer is longer days, warmer nights and everything looks better