Best summer reads 2015 - win £500 of books!

Spending quality time with the family and doing all the things you'd planned to do through the winter months

I love the way that when it is sunny, everybody walks around smiling and seem so much happier.

What I love about summer is going into my garden and breathing in the wonderful scent of flowers and shrubs. Always gives me a huge mental lift.

I love going out for lovely Long Walks taking my Grandchildren and Two lovely Dogs. lovely Weather and great Exercise for all of us

Children's laughter outdoors !!

The warmth, sick of the cold weather, putting coat scarf gloves on etc.
Love the fact you can go out without your winter woolies.

Taking the grandchildren out on summer picnics. Countryside and cuddles .. is there anything better?

To be able to be outside in my garden to enjoy the result of my labours during the spring, picking my veg and appreciating my flowers.

one of my favourite things about summer time is firing up the BBQ and sharing with family and friends in the sun .

Or watching cricket all day very relaxex

Just listening to birds in full song and bees just buzzing around. Everything feels so alive.

My favourite thing in summer is the first bite of the peach I picked in our garden. I enjoy picking blackberries too and make a smoothie or bake a cake with them.

Getting the kids off their game stations going to parks, picnics etc

the warmer weather and sunshine hopefully

I love evening summer walks in our nearby countryside, listening to the birds singing and seeing the sky slowly change colour as twilight approaches.

Our village fete. Held every year on our local cricket field on Wimbledon Finals day. The sun always shines, the afternoon teas are amazing. We're in the middle of fields and hills with a view to die for. Not a road in sight, but a train chugging by in the distance on the half hour. There are book stalls, bottle stalls, tombolas. Pony rides and races for the children. A tug of war. Performances by the local ballet school and junior school choirs. A huge raffle, a beer tent, village bingo. The smell of newly mown grass.

I always feel as though I'm in the middle of an Agatha Christie novel without the gore and Miss Marple will come pottering round the corner at any moment.

i love being able to walk to work without wearing a big, heavy raincoat.

The late evenings and early mornings when I can read in bed in natural light, feel warm and enjoy the outdoors whether in the town or country or just in our rose bedecked garden.

Long evenings on the porch with a glass of wine and a good book

Summer. Out in the garden with the bees and butterflies and the weeds but more daylight hours to deal with them.

I love the smell of summer, cut grass, bbq's and people have a good laugh outside with their families.

My favourite time of year. Is it because my birthday is at the end of June so I have memories of parties in the garden and ice cream cake?
Maybe. But above all it's the warmth which relaxes me and means I can pop on a dress and I'm done. No tights so I can paint my toenails and get my legs brown.
I love sitting in the garden among the flowers and reading so I'd love to win this fabulous collection!

It's so liberating to just grab your bag and go, instead of having to wrap up in layers of clothes before leaving the house!

picnics in the park with my daughter, a good book, and strawberries in season..so much sweeter..

Light mornings when you can hear the birds singing so early - sitting outside with a cup of tea and listening to the day start and wondering how it will end

No tights.....lovely light evenings, the joy of seeing my seedlings become veg and flowers, the summer smell in town of beach, chips, candy floss and sun tan lotion...the dogs going cracker dog in the garden....Scarlett trying to water the plants with a watering can nearly as big as her....my lovely caravan.... Salad......BBQs ....picnics....rounders. I LOVE SUMMER