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CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 12-Jun-18 15:50:26

We've rounded up some of the best books for summer - whether you're jetting off on holiday, or reading in the garden at home.

One lucky person can win everything featured on the page - a book haul worth over £500. Details of all the books HERE and T&Cs HERE We will be picking a winner at random after midday on Monday 23 July.

To enter...simply tell us your favourite and least favourite thing about summer.

ffinnochio Sat 21-Jul-18 08:43:15

Light levels = Good

Humidity = Bad

hayhu01 Sat 21-Jul-18 08:46:38

I love the heat on my back but hate the arrival of wasps.

zeenie Sat 21-Jul-18 09:07:43

i love being able to read in the garden. i dont like not being able to sleep because of the heat

Oklesley Sat 21-Jul-18 09:24:05

Best bit is the sounds and smells. Children laughing, bbq on and freshly cut grass. The perfect combination.

The worst bit is having to remain cheerful in work when all I want is to be off and enjoying it all!

greig23 Sat 21-Jul-18 09:29:59

My favourite thing about summer is being outside, and getting a suntan smile while i read lol
My least favourite thing about summer is being bitten by gnats and mozzies and wasps who i hate so much lol

carolacr Sat 21-Jul-18 09:48:27

Favourite thing. Getting my washing dry.
Least favourite thing. So hot at night, fans on, legs out the bed perfect, then too cold. Legs back in bed, nice, no hold on, too hot again. Menopausal and the hottest summer since 1976 don't match.

karenharrison Sat 21-Jul-18 10:48:23

I love the sunshine - it makes me happy. I also love that my appetite decreases and i lose weight! I hate the amount of moths, wasps and flies around.

shyfly1970 Sat 21-Jul-18 11:04:38

My favourite part of the summer is being out visiting local parks with my Grandchildren

My least is obviously wasps and flies

bdavies Sat 21-Jul-18 11:17:16

Best thing: Light evenings
Worst thing: Biting insects who seem to fly past my husband and feast on me.

sheridarby Sat 21-Jul-18 11:39:06

So much I love about summer, wearing light dresses and sandals, walking in sunshine, feeling the sun on my body. Least favourite thing. Chocolate melts!!!

Busywomanuk1 Sat 21-Jul-18 12:09:49

Fave thing : big family bbqs
Least favourite thing: hot stuffy tube trains

nabob Sat 21-Jul-18 12:24:33

I love being able to play golf in shorts and a polo shirt instead of four layers in the winter squashing around in the mud. I do not like the uncomfortable nights where it is too hot to sleep.

kaydeed Sat 21-Jul-18 12:40:42

My least favourite is that I suffer from hay fever.
My favourite is setting the paddling pool up and having my seven grandchildren over splashing around and having fun.

rubysmoke Sat 21-Jul-18 12:46:22

seeing my garden blossom and grow with the raspberries and strawberries is just the best - worst thing is in Autumn when the apples are ready, have to chop and freeze them ready for later- can't give away much as we live on the site of an old orchard and there are several apple trees up and down the street and they are all ready at the same time

stevewoodbridge Sat 21-Jul-18 12:48:50

Best is eating outdoors, worst is flying ants!

Kazzaw31 Sat 21-Jul-18 14:53:49

Just love sitting in the garden on a lovely summer's evening with a good book and a glass of wine and just relaxing but really do hate having to do the gardening in the summer when its so hot

Gaga2014 Sat 21-Jul-18 15:11:44

I love long, light summer evenings, but dislike wasps

Jancie Sat 21-Jul-18 15:13:53

I don't like the heat and bugs,I like it because my birthday is in august!

boxfords Sat 21-Jul-18 15:22:22

I love that people smile more during the summer. smile
I dislike how difficult it is to sleep. You have the choice between windows open and too noisy to sleep, or windows closed and it's too hot.

AngelaCringle Sat 21-Jul-18 15:30:23

I love spending time in the Garden with family and friends having BBQs. I hate the hot stuffy night when it is so hard to sleep

marymod Sat 21-Jul-18 15:42:21

Loving that everyone seems so much more relaxed, perhaps as there's fewer cars on the road. Worst thing is it can get too hot and uncomfortable for sleeping when the temperature gets too high.

hicaz46 Sat 21-Jul-18 15:46:14

Fave. The heat
Least fave. The heat

granjan66 Sat 21-Jul-18 15:51:35

I love the sun but hate the flies in the house!

Cathy21 Sat 21-Jul-18 16:40:00

favourite thing used to be taking Grandchildren camping but they are in their thirties now so now my favourite is Nicholls Icecream in Parkgate. Another favourite is sitting in the garden in the evening with a glass of wine. Least favourite is mosquitoes which make a beeline for me but ignore my husband.

Angella Sat 21-Jul-18 16:50:33

Favourite thing is the lovely weather and spending time with family and friends maybe at a bbq or in a beer garden. Least favourite is all those pesky flies that keep bugging you!