Secret Garden

One of the nice things about having some time off is that you get the chance to do things you wouldn't normally get round to doing.

So today I had a wander round Kenwood House which has a wonderful collection of paintings including my favourite Rembrandt, then lunch on the lawn followed by a stroll over Hampstead Heath to the village and a quiet look around the beautiful sunken gardens of Fenton House.

There, it really is like being dropped into the Secret Garden of Frances Hodgson Burnett.