Most people who know me, know I love going outside to sketch. I was thrilled to be asked to help organise the sketching sessions with Cambridge Drawing Society and on Saturday 21st June I organised a group sketch at The Orchard Tea Rooms in Grantchester.

When I booked this with the Tearooms, the weather was forecast as rain but actually we had the hottest day this year with 35C. There were 15 of us sketching in the area and it was glorious in the Orchard where the many trees gave us some shelter from the sun.

After we had completed our drawings, we had our usual photo of us holding up our drawings before settling down with one of the Orchard's superb scones or a piece of cake washed down with a cold drink.

And then it was back on the bike for the 5 mile ride home along by the river and across the commons in Cambridge until I reached the cycle lane on Milton Road and home.