Zilly apparently the canary islands are the best through winter for warmth ...we'd be alright going away on those months...we'd be coming back to a leaf disaster zone
This is ideal golfing weather at the moment, very warm but today there was a nice cool breeze. One of the members of the dozen or so with whom I regularly play, had a "hole in one today." So that's now three of us in the last six weeks. There's always a few jobs to do in the garden, so with the weather so good, three times a week I have to do a bit after I come home from golf, so I don't start until about 3.00pm.
Doghouse, if you're feeling deprived of enough gardening you could always pop down here and give a hand. About four hours a day should help out quite a bit.