Had a work-free weekend at long last. If you want to keep going like that Duracell bunny, it's important to make sure your batteries are charged. So, a lazy weekend it was. Well, apart from all the gardening that is. It's amazing how the green stuff just grows and grows. No sooner have you cleared one patch of weeds than another springs up in its place. The buddleia is now in full flower and attracting masses of bees and the odd butterfly or two. As soon as I whip out my Smar

I'm probably not telling you anything new here, but Germany has palaces and castles galore. The most famous is, of course, Neuschwanstein, the fairytale castle built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who sadly died before it was completely finished. But there are many more that are just as jaw-dropping. Like this gorgeous one - Weikersheim Palace and Gardens in Baden-Württemberg. A hidden gem if ever there was one. You know what it's like, you inherit a castle, move in and after