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I'm up in Sheffield for mums birthday weekend and today we headed over to Shireoaks for their armed forces day fair. There were some army trucks and fighter jet cockpits to look at in addition to a drumming band and army assault course. The weather has been great, very sunny and warm with just a bit of a breeze. It's also the Steam Fair weekend so might try and see that tomorrow. I've added a few photos to the album linked below.

This is just a quick one to let you know I've added in the photos from our last day in Dorset. We went to National Trust Montacute House which was only about 20 minutes away from the cottage. The sun came out shortly after we arrived which was nice and gave us a good chance to have a walk around the gardens and into the field just beyond the house.

Sadly the weather didn't last and shortly after we had entered the house it begain to pour with rain. We had a good walk about the rooms including a hunt for the writing that had been etched into some of the window panes in the library and a walk along the long gallery with art from the National Portrait Gallery. It was still raining when we had been around the house, so we got a bit wet on the way back to the car. We had decided to head off today rather than in the morning so that we could get a lie-in tomorrow. The journey home was pretty good with fairly minimal traffic getting home just after 8.30. Enjoy the photos!

I awoke this morning to the news that the vote was in and Britain were out. I have to say it hasn't quite sunk in. I placed my vote on Thursday evening fully expecting to remain in the EU. The thought that a campaign to leave, riddled with rhetoric about closing borders and fronted by amongst others, UKIP's very own Nigel Farage, seemed like such a remote possibility that it hadn't even entered my mind that Leave was a possibility.

The outcome was a shock! It would seem over time I have surrounded myself with likeminded people. My facebook feed is full of people expressing similar disbelief. It simply never crossed my mind that this would happen, and that clearly 52% of people hold a very different outlook. I worry about what the future may hold.

Right now the pound has slid to a 30 year low, the government is squabbling for power on all sides and the primeminster has resigned. There seems to be a rise in racist outbursts all over the country and Britain feels like a very divided place. It remains to be seen what will happen, over the coming months and years but right now I feel that Britain has lost something, something that we may now never get back.