(We dodged the dodgy weather by staging our celebration on the last day of April!) It was a real treat for Molly and Grace, whose family is renting in Ilmington this year and who were sent on the burger run. A treat too, for the post-lockdown locals, walkers and Cotswold visitors who told us how wonderful it was to be able to sit outside with friends and enjoy the first of the summer sunshine. The picnic atmosphere was perfected by butcher Robbie Walker, who cooked up hundreds of burgers, chicken fillets and hot dogs, while our valiant volunteers poured the drinks and served homemade cake. “It’s been such a lovely day,” said one visitor. “Aren’t we lucky?!”
