Just another day in paradise!

I defy anyone to find me another place on the planet where I can see and do all this in one day.

On Sunday, I started with a walk in the magical, gloriously autumnal outer garden of Colonsay House, with its exotic magenta coloured magnolia fruits, weird and wonderful flower spikes of the gunnera, enormous rhododendron leaves and rich red barked trees.

And then along a peaceful, sunny track where it was so quiet I could hear absolutely nothing except for one small bird twittering, and only when it felt like it. The local beekeeper was there, tending his beehives, so I had a chat with him too. Colonsay has the best honey in the world, with a lovely mix of wild flowers for the bees to forage on, including heather of course, which I think has the best honey flavour of all!

At lunchtime, a large glass of rose wine, sitting in October sunshine, in the island's small hotel garden, which looks back across the sea to Jura.

Then a walk on one of our favourite beaches, with two happy dogs tearing around like there was no tomorrow, which always makes me smile!

The sapphire blue Loch Fada.

And then to top it all off, a chocolate making workshop in the kitchen at Colonsay House. A fun, messy affair but the misshapen chocolates I brought home were delicious!