Strawberry picking

I was dismayed when I woke up this morning and realised it was raining. Today was the day to go strawberry picking with my sister but with the bad weather, it looked like we had to change plans. So I rang Gerald and Emily (they were going with us) to cancel the trip but they said it wasn't raining over their side and perhaps the weather's not as bad over at the strawberry farm. I know that my sister has been very keen on picking strawberries and would be very disappointed if I can't fulfil her wish so I thought we'd just take the chance and if it was really wet there, then we could go to the farmshop or somewhere else.

It was drizzling when we reached Esher. We browsed at the farmshop and the rain stopped. So we proceeded to the picking fields. I thought we were the only crazy ones but I was wrong. There were other people already at the fields picking berries and vegetables. The girls and I wore wellies and to my surprise, the ground wasn't soggy nor muddy. I'd imagined our footwear would be very soiled but they weren't. Due to the wet weather, a lot of strawberries were not picked and were rotten. Such a waste. But there were plenty of good ones for us to pick. We chose the biggest and reddest strawberries and very quickly filled up the baskets. They taste so different from the ones we buy from the market as they were so fresh, juicy, sweet and fragrant. We also pulled carrots and it was such great fun.

I'm just so glad my sister's wish was fulfilled and everyone had a good day.

(Photos to be added later)