A trip down river with the writing group

As it was the last meeting of the writing group I  go to before the summer break we took a boat trip down the River Thames from Kingston to Hampton Court. There we had a picnic lunch before borrowing some spare cafe chairs to arrange in a circle under a nice shady tree and then we each shared the writing we brought before offering feedback. It was really nice because for once there was no time restriction. Usually we have an hour once a month and it goes way too fast. This was leisurely and in lovely surroundings. Today we had quite a selection of work - part of play, a short story with a wonderful twist, two short novel chapters, the beginning of a very promising story and some poetry.

Afterwards we treated ourselves to ice creams and wandered around some of the gardens before the boat ride back. It was a lovely end to our meetings. We don't meet again now until the end of September when it's back to the local library.