High time
When asked what she would do if she were made Mayor of London, Jane Birkin said that she would give everyone a free balloon ride. Sadiq Khan might take some persuading – but for those with money to burn, Experience Days offers trips starting at £172 for a solo passenger – departing at dawn or dusk at locations from Cornwall to Perthshire. There is no maximum age restriction, but participants must be able ‘to climb in and out of the basket’.
A cut above
The keen gardener can never have too many clippers, and a pair of personalised Burgon & Ball National Trust secateurs with brass rivets will raise the tone of any garden shed. For the ultimate in horticultural glamour, accompany with a pair of Bradleys Tannery leather gardening gloves with a suede cuff. Secateurs £24, including engraving;
