Saturday with Cathy Kelly: 'I've been doing arty things — and there's always the laundry!'

Bray is a fabulous place to live — it's great for the dogs and has at least eight charity shops

Cathy Kelly's latest book 'The Island Retreat' is out now at all good bookshops. 

08.30

Either my alarm or Juno, our Siamese cat, wakes me up. Siamese cats are very vocal and have incredibly loud voices, so Juno howls for breakfast/ love/ a hot radiator. PJ brings me coffee in bed, and we scan the newspapers online. We do the New York Times Connections puzzle, and if it’s particularly opaque or full of US sports stars, we discuss getting a crayon and writing a letter to the editor. I have coffee and then muesli or porridge.