The former Royal Navy Hospital Haslar, just down the road from me, is being converted into rather nice (and expensive) apartments. On Saturday they had an open day, so I went for a nose round. Sarah from The Bookshop at Lee-on-the-Solent told me there was a library which served cake, so obviously I had to investigate that!

The library is lovely – very comfortable and relaxed. Did I mention the cake? They have an interesting selection of books, many by local authors and including my Little Mallow cosy mystery series. Sarah tells me she’ll also be running a book club there. I believe these facilities are available to anyone, not just those people living in the new apartments.