Wednesday 11.09.2024

 So cold out there this morning! Temperatures plummeted yesterday, the wind whipped up and suddenly it`s light the fire and make soup. And keep walking, only a bit faster.

Autumn clearly signalling its imminent arrival as we took to the woods for the first time in a long time yesterday. You can almost smell it. The leaves are hanging on but there`s the first indication of the change to come

and berries of course - that old "mellow fruitfulness" - though it didn`t feel very mellow in the strong cold wind. Saturday, on the other hand, promised the quintessential autumn day, the early morning mist slowly retreating, the cobwebs laced over the gorse, the ripened grain, the clear sky and still air.

By the afternoon the sun was beating down, people were splashing about in a local river and summer clothes were getting a late outing.  That was it though. Back to cloud-enfolded and dreich for the rest of the weekend and now - arctic! Well, not quite but it is cold. Another brisk walk the order of the day, plus tales of gallivanting.