Out for a walk earlier today and a few things struck me…

🔹 It’s bloody cold! 3°C when I started but warmed up to a balmy 7° by the time I finished.

🔹 Autumn has swept in all of a sudden. All the trees are in various stages of turning and the winds of the last few days have left leaves on all the paths.

🔹 There is a bumper crop of Rowan berries this year, way more than normal. All the hedgerows are full of berries and there are far more rowan trees around than I’ve ever really noticed before. There is an old saying that a big crop of rowan berries signifies a harsh Winter ahead. To be fair I don’t think I’d mind a hard winter of dry frosts and bright days. Much preferable to damp, dreary and mild. Not such a fan of prolonged snow and black ice though.