It was so nice to get out this morning and enjoy a beautiful dawn. There only animal I had any communion with this morning was a buzzard who didn’t appreciate me waking him, could have been a her, up from his roost. He was not happy and let me know by screaming at me as he flew overhead.

This autumn has been a really strange one. Back in early September it was baking hot. Then for most of the time we seem to have had more rain in a day than a month. But as it slowly collapses into winter normal service is starting to resume and frosts are starting to become a thing. There is even talk of snow at Christmas, although if that were to happen it would be really unusual so I guess yes we’ll have snow at Christmas!

Whatever happens this morning the Welland Valley was beautiful with just a touch of Tuscany? Perhaps, perhaps not.