Thursday 10th October 2013

Hello and welcome to autumn.

Well, it has been officially autumn for some time now, but no one had told the weather, who seemed content enough to allow summer, or a close approximate to it, continue. Butterflies could still be seen, our strawberry plants are back in fruit, and it has been warm enough to sit on the patio sipping coffees or mint juleps. Whatever your poison is.

Listening to the radio forecast on Radio 4 yesterday on my way into work revealed that snow was predicted in Scotland. OK, it may just in Scotland, and even then, just the hilly bits. But snow?

The reality is that we are about ten weeks away from the shortest day of the year, the clocks go back in two and a half weeks, so it will be dark at about five in the afternoon. And so today the wind is blowing, and rain is falling through the early morning sunshine.

Not much to report otherwise. I went out for breakfast yesterday with my old boss, Ian. We went to Ship Shape and had a small fat boys breakfast, we both passed up the chance to have a .mega’ one. Sitting in an archway overlooking the harbour in the bright sunshine was a fine way to spend an hour at work for sure.

And that was it, really: more work, drive back to Dover, pick up Jools, back home, made beans and cheese on toast, watched an episode of Who Do You Think You Are, Jools made a blackberry and apple crumble and then time for bed. All exciting stuff I think you’ll agree.