Brrrr

We've been having some lovely weather of late; the sort we should have been having in June and July instead of torrential rain. Its been great sitting out in the garden, watching the kids running round like mad things.

But in the past 24 hours, I've noticed a couple of things that mean that autumn is on its way. Last night, I was struck by just how quickly it went dark while we were putting the kids to bed; it only seems a couple of days ago that it was bright in their bedroom at 7.30pm, despite two layers of blackout lining over their window. And this morning I went into the conservatory to read the paper only to retreat quickly - it was absolutely freezing! Again, I'm sure it was only last week that I was sitting in there with the paper and the door open to the garden at 7.30am.

So, Autumn is on its way. I'm not too bothered as I like Autumn - crisp mornings, mist, falling leaves etc. But I like my seasons to behave as they should, so I hope that this summer was just a one-off caused by La Nina; the thought of more wet summers is enough to make me consider moving to the South of France as a matter of urgency!