Autumn in Brighton

Autumn has certainly arrived here in Brighton. In the 'Rest Garden' where I walk with Billy, leaves are thick on the ground, and those that are still on the trees are rapidly changing colour. 

Lady Magnon is a volunteer 'Rest Gardener' on Wednesday mornings, and leaf-sweeping will be her major task for some while!

My shorts have been put away until next Summer, and my thermal vest has already seen one early morning outing. My denim jacket has been taken out of storage, and my favourite red scarf has been washed. I am just about ready for the colder weather to come.

Luckily down here, it has remained dry, and the storms that hit the north recently, have stayed away. In fact it's still quite sunny and summery; albeit quite cool in the early mornings.

I don't really dislike any season; what I do hate is rain or snow. Since we got back about 6 weeks ago, I have only worn my Barbour once; and even that was unwarranted. 

I've just checked my long term forecast, and there's a small amount of rain on the horizon. Sadly, all our reservoirs are becoming very low, so we do need rain. I just hope it rains at night!

However, we were promised some rain for yesterday afternoon; I didn't really happen. I remain to be convinced!