Autumn has come early this year

Turned the electric blanket on last night. First time this Autumn.

We have the prediction of an Indian Summer next week so we will need to make the most of it, the autumn storms will come soon enough.

Well I've been on the Dorset coast for the past few days doing shoreline walks, fabulously warm, for which I'm grateful. Lovely weather next week is predicted too, by which time we'll be home, but will still make the most of it.

I have been on the North Devon coast for the last few days where the wind was unrelenting. I am glad to be home.

Just driven the whole of S Wales. Newport to Tenby. Cold, damp and grey. But the trees are still green, though looking rather tired

Just back from a stay on the East Coast. Weather glorious, I think it was more the end of summer than the beginning of Autumn!
The equinox is on Sunday though, so time to start prepping for winter!
Don't feel nearly so bad about it as I did a few weeks ago.

My daughter posted a picture of a ripe blackberry way back in mid-July. She said we had gone straight from spring to autumn without any summer.

Still very much Indian summer here today. Very warm! I think it’s all change tomorrow, though.

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Still very much Indian summer here today. Very warm! I think it’s all change tomorrow, though.

Summer is about to slip away, we'll roll the air cons into storage. Windows open to breeze (after I wash the inside glass).

Was holding out till Monday to put the heating on but son complained of the cold tonight so on it is!

Welcome to Autumn folks- get those jumpers out!

Our heating came on a couple of mornings a fortnight ago, but not since.

The next big step is, of course, when the weather gets cold enough to start digging out the winter wardrobe and packing away the summer clothes.

I have already done the pre-winter review and have bought a pair of cord trousers and a couple of sweaters to replace those that bit the dust at the end of last winter, but as yet it hasn't been cold enough for me to consider wearing them.