Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness..............

The children have gone back to school (in our childrens' case that means the first day of 'further education' and the end of school uniform), the apple tree and pear tree are laden with ripe fruit, the tomatoes are ripe, the chillis are reddening in the greenhouse, we have an excess of runner beans and we have had three walking groups start today. It must be September!

September and October are two of our favourite months. The harvest is safely in (thankfully, with a great yield in our part of Wiltshire), the swallows are lining up on the telephone wires preparing to migrate back to Africa. The mornings have a slight chill and we have reached that time when you feel a perceptible change of season

The weather in September and October is usually settled and just the right temperature for walking. Our three groups are on Exmoor, in West Cornwall and on Hadrian's Wall. The weather forecast looks pretty good for all three. The heather should be spectacular in all three venues.

We have plenty of 'self-guided' walkers setting out over the next two weeks as well. They are spread all over England and Wales, so, fingers crossed for the weather all over the country!