Here on the South coast of England it is trying to be cold, but there are still flowers in the gardens and insects about in the afternoons, my deadly mousetrap with it's month old bait of chocolate and caramel remains set and ready, but the mild weather has not sent any wee sleekit thing looking for shelter as yet.

There was a frost on the bins when I took rubbish out a week or so ago, but all the rest has been a lot of rain and a few clear days.

The Spring this year was very dry, the apple trees which were loaded to breaking last year produced a few small cracked fruits this Autumn. The fruit and leaves fell off early. The strain of drought then deluge might have been too much for them.