Autumn projects
OK, rant over. Normal service is resumed. It was great though to find how many of you share my wish that we could all relax, accept that we grow older, and be comfortable in our own skin. Saturday here was a beautiful golden day, autumn at its absolute best. Younger son and daughter in law were staying for the weekend and we all went walking. I love the way here that you can walk, really walk with grass and heather, hills and views to the horizon, right from the door. The dog loved it too. You can just see her at the top of the path, whizzing back to check where we were, before heading off again at a joyous lope. As we walked up to the end of the road we met a local farmer. "Better just hop over the stile there" he said. "I'm bringing the cattle down." Safely on the far side of the gate, we watched as the herd came down from the hill, driven from behind by two guys on one very small moped. I don't know how many th...