We’ve had a lovely summer, maybe not the sizzler predicted but very pleasant, dry and for the most part sunny. We’re now nearing October and people are still walking around in shorts and t-shirts, which is wildly different to what I was expecting. After 13 years away I’ve been asking our neighbours ‘is this normal?’, which apparently it sort of is (which is good news!).

It is now getting distinctly autumn, with the leaves turning, the mornings cooler and conkers on the ground. When we were in Spain we always used to tell the kids about going conkering so it is nice to be doing just that.

There’s a good rope swing in the park where these photos were taken, all the kids had a go and these pics (of our neighbour Ella) were the best of many attempted shots to capture it.