A trip to father in law's yesterday to continue clearing the house and sort some jumble for sale today.
I ended up spending a couple of hours raking the lawn and collecting the debris from the large horse chestnut which overhangs the front garden. Having finished, and congratulated myself, I looked up and the realisation of all that was yet to fall came upon me.
We have had a mild September but there is no longer any denial that Autumn is arrived and a chill is in the air.