Its that time of year...

...when, unless the weather is really stunning, everything starts feeling just a little bit autumnal - horses thinking about changing their coats, trees thinking about changing their leaves, nights a bit longer and days a bit shorter - its still summer (allegedly!) but you can tell its days are numbered.

Down here the weather has been warm but cloudy, and it feels as if we are in limbo - not cold enough for lighting fires and rugging up horses, but not barbecue season by a long shot. The fact that hunting has started again puts the seal on the change of seasons, but thats a compensation, after all :-)

We had a fantastic photographer out with us last week, who's just posted some incredibly atmospheric shots, which capture the mood perfectly - they are at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=296927&id=713670572