"Will Hand" wrote in
:

Just been walking round my gardens and it is really starting to look
quite autumnal. My mature sycamore tree now has a lot of leaves
turning brown/yellow. Grass is slowing down growth and some of the
shrubs in the deciduous border are losing their leaves. In the
distance leaves on upper branches of trees have a brown tinge. Plenty
of debris (twigs, small branches) after today's winds add to the
autumnal feel as well as the temperature of 11C. Still with the earth
temperatures some 2-3 deg C lower than last year it is perhaps not too
surprising.

With the distinct lack of summer this year, I didn't think I was looking
forward to winter particularly much, but now it's got slightly colder, I'm
kind of looking forward to it.

Still personally going for a roaring westerly one, but there's no science
behind that. Just feeling that the UK is due a sizeable blow in the near
future!

Richard