Jules Jones

Woken up by howling gale at 6 am. Now it's snowing out there. Something of a change from two weeks ago, when it was 20 Celcius and perfectly still.

It's still officially summer tonight, but the first signs of autumn have come to the village. I noticed last week that one of the trees in the park was starting to show the first signs of gold in the leaves, though I wasn't quite sure. Yesterday there was absolutely no doubt. A cold and wet bank holiday weekend has brought on the colour, and that tree was streaked with red and gold amongst the green. Tonight it was a blaze of autumn colour mixed in with the green, and other trees are starting to turn. It's not that cold, not yet, but I was still glad to find the central heating on when I arrived home.

The forecast for tomorrow is warm again, but the nights are drawing in...