It was quite a wild night, but the morning was bright and sunny. Still windy and showery on and off. Rainbow weather.

I went out to take instagram photographs of the pumpkins I have grown - as we do nowadays.

I noticed the gate had blown open in the gale. I also noticed the neighbour's white cow in my other neighbour's garden

As I walked back up the drive, I saw deep hoof prints in my own grass. There was a large cow pat in the middle of the lawn, already covered with brown flies.

I’ll move it to the compost bin tomorrow- this being Sunday.

Later I went down to the bottom field for a walk, and to see the trees and pond. It all looked fine, although not a lot of autumn colour showing. Some pondweed growing round the edges, and the marshy banks felt more solid.

(I'm trying out this daily journal format to see how I like it, and if I'll use the blog more.)