Notes from Nick!

Autumn has Arrived - 26th August 2008

The August Bank holiday is over and the drive to Langdale this morning was in typical bank holiday weather with the Coniston Old Man shrouded in cloud.

There was less traffic than recently; the swallows sat lined up on the telephone lines a mirror of the bank holiday queues at airports waiting for their departure to the sun. Today is always the start of the end of the summer season.

But there was also the first signs of the fells changing colour as the braken moves from the verdant greens of summer to the reds and golds of autumn; probably my favourite season in the lakes.

From now until late October the landscape will not be the same on any two days, the colours constantly changing the sun reflecting on the fells gives a soft golden hue and there is quieter less hurried feel to the world.

I often wonder why there aren’t more visitors to Langdale during autumn but my selfish side encourages me to keep it a secret, to enable me to savour this quieter time before Christmas arrives.

Regards Nick