Sunshine and jumpers

We climbed this set of steps every morning - 130 steps in total!

A few days away in the sun; Thursday morning we left temperatures of 25 degrees C and returned to a chilly English autumn afternoon of barely 12 degrees!  We had to put the heating on to thaw out  :(

It was, as always, a lovely relaxing break.  Lots of walking in the sun, good food and drink, friendly locals and a lifestyle we find very agreeable.  Everything looks somehow better in sunshine!

Back home again and we are reminded that winter is not so far away.  The summer clothes are washed and put away for the year; jumpers and extra layers are reached for to stave off the definite drop in temperatures.  It's taken a couple of days to get ourselves back into our routines again (or perhaps we're just taking time adjusting to the drop in temperature!) but I'll be back baking tomorrow, and tackling some of the pile of mending and alterations that seems to have manifested itself recently.  And I've been reminded that Christmas is not so very far away (surely not?) so I guess a bit of thought in that direction would not go amiss.  Obviously time for another list .....