Autumn's here...

The pink footed geese are back - had about 4000 fly over the other night in a mass aerial onslaught of sight and sound, and this week it finally got cold enough to light the fires... Here's a shot of tonight's bad boy - "well in" as my granny used to say... (and still does) - got to love those tiles - one of my favourite bits of my house...
Also my copy of Atlas Schmatlas finally appeared... Great fun ! A good Christmas present for the open-minded Geographer in your life (contains some rude words and geographical irreverence...)

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