The combination of crisp blue skies and gold leaf-fall has been really uplifting me as the nights draw in. The last few Autumns have been really grey and sombre as far as I can remember, so the bright colours this year have been a welcome change. I love the sound of the leaves from Chiswick’s London plain trees rattling across the windy roads.

Here is picture of leaves being mashed into a bus-lane on Chiswick high road.