It's that time of year - not quite time to start preparing for Christmas but too far from summer. It is a tricky time of year to have a birthday - although many thanks to my mother for pushing me out on a date that many would say is totally memorable. If you are of a certain generation, you certainly know what you were doing when I was born!!
This autumn, with the dry weather and sudden cold snap, we have had fabulous leaf colour - no need to go to Canada (apologies to all Canadians) when you have autumn colours like these - and this was past the peak!
For tree twitchers everywhere - the particularly yellow tree just left of centre is an elm!
But like I say, the leaves are gone, and it is that time of year - so what to do to cheer me up? My erstwhile work colleagues have some pretty awful ideas - how about a nice Skype conference? No thanks! I am depressed enough as it is.
John has come up with a much better idea. The oyster beds of Cancale are not far away and (no really!) by the sea. What better way to cheer me up than time by the sea, breathing fresh sea air, and eating prime oysters, and perhaps catching a jazz band in St Malo? I can't wait!
I was surprised to find that the photo of Cancale was at relatively high tide. How do I know this? Yesterday we were at Cancale at low tide and that nice sea bay in the photo covers acres of oyster beds - look out for a photo of crustacea when I get the film developed.
The trip certainly helped to blast away my blues, as there was a strong wind from the northeast yesterday on the coast, and the walls of St Malo and the beach at Parame were excellent places for being force fed fresh, clean sea air.
Posted by: Jane Holland | 24 November 2007 at 11:10 AM