better rested after a night back in my own lovely gigantic and comfortable bed in my lovely comfortable house in fact, but it was good to get away for the days if not the nights.

i was saved the trouble of having more photos to sort out by my camera going kaputt. you’ll have to look at darren’s evidence to see that i was there too. that’s taken at kymin, just inside england looking out over the border town of monmouth to the black mountains of wales in the distance.

autumn is my favourite season, we were a bit early for the trees really, though the forest of dean was still gorgeous. i’ll be keeping an eye out for when the colours are at their best around here over the next few months. maybe i’ll find myself something new to photograph them with too.