24 September was a bright, sunny day but quite cool as a result of a strong northerly breeze. I walked north from the house for two hours and therefore straight into it. There was an abundance of pheasant and partridge - hundreds of them and I hoped that as many as possible would escape the Autumn shoot. Once again I saw a roe deer and also a pair of buzzards with their two young. It was very muddy underfoot after the recent and persistent rain. Managed 11 miles without ill effect.
1 October and the landscape has changed. Lovely and sunny and the air is clear but the wind is cool. Most of the fields have been ploughed and harrowed (obliterating some of the rights of way) and there is much more brown to be seen than gold. I travelled south, skirting Drinkstone Green and Rattlesden and then passed Gedding Hall - one of Bill Wyman's homes, or should I say his Suffolk home. What a beautiful place and good to see the cross of St George flying! Sadly, nobody rushed to the gate to invite me in for tea - maybe next time. Flattish open country heading back northwards enabled me to make good time on the way back north. Four and a half hours in total - easy!
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