Autumn.

Cold and bright. This morning we see two groups of deer down on the shoreline. The fawns seem to be doing well although their numbers are down which suggests that one of them at least has fallen victim to a speeding car on the fast road into town. The geese that have been heading south over the last few weeks now seem to have completely gone. The skies are quiet bar the local starlings and crows who continue to glean the wheat fields. 

On the road by the post graduate housing we pass the chef from the Chinese restaurant out with his dog. We say 'Good Morning'. After three years of greeting him he now nods silently at us.

The second week of lectures. The up at dawn enthusiasm of the first week has been replaced by a more relaxed attitude to life. This morning there are parking spaces galore to choose from. Junior lecturers now show up at ten to nine rather than seven.

A group of youngsters are out for a start of day dip in the sea water pool below the castle. One lad ( there is always one in every group ) does belly flops from the pool wall into the deep end.

Christmas magazines ' Celebrating the season of sparkle and joy ' appear in the newsagents.

Dvorak on the radio this morning :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uymTSOYYYC0

Simple illusions:https://sketchplanations.substack.com/p/a-simple-illusion

An English chef in Tokyo :https://www.sezanne.tokyo/

Men and womens differing views on movies :https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/1968918030945001600

Chimps on two drinks a day :https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/09/18/University-California-Berkely-chimpanzees-alcohol/5811758217889/

Edinburgh beat St Andrews at rugby :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADIUc4q_PBU&t=6754s