I loved the Graham Greene line about dusk in Vietnam, how daylight would be doused like a candle and in the brief, febrile twilight that followed, darkness would then ' fall like a stone.' Here, twilight seems to gorge itself on the remaining light, filling up our valley with rays thin yet brilliant. And we have found seasons again and it all seems very efficient with nature shifting smoothly into another gear; weather as a clockwork mechanism sprung with expectation. Timing here is everything. The supermarkets are quickly selling off the last fruits of summer and piling displays high with pumpkins and wild mushrooms.
Another layer is needed now for cycling but the rush of cold air is certainly exhilarating!
Friends in Vietnam have described the deluge of 135mm of rain in one torrential evening, with floods in the old neighbourhood carrying startled rats into sodden living rooms.
The ' Ex-Rat' instalments set to return soon!
Off to Graubunden soon. Photos to follow
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