Anybody else glad it's Autumn?

Where did you get the discount code Tegan? I love the pixie boots in deep teal!

I have had 2 pairs of Hotter Pixie boots and yes, they are very comfortable - but only ONCE you get them on. With high insteps and wide feet I found them a real struggle. If only they had zips
Ultimately went in the charity bag.

We've had our best weather of the year this month so we're enjoying it and pretending it's still summer. It's also my birthday this week, which helps.

Tegan I've got those pixie boots too, in cranberry. They rubbed my delicate feet a bit but I hope they'll be okay from now on.

Oh no, I'm talking rubbish. My pixie boots are from Moshulu.

Autumn...the best Season!

If you go onto the Hotter website and request a catalogue you get sent all sort of offers. The code I used was GPESUN or GPDSTB but they may have expired now. They do seem to offer first time buyers 30% off. And, if there's a delivery charge it's cheaper to collect 'in store'. Some of the boots are wide fit. I bought the standard ones at first but took them back and exchanged them for wider fit and they are more comfortable [for me anyway]. Someone in the shop said that she'd worn hers all last winter and they were incredibly comfortable. They're not as waterproof as some boots though, being quite a thin suede; something I hadn't thought of. I'm also on a voucher code email list that sends all sorts of discounts.

Thanks Tegan. I tend to pop into the Hotter factory shop at the Gretna Gateway outlet. Sometimes have to do a few visits to find what I want.

I've just got a pair of pumpkin orange Hotter shoes which I hope will make autumn seem a bit less depressing.

Some parts of Autumn are nice, the leaves changing colour, the earth smells different, but on the whole I don't like it because for one thing THEY, the eight legged monsters sneak in, also the nights are pulling in fast, and I so hate that. Then the long lead up to Christmas which is a non event for me anyway. I actually like January and february better. I know it can be very cold, but we are going the right way and the nights gradually pull out a bit, and also we can look forward to those first snowdrops, love that.

I love every season and do enjoy Autumn, as OPs have said, mists and mellow fruitfulness and all that!
DH is a keen gardener and doesn't like it so much-he loves the spring with all the new colours (he's an artist too!).
I HATE the spiders coming in. Fortunately DH knows he's on spider patrol and has to go upstairs ahead of me at night.
I, too, hate all the commercialism around Christmas. We're Christians and love celebrating Christ's birth but everything else-no thanks!
Would love to know which country OPs are in. . . . .

Home Counties in my case Newquay

I love all of our differing weather but if I had to choose it would be Summer I hate the fact all the leaves are dropping and I have to put garden furniture away. I just love the long Summer days and warm nights .

Yes Falconbird how I agree with you. There has been a heatwave here temperatures of 35 degrees for a time, I hate it. Like you I can keep warm but not cool. Love the changing colours of autumn and lovely cool walks with the dogs. I like winter too, curl up with a book and enjoy the peace.

I'm just so pleased it has stayed dry and fairly warm while my son is here from his winter months in NZ. He arrived when London was 30F, so quite a contrast to what he had been experiencing in NZ. But I am sure he will be pleased to return to his family next Tuesday.

I like early autumn on days like this - blue skies, leaves just turning, a still sea. But yesterday, with grey skies and pouring rain...still that could be a summers day too!

I need semi sensible lightweight walking boots - suggestions please?

Yes, yes, yes. No more fake tans, sleeping better at night and cuddling hot water bottle in front of TV. Bliss

I like September too. Perversely I can actually keep my curtains open longer as in the summer the sun shines straight into my living room and it is like a greenhouse when it gets hot so I often have to close the curtains.
I can also cover up my bulges which are never in the right place.

Autumn has always been my favourite season-the reds and golds of the leaves turning is stunning.It's strange because I feel the cold so much and know winter is approaching yet there is just something magical about the earth settling itself down to rejuvenate again in Spring.A watery sun glimpsed through strands of mist across a field is a glory to lift the spirits. Even the dark evenings have their advantages-shut out the world,snuggle up with a hot drink and a good book,bliss!

Whoops,should be "it's strange."

Yes I absolutely adore autumn too. I love the yellows, reds and browns, the mists and mellow fruitfulness and the way the countryside smells at this time of year. I also feel very connected to the past in and around September - must be the pagan in me, but harvest always reminds me of times gone by... and the rhythm of life.

I love all the seasons and have something to look forward to in each of them. September is my mother's birthday month and in October I am 60 and am having a milestone birthday party.

I prefer it to be sunny and dry as light levels affect me greatly but there is no doubt that autumn is a beautiful season and even winter gives us Christmas to look forward to.

It might be something to do with being a (now retired) teacher and living life by cycles of terms that September is both the closing of the summer but also the beginning of the new school year and filled with forward looking thoughts.

November and January are tricky, though, and they are mostly months to 'get through' rather than enjoy.

I love Autumn - it can be warm enough to go out without your cardi and not cold enough to snow. I don't like Winter at all, but Autumn is a nice calm, soothing month with Summer gradually fading away. The crisp, sunny Autumn days are the best but these past few days have been dull and a bit depressing. I'm glad however not to feel hot and uncomfortable all the time, need to wear Summer vest but worrying about my bingo wings. Hating the looking of my lily white legs in shorts or cropped trousers and meaning to fake tan but never quite getting round to it. My ugly feet don't need to be exposed in sandles and I don't need to drive around with the car window open just to get some air.
Welcome to Autumn I say.

When I lived in England I would say I loved the Autumn, but really it was only those very few days of crisp air, sunshine, walks and wonderful colours. Most of the time it was dull and grey. I love Christmas so the run up saved my soul. It's after Christmas that I hate until the Spring arrives. I love the summer.

The answer? Move to South West France. We live in the poorest departement (Ariege) it is so far unspoilt and uncrowded, and BIG bonus is the long Autumns when it is usually warm and balmy until late November. I can swim in our unheated pool until mid October (OK a bit chilly but refreshing) and we still have BBQs and eat out during the day time. The wood burning stove usually goes on in the evenings from late September but I can cope with that. Other big pluses - even in December it doesn't get dark until 6pm, skies are usually blue and clear, with sunshine throughout most of the Autumn and Winter. The leaves start turning wonderful colours at the end of November, then the nights really start getting cold, and then the days too, but it's a dry cold. I love it all.

After a long very hot summer, and now an exceptionally hot September the cooler (26 degrees) is welcome.

I'm not glad either, trying to think about all the positive things that it brings but I much prefer spring & summer.

Heat I can stand but not the humidity. The time is approaching for mellow fruitfulness which I much prefer.