Intended to swim today, as part of my 'back on the straight and narrow post-holidays' regime, but lane swimming at the pool didn't start until 1300 (it's usually 1200) which was way too late to fit in with all the other stuff on my list today, so I went for a half-hour's walk instead. Extremely pleasant. Loads of blackberries, elderberries and rosehips in the hedgerows, real signs of autumn. And the swifts have gone, although we still have swallows and house martins.