Going for a walk on a cold clear afternoon

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That is (left to right) Miranda, Daniel and me. Daniel wouldn't let me take him giving Miranda a piggyback. Just up the hill from the Barton rifle range, looking out over Cambridge (not in shot).

It has been a long warm autumn. The tomato is still yielding small fruits, the cape gooseberry ditto, and a strawberry too.

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