Autumn Leaves

We had our gutters cleared out this morning, and not before time. We are hoping that the next time we have any heavy rain it will shoot down the roof and down through the downpipes in the correct manner and not slosh over the edge of the guttering because the downpipes are so clogged with leaves.

Worryingly, the chap told us that there were signs that pigeons might have started nesting again behind the spikes that we had installed in the roof eaves, precisely to stop that kind of activity. Even more worryingly, he said he’d had to remove one of the spikes in order to get access to the gutter. He assured me he’d replaced it … 

Later on the sun shone, and it felt almost like summer again. This is the acer outside Smithers’ study window.