Reflections 3rd October

Autumn sunrise over the Langdale valley,

On my mind this week.

In a word, Autumn. A changing of the seasons as nature moves from bright days of growth into senescence as she prepares for the coming winter. Perhaps my favourite season represents preparation and forward-thinking, and a time for pruning, planting and clearing away.

It is on my mind because I travelled to London this week, for the first time since the beginning of 2020. I went to see a client I have been working with for a while but had not met, and it seemed time. It felt very unfamiliar. 

Firstly, the little things; my travel card had expired a year ago, and as I renewed it, I wondered how often I would be using it now. Rail Fares have increased quietly but significantly, although the trains seemed not to have benefitted. The train was quiet, as was the person serving tea and coffee, and it all felt a little like a fading seaside town on rails. Ninety minutes of part-time wifi and passing the time into St Pancras.

London fel…