November can be a frustrating month weather-wise. Neither winter or autumn, cold, wet, and a good few weeks until Christmas. It kept its original name from the Latin novem meaning ‘nine’ which marked it the ninth month of the year in the Roman calendar.

October … the season of mellow fruitfulness! When I was a girly, we always had our Harvest Festival in October, and I can still remember attending marvellous services (some of the best hymns to sing and play), followed...

Lovely September is welcomed in with a bit of Indian Summer we hope! The weather has been a bit up and down lately (Devonians are famous for their understatement!), but I hope that everyone is now reaping the rewards...