[Closed] Did Autumn just sneak in?

It's been autumn all chuffing year!

Had to scrape my car this morning*

* might not be true..

its certainly been a good bit cooler the last 3 or 4 days.
not cold, but cooler.

Yes it went straight from spring to autumn

First thing i though whilst taking the dog out this morning. Chill in the air, wind seems colder, really feels like the end of another (rather non-existent)british summer

Time to fire up the woodburner....

Yep, got the long sleeve jerseys out of storage last weekend as the night rides are getting a bit nippy.

Swimming in the sea at 22°C yesterday and we have all the windows open at present to cool the house down. It's still very much summer in SW France then.

I want a refund.

We woz robbed

I'm still in shorts (and I'm not the hardy type by any means), so it still must be summer(ish).

Yes, I've noticed that autumny nip in the air on my evening ride home. It's exciting, I like autumn.

Noticed autumn coming in on our Midsummers Day evening ride; thick fog and rain... but up here (Scotland) there is def. a nip in the air.

First ride of the year since winter went away that I had the questionable pleasure of getting feeling back in my toes, after 2 hours in saturated shoes, in the shower when I got home. Felt autumnal out but I'll hold off putting the FS away for now.

Already commuting with lights. To be seen.
Full lights by the end of Sept....depressing or just sad.

Yes, in early June wasn't it?

Yes, yes it is Autumn.
You can tell that by the fact that Cowes Week has finished, the kids go back next week, football is now playing every Saturday.
But most of all...
It's that smell, the clean fresh damp cool tingle in the back of your nose, the one that smells of damp ferns and undergrowth, the dampness hanging for just a bit longer than you think it ought to. Those birds, you know the ones that wake you at 0330-0400 for the dawn chorus, well they are getting quieter and later..

Best time of the year, by far.

Oi, the kids have been back two weeks...

Did Autumn just sneak in?

Sneak in - more like smashed the door down, kicked summer in the face and urinated in everyone's shoes, then decided to stay.

The trees have started shedding their summer clothes and the evenings draw in bloody quickly now. Farewell summer, it was fleeting, but good

I want a refund.

We woz robbed

I am afraid due to budget cuts, it was either the Olympics or summer, the government didn't have the money for both.

[url= http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-set-for-late-autumn-despite-trees-browning-early-1-2494714 ]

IT’S still August and the Edinburgh Festival is only just drawing to a close, but the leaves on the trees are changing colour and starting to fall to the ground.

But despite appearances to the contrary in some parts of Scotland, [b]autumn is not coming early[/b].

Experts have explained that the occasional signs of browning and defoliation are just the result of the horrendous summer as wet and windy conditions - and the bugs and diseases which they bring - have taken their toll on the nation’s woodlands.

In fact, this autumn is likely to be late, though sadly that doesn’t guarantee an Indian summer in the meantime.

Yep. I reckon Autumn has made an entrance. Took my lights on my ride tonight (and yesterday) and definitely needed them towards the end. And a nip in the air once I got home.

Rubbish.

Coat on to walk the dog tonight.

I am sat in my tent camping on the east coast and it is freezing tonight 🙁

The blackberries have been rubbish. 🙁

Same as every other day of the spring/summer here today. Pissing it down.

Already commuting with lights. To be seen.

Same. I'm sure yesterday it was sunny til 11pm. Now it's dark by 9 and had to dust off the lights to be visible.

Just brought a load of wood indoors ready for the first stove light of the season. Have been chainsawing and chopping 6 tonnes for the coming season(s)

Saw a gritter* on the M90 this evening on my way back from EDI 😯
* wasn't actually gritting.

Signs of browning and defoliation? I took this three weeks ago:
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My Acer is definitely trying to tell me something!

Anything but in Cornwall today, suits on for surfing admittedly but nice and sunny drying off afterwards on the beach!

Autumn hasn't sneaked in at all it arrives on Saturday along with September the same as it does every year.

Ahhh yes, back on the south coast and the trains are delayed... Autumn is definitely here.

I thought we had swapped our Autumn for someone else's Monsoon Season, torrential rain and thunderstorms yesterday, just ordinary rain this morning. Trails are going to be washed out.

My local trails never fully dried out this year.

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Has anyone seen this woman?

Premature post, now back to monsoon!!

I must be time for lots of 'which are the best lights for' posts 😆

(I fear I may end up one of the protagonists 😳 )

It's supposed to start around the 21st September on the Autumnal Equinox.

I'd agree with many of the above. We seemed to hang on to a particularly cold spring for an abnormally long time followed by an early Autumn. Summer? If it was ever here I missed it.

Has anyone seen this woman?

Why? Has she got your keyring?

It's here. Went for a ride on Tuesday with 8 friends. Left at 18.30. Halfway through the ride the lights had to come out. Only a couple of us had thought it wise to bring lights. We had to sheppard those without lights home with ours. It was interesting riding for them as the roots were rather wet too! 😉

Autumn is still 3 weeks away (officially starts Sept 22nd) but I know what everyone means, weather forecast this morn said might be a touch of frost in places tonight 🙁

This journey I took this ere morning, the train one, well it was rather lovely. One of the underlying traits Autumn has is the landscape to sky ratio. The clouds hang lower often full of rain but interspersed with that are often the brightest blue clearest patches of sky. These were in abundance today, hanging dragging low cloud coming off the sea, hitting the land and racking up on the south downs ten forming huge black clouds dropping what looked like an exceptional amount of rain. And the smell, the smell of damp forests and sodden riverbanks and mouldy leaves.
This I like.
This I like a lot.
This is why I ride bikes, I like to get into all of that.

Also, if you are so inclined, Autumn happens to be traditionally* the windiest time of year and for people who play on the sea it brings an air of excitement and long days kiting or windsurfing on open wavy foam crested seas. Days of early mornings catching the sunrise over the beach, rigging in damp chilly airs, cold fingers, tingling toes on sand, first steps into the briny waters, late catch the last wave of the day before the sunsets with enough time for beers in the club.
This I like.
This I like a lot.
This is why I like kiting/windsurfing, I like to get into all of that.

* other time of year can be windy too..

Leaves just starting to turn, edible (but ****en disgusting) tree fungi spotted, and a cool +7c night forecast tonight. Yes autumn is here, it may phase in and out but it is on it's way...

Yes it did, light is changing, morning/eve temps making that subtle shift ... love the changing of the seasons, just a shame about that 'summer'.