September brings cooler evenings and early mornings with early morning dew resting on the grass and getting dark much earlier. The sunshine still feels very warm in the middle of the day, however you know that winter is coming soon as our swallows have left the stables where they have raised 3 broods this year. The swallows gather on the telephone wires that cross our fields and over the past couple of days their absence has been noticed. Its amazing how they complete the trip to Africa and back each year. This year we had around 6 nests in our stables, with them arriving earlier than usual due to the easterly winds in April. Our guests are always treated to displays of their aerial acrobatics and they are quite noisy whilst roosting in the stables and feeding their young. Later this month we are taking part in a "beating of the bounds" ceremony where statesmen of the parish will walk the parish boundaries, which cross our fields. The records will go on file in the church and there is going to be a presentation in Littlehempston church with tea and cakes. I love to know that the ancient village traditions are being upheld.
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