down by the water

The seasonal ground rush has started.

One moment I'm still in smug October thinking that I've plenty of time to get to the year end, and then suddenly it's time to be rediscovering the faulty Christmas lights.

There's always plenty of excuses. This time I've been travelling. That stopped a few days ago and after I'd taken a sound desk back to a spot somewhere in the back of Leyton.

Back at home I've also been busy.

Beyond the inevitable return to admin there's been socialising. A couple of recent events have signalled the season. The fair on Cathedral Green. Then to an event in the independent shops areas of nearby Gandy Street.

Not forgetting the regular session at the pub on the river. That was Monday evening and we've worked out that there will be time for one more before the end of the year.

It's the same place that, in summer months, I've sat outside to watch swans skitter down the weir in the sunshine, but now, by around 5.30pm, it's already noisily dark. I can't resist that walk to the edge. Big fish, little fish, swimming in the water.