Again it gets colder

We've definitely started our fifth English autumn now. Despite the insistence of at least one friend that it must have been on the 21st or 22nd, the equinox was last Sunday morning, and the weather moved on at around the same time. We had moon cakes on Tuesday, and a Harvest celebration service at church today. Now, the sun is setting before seven, the wind has a bite, the leaves are changing colour and the cricket season has finished. I guess that's an incentive to get a move on and return!

Red moon

Last night there was a full lunar eclipse, with totality between 22:43 and 23:58 UT. We were very pleased to see that there was a very clear sky in London at the time, so we had a great view from our back windows. We saw the moon go various combinations of red and white as in went in and out of the earth's shadow, and somehow managed to get this surprisingly good photo.

I can't remember the last time there was a clear night for an eclipse, and this was better than any I've seen befopre. It's not exactly a action packed show, but quite spectacular. As for all of you in eastern Australia and other places that missed out on the view, I hope you enjoyed the sunlight that would have gone to the moon if you hadn't been in the way!