Novemberish

Novemberish...
Resembling or characteristic of the month of November
Robert Burns: 
here I sit, altogether Novemberish, a damned melange of fretfulness and melancholy.

A wonderful line by Robert Burns, but, until recently, I hadn’t realised there was such a word as Novemberish but it sums up well both our health and the weather these past weeks.  The gloom outside caused by thick fog and, later, still-grey skies, did nothing to dispel the gloom we felt from a virus with sore throat and much coughing.  It’s said it takes three weeks for a bad cough to clear and it did, so yesterday’s clear sky and warm sunshine was the bonus of our feeling better.

We visited Plan d’Eau at Marville, walking to the far side by the equestrian centre with lots of autumn colours surrounding it.

A small tree had toppled into the large lake where a bird took up a viewing post.  A bittern? 

We then went on a “magical, mystery tour” of less-travelled roads including through some of the many forests; this one captures the autumn view…and what a difference sunshine makes to us and the countryside.

Novemberish - I wonder if Robert Burns coined the word…