Late autumn can be a beautiful time to be abroad in the local peaceful countryside, with its array of stunning colours, helped presumably here in the UK midlands by an exceptionally mild autumn. Produce on the micro-holding has then lasted well, and seasonal work such as sawing and hedging has gone pretty well.
The woodstore in the 'logs-istics' centre was filled 'fit to burstin' to give good 'fuel security' type feelings, added to by winter preparations such as laying in reserve supplies, and other 'reserve' activities such as commissioning the new diesel stand-by generator. Several back-up heat sources to the daytime living area of the cottage hopefully ensure on-going heating in the cold weather to come, not forgetting too to cater for the wildbirds that live on site.
One paper report highlighted 'non-care' aspects to modern western-style competitive cultures, questioning whether they might not yet be the most effective societies over the longer-term and pointing to the success of inclusive Sandinavian-type cultures.
