Autumn this year has been really colourful. They say it's because it has been dry and cold but not windy, so the leaves stayed on the trees for a long time and changed through several colours. Hale is a leafy suburb - the more expensive, the more leafy...is this a universal law or something? Would planting trees in poor areas produce social mobility? - so it was really nice walking around.
The deer are in Dunham Massey estate, just outside of the city past Altrincham. Although when Denise went a few weeks ago part of the park was closed for 'culling'. When we went to the Axe and Cleaver pub nearby, I ordered venison and asked if it was from Dunham Massey. The waiter (young, big, hairy) looked a bit shocked, so I told him 'Yeah, they were shooting them there last week!' Instead of laughing, he looked visibly disturbed, put down our plates and politely excused himself. And that tells you one thing about the UK - you can't make any mention of harming animals. Teenagers, yes. The French and Germans, yes. Animals, never.
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