1. I can hear the beck roaring and when I look out of the bedroom window, I can see the gushing water for the first time since spring. The leaves dropped in the garden and I barely noticed until now.

2. The little peculiar hill just beyond the walled walkway is covered in uniformly russet leaves.

3. The talk itself is rather all over the place and rather disappointing but the hall is fantastic. My favourite part is the curved plasterwork above the windows.

3b. We’re worried she’ll have been barking for the last hour but when we arrive back at the house, we look through the window and see she is fast asleep on the kitchen floor.