What's the best thing about autumn? Bonfire night? A lie-in on 26 Oct? It's got to be that visual feast of autumn colours hasn't it?
The beautiful reds, oranges and yellows that we see on broadleaf trees in mid autumn.
The conditions needed to make really good autumn leaf colour are dry cold days with lots of sunshine, so we're not off to a great start.
But we can keep our fingers crossed that the weather changes and here's a taster of a some cracking autumn colour from the perpetually wet Lake District to give you some hope.
This great image was taken for us by Guy Rogers for rspb-images.com