Autumnal adventure

The night's steady downpour had left puddles on our cottage's terrace and had washed the rain-starved landscape clean. We were up bright and early and were happy to see the morning sunshine illuminating the tops of the trees and slowly making its descent into the garden. Our weather app insisted that there would be more rain later that day, but for now gossamer wisps of white clouds were floating in a Wedgwood blue sky. Taking our time to linger over breakfast, our usual menu of fruit and yogurt tickled our taste buds better than ever before, what with the glorious view and the full length and seemingly endless possibilities of our holiday still stretching out...