We’ve been trying to get out with Moshi (my dog) every evening to get the most of the evenings as the sun falls lower and the shady parts grow cooler. I know if I don’t that in a couple of months I’ll be wondering why I wasted these moments of the last low sunshine, of leafy space and peace.

We went to some woods near a neighbouring village last night, with dark corners, unseen animals rustling through the bracken, and a family of buzzards calling and moving above the trees.