The clocks went back this morning at 2am. Now that I am at liberty to work the hours I choose, I am not going to complain about the change this year, since I can choose to start an hour earlier if I wish. But this doesn’t change the fact that the days are shortening, and very rapidly too.

So I spent the extra hour moving my desk so that it is now next to a very large north-facing window (great for lots of light with no glare). My new view looks out onto a paved area surrounded by beech hedges and tall shrubs with a slender view through an arch, between two beds and right through to the orchard. The desk was bathed in soft light all day and I feel better already.

My new, much improved, desk view.