All In Just Five Days

   Once more the pumpkin harvest ruled the fens for the last few weeks, there are two main signs here in the flat lands that winter is arriving, firstly the pumpkin fields are alive with action and secondly the sugar beet crop is being lifted and indeed both have been prominent.
   Every year I'm amazed at the efficiency of the pumpkin harvest, being out cycling every day I note how the fens change and the pumpkin fields are by far the quickest to change, the three pictures below were taken within five days of each other and show just how fast the wonderful orange crop can go from field to shop.

   Now with the mornings a little cooler and the low sun, the fens are a very different place than they were a couple of months ago, the green hedgerows are now wearing that beautiful jewellery of autumn with the golds and rusty reds replacing those bright fresh greens of summer and the many miles of open land have a real feel of a harsh few months heading our way.