We did manage to get a walk yesterday.  We walked to the stables of a famous racehorse breeder.  There are signs not to feed the animals, but the owners obviously don't mind people going up to the horses and petting them.

The weather was lovely, and the trees are beginning to turn.  The horse chestnuts are still growing but in a couple of weeks will start to drop.  Then the conker collecting will begin!  (Conkers are the horse chestnut - er, nuts! They are non-edible, so they aren't the chestnuts that will be roasting on an open fire later on.)