This year the leaves are taking longer to turn yellow than any previous year. It is something strange, perhaps as a consequence of excessive heat this summer. I don´t know.

Yes you're right, Anton. I hadn't thought about it until you mentioned it. There are still lots of green leaves on my trees, which is also strange because we didn't have any excessive heat here. Some other parts of the UK and of course Europe were really hammered with the heat, but as I've mentioned before - I live in the South West which seems to have our own eco-system. I just hope that the really icy conditions don't come this far down neither - they are all talking about the weather going really cold.