The falling leaves drift by the window

Well what a busy weekend. Lets start with yesterday.

We went up to the White Mountains yesterday to see the Fall Colours (or should that be colors?). First of all we went for breakfast here in Manchester. It is a fine diner and can you beat steak and eggs for breakfast? It was then a long drive up the 3 to Lincoln and along the Kancamagus Highway . The fall colours are beautiful

but the thing is y'know - you can have a bit too much of it. I would imagine that if from round here you could get a bit blasé about it. Mile after mile of leaves changing colour year after year as lovely and picturesque as it is does become, well boring.

We then went up the Mount Washington Auto Road. In someways, it has to be the most pointless mountain road that I have every been on. Usually a mountain road goes from one side of the mountain to the other. This one however goes to the top and then you have to drive down the same way.  But I have to say that it was worth doing. The top of Mount Washington is where the highest ever wind speed has been recorded (231 mph for those who care about these things) and the weather station is strapped down by enormous chains. And it was bloody cold, 29 degrees (that minus 3 in real money)

I would imagine that its this cold up there even in the height of summer. Thankfully it was a clear day, a pretty amazing view. All in all a good day out.