As the days shortened in August, we had a few cooler days in the last few weeks of the month. We can still get warm days in September, which I remember from high school. It was often a lousy end to the summer holidays, and then when we were back in a classroom, it was roasting!

I’ve struggled with the change in seasons from summer to autumn for many years and as a consequence, I’ve spent a long time trying to find ways to help myself with the autumn or winter blues.

I'm not the biggest fan of Autumn, although over the last few years I've tried to embrace it more and to find things I do like about it.

I struggle with it is the shorter days and generally where I live, dull and wet days as I live in one of the wettest places in the UK.

It’s now September, which means that summer is over and autumn is here.

I don’t remember the change of seasons being an issue for me while I was growing up but, as I’ve got older I’ve started to struggle with the darker days of autumn and winter that we get here in the northern hemisphere of the NW of England. These seasons can be difficult for me if they’re dull and wet, especially if we’ve had a dreary and damp summer.