Country diary: The light and shade of autumn’s shortening days | Merryn Glover

October 30, 2026 · 5:30 am 1 sources

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• Country diary: The light and shade of autumn’s shortening days | Merryn Glover
  The Guardian · October 30, 2026 05:30
  Loch Insh, Cairngorms: In my three decades in Scotland I’ve adjusted to the darkness of this time of year, and found glory in the quality of light It is the one clear day in a fortnight of heavy cloud, wind and rain, so I am out by the loch, basking in the rays of light, breathing them in,…