September has been divine at the Bwlch Tre Estate http://www.walesholidaycottages.com/ the pale morning sunlight illuminates the view down over the hillside to the valley below and out to the Black Mountains on the far horizon. Down in the orchad it is full of apples, pears, damsons and plums. Fat, juicy yellow and red raspberries are growing in profusion. Guests staying in Wheatsheaf Cottage, Barley Cottage and Meadow barn are invited to pick some for their supper

The English Riviera is equally enjoying some superb weather. You can rent the west wing of a beautiful 1923 Lutyens influenced mansion house right on the seafront with half an acre of elegant private lawns gardens for your own use http://www.torquay.uk.com/

Over on Anna Maria Island the beaches are peaceful, the pelicans are diving gracefully into the Gulf, and the sandpipers run in and out of the gentle surf that laps the sands.