It’s official: autumn has arrived! After a glorious week of sunshine, blue(ish) skies and temperatures of up to 25’C during the day, the cold has arrived and autumn is at a point of no return. The sky has gone dull and grey, temperatures have dropped to a chilly 15’C and the occasional rain cloud has turned into a whole plethora of rain clouds. But among all the autumny weather, the dreariness and the shorter days, there is one thing on campus that has its swan song right about now: my favourite tree on campus.

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Not quite sure which species of tree it is yet (still investigating) but every year it treats us with this most amazing spectacle. All year round it features green, relatively unspectacular leaves and no one spares it a second look. But with the weather turning colder, the leaves transform into this most glowing and vibrant yellowy – red and becomes a real show stopper. This year it gets two thumbs up for extra ‘spectacularness’!