Your Autumn bucket list
1. Kick up some leaves
2. Collect conkers, acorns or pine cones
3. Visit a deer park to see the males rutting (and look for Rudolph!)
4. Make jams, chutneys or other preserves
5. Pick sloes for making sloe gin
6. Spot a squirrel burying nuts for winter (bonus points for red squirrels)
7. Carve a pumpkin
8. ...Then bake the pumpkin seeds for a healthy snack
9. Leave cat food in the garden for hedgehogs or build a hedgehog house
10. Make a steaming mug of mulled wine, spiced cider or hot chocolate
11. Buy a soft and snuggly new jumper
12. Light a bonfire, or visit a pub with a roaring log fire
13. Get your winter woollies out of the cupboard
14. Put the heating back on
15. Make a hearty stew
16. Visit your nearest coastline for a blustery beach walk
17. Light sparklers with the grandchildren
18. Go apple picking – and then bob for them or make toffee apples
19. Swap your light summer bedding for a thick, fluffy duvet or a pile of quilts
20. …And then pop on some soft bed socks and hop in!
21. Change your make-up for autumn
22. Visit a harvest festival
23. Light a lovely scented candle
24. Treat yourself to a new book and wrap yourself up in a cosy blanket
25. Go for a walk in the woods and take photos of the changing leaf colours
26. Have hot buttered toast or crumpets for tea
27. Dig out your wellies and go for a splash in some puddles – you’re never too old!
28. Try some new cold-weather recipes
29. Bake an autumn pudding, such as apple crumble or pie
30. Plant up your garden for autumn colour
31. Wrap up warm and go star-gazing in the garden
32. Turn on your electric blanket and get toasty
33. Donate some hearty food to a church appeal or your local food bank
34. Make a warming soup - try this pumpkin soup recipe
35. See one of these autumn wildlife spectacles
36. Spend a rainy Sunday watching classic black and white films
37. Hunt for mushrooms and pretty toadstools to photograph
39. Visit your nearest wildlife reserve to spot migrant birds
40. Roast up root vegetables such as carrots, parsnips and good old spuds
41. Toast marshmallows over a fire
42. Make porridge for breakfast and top it with cinnamon
43. Use that ‘back to school’ feeling to inspire you to start a new craft or hobby
- How many have you completed? And what's on your Autumn bucket list?
- For more seasonal inspiration, pick up the latest copy of Yours magazine
