Welcome to "Man with two dogs" - the family website for dog owners and dog walkers.

TOO LATE to mention last week, but on Friday 17th I heard rather than saw the arrival of the first of the geese flying in from the north to over-winter here. Pinkfeet, I would guess, for I was in the middle of a wood with the dogs, hunting for chanterelle mushrooms.

IT'S COOL – I don't mean cool in the sense the grandchildren mean it – like,  smart'   I mean, it's chilly   It's not the late night walks with the dogs when I feel it   Some evenings, when the wind has completely died away, are still surprisingly mild   It's in the mornings that I realise autumn has arrived.

 DAYS OUT here and there' – this is how I began my piece a year ago, almost to the day.

PATHFINDING IS a family tradition – taking off down a road we've never been down before, to see what's at the end of it.