That spooky time of year is always just round the corner, Halloween with its scary costumes, hollowed out pumpkins and glowsticks from the glowhouse. No sooner have you brushed off the last of the sand from the beach trips and safely packed away the barbecue until next year, you start to see the first signs of the ghoulies and ghosties for sale in the shops.
Halloween is a great time of year for kids, even if they do not fully understand it. Something to look forward to in the seemingly endless period between the summer holidays and Christmas.
Time to dress up for an evening and roam the streets tricking and treating, and trying to extricate as many bars of chocolate and packets of biscuits as they can from their fellow neighbours.
As long as the kids are considerate and do not make too much noise there is no problem, as long as they are aware that some people, including the elderly, are more cautious at this time of year and do not like opening their doors to strangers.
Oh to be a kid at this time of the year! Seeing who can come up with the scariest outfit, unrecognisable even to their own parents and family. Seeing who can come away with the biggest stash of treats!