As I write this article in mid November we have had a prolonged period of calm and largely dry weather. It’s also been incredibly dull as a blanket of cloud has resulted in the country getting less than half an hour of sunlight in an 11 day period. Calm but not so bright. When the sunshine did break thorough briefly a couple of days ago it was like seeing an old friend again. We’ve had more moonlight than direct sunlight recently, and I suspect that it is moonlight that the carol ‘Silent Night’ refers to. Silent Night, Holy Night, All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin, mother and…