The 31st October is hoving into view at a rate of knots. On the one hand you can start collecting chocolate and sweets for the annual Trick ‘n Treat brigade,

or much more productively you could deflate, wrap up, or otherwise remove your tenders from the pram racks on the quay and take them away to wherever they go to hibernate.

Anything left from 1st November runs the risk of being blown away, reduced to boating rubble, or magically vanishing never to be seen again.