The world from my window

It's Broadchurch tonight. It's funny to see our Dorset coastline in all its glory. Week after week after week. Those cliffs at West Bay are a towering presence in this popular television series, which is gripping the nation with all its twists and turns. Through the magic of television, we even saw East Cliff looming up on the skyline in a shot filmed at Clevedon, on the other side of the south west peninsula. The whole series, whether you like it or not, is a great advert for this part of the world. In real life, though, you have to keep away from the foot of the cliffs. They're unstable and pieces could - and do - fall at any time. So we kept to the shore when we introduced Artemis, a ten-month-old Korthals Griffon , to the ocean for the very first time yesterday.       The verdict? She says she likes it. She'll be back. That's about it. Love Maddie x

As the mist swirls down from Bluebell Hill and in and out The Enchanted Village streets, I can at last feel autumn is heading our way. After almost a week of unseasonably hot weather, October is now putting its pullover on the right way round after a couple of days of wearing it inside out. The designer label was on show for all to see. Indian Summer , it screamed. Scorchio . Down at the seaside, there have been people on the beaches, in the water, on the water. Yesterday we caught thirty laughing mackerel from an open boat. The voyage was too much for Number One Son. Although it could have been something to do with the party he went to the night before. Meanwhile, the cliffs along our part of the Jurassic Coast are stunning. We are so lucky to live here. And then this evening, the woodsmoke rises from The Enchanted Village chimneys to shake hands with the fog that is making its way down the hill and crunching fallen crab apples in its wake. ' Well hello t...