7am on an autumn morning and the sunlight breaks through the mist is floats abover the River Wharfe. Dewdrops hang from cobwebs like diamonds catching and refracting the sunlight. Only a single fisherman setting up his rod disturbs the silence. I saw two Kingfisher here last week but they fail to make an appearance.

A sudden change of weather and a burst of sunshine brings the last of the dragonfly and butterfly out, including this Southern Hawker (top).

Arriving an hour early for a 9am meeting in South Yorkshire, meant I could have a walk around the Yorkshire Sculpture Park this morning. This is one of my favourite places – the grounds are full of sheep wandering in and out of Henry Moore’s finest sculptures.

This year’s Shakespeare tour has barely finished and my thoughts have turned to 2009 and the British Shakespeare Company’s tour of Norway and the UK. These graphics will be refined over the next few weeks before going to print early in the new year.

It should be the peak of summer but several days of heavy rainfall have left rivers overflowing and fields flooded. But these changeable type of days can create the most dramatic photos.