Gloucestershire in pictures: Cheese, trees and battles

Goodbye summer, hello autumn! With the weather getting chillier and the nights getting darker, it is time to pack away the sunglasses and pull out the scarves.

Rain or shine, people in Gloucestershire made the most of celebrations taking place this week - including Gloucestershire Pride and the Gloucester History Festival.

It was also the fourth year of the Make a Difference Awards for BBC Local radio, with this year's Gloucestershire event hosted at Tewkesbury Park.

Here are a selection of our favourite images taken over the past week.

Say cheese: A care home and retirement village in Cirencester took on the famous local tradition of Cheese Rolling, but without the tumbling down steep hills.

At Stratton Court Care Home, residents competed by rolling cheese down ramps, while a panel of judges observed their techniques.

Loud and proud: The rain did not stop people from celebrating this year's Pride in Gloucestershire. Colourful clothes, flags and banners helped brighten up the gloomy day.

Newent Celebrates: A brand new event replacing the traditional Newent Onion Fayre took place at the weekend. The town was transformed into a 17th-Century civil war garrison, with market stalls, live music, dramatic battle re-enactments, and a "How Period is Your Pooch?" dog contest for visitors and their four-legged friends.

Celebrating those who make a difference: A 90-year-old street party organiser, an enormous labradoodle and a group of students with disabilities who have created a safe haven for hedgehogs at their college were among those awarded at BBC Radio Gloucestershire's community awards ceremony. Local legends Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards and Emmerdale star James Moore helped present the awards.

Cobra Warrior: American aircrews walk away from a B-52 Stratofortress long-range subsonic bomber aircraft at RAF Fairford. They visited for a Royal Air Force Exercise called Cobra Warrior, a high intensity simulated war fighting scenario.

A splash of colour: This autumn, people can look forward to a vibrant display of colours. Batsford Arboretum said the long, bright summer had boosted the sugar levels in its trees' leaves, which produce the pigments behind the colours.

Famous faces: Comedian Frank Skinner made an appearance at Gloucester History Festival, sharing his passion for the past in a witty talk. Also taking to the stage were familiar names like Celia Imrie and Alan Johnson.

Clowning around: The Everyman Theatre began renovating its new educational centre in Grove Street in Cheltenham on Wednesday, which aims to get young people from working class backgrounds into the arts through workshops and classes. And what better way to kick things off than Tweedy the clown demolishing a wall?