I've just been looking back to a year ago today, my post then was entitled "Before Moor Rain." but looking at the photo folder for that day, I noticed a couple of things, the first being that it had snowed that morning. Funnily enough my car was in the garage that day,
the difference being that I was able to drive it back (unlike today). Also strangely enough. later in the day I witnessed this ... a whole load of fly tipped tyres ...
not an attractive sight (they eventually got burnt by someone) but just notice the sky. A brooding, rain fermenting load of cloud. Later on that day it just poured down. Today, here different in the fact that it din't rain but it was quite cold, though with no snow. I checked the U.K weather online this morning and it seems that nowhere was due temperatures over 5 degrees C.
And yes it seemed cold despite the bright sunshine, in shady areas frost still didn't melt. We didn't venture out until sunset
And what a dark clouded event it turned out to be. The above looks almost like a minor tornado that was sweeping across the sky, on the other side of the valley to us.
It was nearing dusk and already the ground had started to re-freeze. Pockets of shade that had not seen the light of day were still crispy underfoot and as you can imagine at half four this afternoon (U.K time) there was little chance that the temperature was going to rise. Last night trogging the dog along the back lane, a beautiful full moon seemed suspended in the evening sky, a low horizon hugging bank of cloud beautifully illuminated.
No sign of the moon tonight and with the temperatures quickly dropping we're not going out now. But ... at least we got out in the fresh (very fresh) air and the daft dog had a fairly decent run around.
As we headed back into the warmth of home ...
the sunset was beginning to show just slight traces of gold only just above the horizon.All too quickly it was over and with the temperature quickly dropping, time to stay indoors.
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