Stormy Weather

The weather yesterday was horrendous, resulting in a lot of flooding across Shropshire today. People said I was mad to go out on my daily walk, but I think Shefali …

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Wonderful Weather …

It’s a tad wet today. It’s not a storm, just a very slow moving low dumping an awful lot of water. The best bit about walks like this? Getting back …

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Snow Line

Not much, but a definite dusting on the Long Mynd overnight.

Frosty Car

I don’t know about a mindful moment, but I had a frustrating half an hour this morning, as I tried desperately to defrost the car. There was a thick layer …

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Shadow Mynd

No snow … well, not that you’d notice if you didn’t peer round into the batches and hollows of the Mynd where there are a couple of dusty patches of …

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Easterly Brightness

Looking east, the weather is amazing this morning, but it’s not forecast to stay like this for long. (Indeed, within the hour it was overcast and pouring with rain.) It’s …

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Gummer’s How – Outdoor Photography

gummers-how-outdoor-photography-december-2016Gummer’s How, at the southern end of Windermere, is one of those fantastic viewpoints in the Lake District that doesn’t require the ascension of Everest in order to see it. A steep road leads up from the A592, near Fell Foot Country Park, to a signed Forestry Commission car park on the right, from where a path opposite takes you the final  climb to its top.

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Ape Rays

Ape Dale is a cauldron of sun rays and darkness this morning. There’s a sense of foreboding in the east!

Myndful Contrasts

Such is the changeability in the weather at the moment, the Long Mynd was beautifully illuminated in sunshine this morning, despite the dark clouds immediately above it.

Ethereal Skies

Interesting clouds above Ragleth Hill this morning …