Sunday 9th March 2008

 

There has been much hype about the ‘Storm of the Winter’ being on its way. It is due to hit tomorrow – Monday 10th March. This morning it was sunny and I went out around Marlfield Lane / Gills Lane. There is a Birch tree down already but I think it must have been felled by the last serious gales we had – in January. Those gales blew out next door’s loft window and destroyed part of their car-port.



The clouds were building up and it although it looks pretty it does look as if the front is about to hit.

Cloudspotting

 

It really is a quiet time of year in the garden. The weather has been horrioble for a week or so and I haven't even been out in the back other than to pick up the blown over plant pots.


So I am whiling away my time reading and one of the books that I have on the go is "The Cloudspotters Guide" by Gavin Pretor-Pinney. A most enjoyable read, it will be entered in my book review blog when I've finished it.


Over the years I have photographed many hundreds of clouds but at the moment all I can see are low and even, dirty grey, stratus. So I thought I'd cheat and show a few from more interesting days...