Nothing profound – simply, I’m carrying a different camera with a long zoom lens (trying to vary the photos…). We’re walking along Pound Lane to the weighbridge, then down towards Dean Farm, as far as the Bridgnorth road and back again. It’s dry and bright, though the sun is elusive, and as always it’s good to be out.
1 May 2005: you’d need awfully big jars… We’re exploring the Welsh border country near Chirk, ending up beside the Llangollen canal. Heading south, the canal passes though a short tunnel and enters a basin. Its purpose (I’m guessing) is to regulate traffic between the tunnel and the aqueduct which follows, beside the railway viaduct and high above the river Ceiriog. It only takes one little boat coming the other way to cause chaos!
We could get wet! It’s dry now – let’s risk it! As we walk, we can see one or two showers coming down in the distance, and they pass us by. Shortly after the last photo (below) we were very slightly dampened (only on the outside) by a short. light shower – and then we were home.
30 April 2006: a spring visit to the National Trust property south of Bridgnorth
30 April 2012: a short walk from the Carding Mill valley, up past the waterfall to the plateau, and back down Mott’s Road. I think it was the first dry day after several very wet ones – the streams were full and overflowing
Dudmaston NT; Carding Mill Valley NT
Ten percent chance of rain at 1pm and 2pm; more than 50% at 3pm… We’d better get moving. The sky is at times threatening, though there’s some blue too. There are a few drops in the wind when we’re about a mile from home, that’s all. Still dry when we arrive home, a sharp shower follows just a couple of minutes later. Perfect timing!
19 April 2007: an outing to Liverpool Corporation’s reservoir in mid-Wales. There are bird-watching hides, attractive shores and a wonderful Gothic straining tower.
It was needed – the fields had been looking very dry. It rained all day yesterday, and after a grey start, it rained again today – until mid-afternoon, when the clouds suddenly cleared and the sun came out.
On 28 April 2017, we found ourselves near Inverness, with a couple of spare hours. We drove out to Fort George, where there are fine views across the Moray Firth to the lighthouse at Chanonry Point, and the Black Isle beyond. Heading back towards the city, we spent a few minutes on the road to Alturlie Point, with further panoramic views. A flock of geese passed overhead – then wheeled and headed back the way they’d come. I’m sure they knew where they were going.
Flowering again in its fourth year.
27 April 2006: We were due at the Railwayman’s Arms later, but we would try to make the most of the fine evening with a visit to the hill fort at Nordy Bank, on the south-western flanks of Brown Clee. The sunset was interesting, with high clouds like great birds (the beer at the station was, as always, excellent)
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