What a day weatherwise! And it continues

Tuesday, 29th November
Finally got some sunshine on the fields of the old barn where I go for pottery.  The sun shone on the autumn leaves left on the trees and looked glorious but there were no sheep!  One last place to try and then I give up.

 

Monday, 26th November
What a shame it was that I had other commitments today as the sun shone after 11.00 am and all afternoon.  I have put aside Wednesday afternoon for taking my pictures as this day was forecast as sunny but it looks like I'll have to revise this and try to get out tomorrow.


Sunday, 25th November
The sun was shining when I looked out the window at 7.30 am this morning and I should have known to go out then.  By the time I headed out at 9.45 am there were small clouds in the sky but it was still dry.  We have to keep our car in a local car park as there is nowhere in our street to park as it's so narrow and by the time I had reached it the weather was rapidly changing.  

Still, not one to be put off by a black clouds and a few rain drops, I headed off towards Bridport via Chideock on the A35.  The farmer had, since I last checked, harrowed his field so the strong plough lines I wanted to photograph had disappeared. Luckily I had another viewpoint in mind and headed onwards and upwards to a place just west of Bridport, called Higher Eype, where I could look over the valley to some distinctive trees on top of a nearby hill.  It was spitting with rain by now but I thought that at least I could find some suitable sites to come back to on a fine day.

Colmer's Hill

This picture has possibilities as it is quite distinctive with the trees on the summit of the hill and sheep in the field below. It's well-known in the area and is taken by everyone to represent west Dorset.  There are some problems with this picture, what with the cables running across the middle and bits of tree branches on the right hand side, but nothing that couldn't be corrected in Photoshop.  I took it in RAW as well as the JPG image above so can make changes easily enough.

On the way home I also took some pictures at the back of a local farm shop looking towards the sea but by then it was raining quite heavily so managed to get some drops of rain on the lens, as you can see below.

Rain drops on lens

By the time I headed home it was raining heavily but I saw another site much nearer home and beside the local golf club.  The weather is predicted to be fine but cold on Wednesday afternoon so I plan to go back to the farm shop and golf course.  Fingers crossed the weather forecasters have got it right as I want to get on with this assignment and finish it by the end of the month or the first week in December.  I can progress with planning the book jacket itself whilst I wait for the weather to improve, thank goodness.

Saturday, 24th November
What a day, almost nothing got done as strong winds and rain lashed the south west.  I had thought to go out to reconnoiter the local area for more fields, trees, sheep and hills.  All I could do was plan where to go as no one in their right minds would be out that day unless there was an emergency.


Thursday,22nd November
I went out this morning with the hope of taking some pictures of wind swept ploughed fields.  Wow, when I stopped at the edge of sopping fields I was nearly blown off my feet as the wind tunneled out of the gateways.  It was extremely difficult to hold my camera steady to take any picture.

I find the way the water lays in the tyre tracks and how they lead your eye to the centre of the image is interesting.

It was good to use the trip between Lyme Regis and Honiton along the coast road so when the weather calms down I'll be able to go along the road again to those special spots I saw today in the pouring rain.