Sunrise over the bay

 Lade - cold and frosty, followed by wind and rain, S 4 - Following a clear and frosty night without a puff of wind this morning`s sunrise over the bay was a pretty spectacular affair. However, I very nearly missed it by being ensconced in our west-facing back room tapping away on the keyboard from 6am, until Pat tipped me off to the unfolding spectacle out east around 7.20. I quickly togged up, grabbed the camera and hurried over to the beach where it appeared that the eastern horizon was on fire. As is the way with a rising sun it was all over in 20 minutes but what a fantastic sight it was while it lasted, and as the morning progressed the wind picked up from the south delivering a band of thick cloud and sleety rain that set in until early afternoon.                                        

                                  Sunrise over Lade Bay

Birdwise a circuit of the local patch proved that nothing much had changed to the wildfowl numbers on the lakes, but a steady procession of distant auks was noted crossing the bay.