A first sight

From time to time I will publish new photographs on my blog - a first sight for those who might be wondering what I am doing.

The last few stormy days coupled with the continued virus alerts have meant that I have not ventured far. Luckily I live in a part of the country where it is easy to escape to solitude, as was the case when I took to the Transpennine Trail two days ago. The trail starts on the East Coast at Hornsea and ends in Southport or Liverpool depending on which spur you take. The big skies of the flat Eastern section are notable and amazing when stormy weather has gathered.

This section follows the Humber from Brough to Crabley Creek along a raised embankment which does nothing to shelter you from the wind. The Humber is a wide river which deposits 25% of all rainwater falling on England into the North Sea. It's tributaries run from the Wolds either side of the river as well as the Pennines, North Yorkshire Moors and Peak District. The river can be seen as the silver ribbon at the bottom of this picture while the clouds build towards a storm. I was concious that the day before the wind had blown a similar set of clouds across the river in less than five minutes which sent me from admiring their formations to sheltering beneath some trees (to little avail - I was soaked with five minutes). This time I made it back to the car without a drenching...