Day 41

After a relatively dry morning, I set off for a quick loop at lunchtime. This time it didn’t even wait for me to get the dogs harnessed before the heavens opened with a mixture of hail and rain that continued for almost the entire walk. This was a typical view for the walk – not a great picture but my camera’s auto exposure had messed up which is the first time it had done that.

It was a bit of a quick dash due to the miserable weather so I didn’t really get a chance to take a lot of decent pictures. Some of the gorse is beginning to get a bit past its best. The most interesting thing I came across was this lichen which was “flowering”. It was all over the place which is a good sign for air quality.

It is a bit tiny so is hard to get a decent picture with a relatively cheep point and pray camera. This is known as Devil’s matchstick and it brought a lovely dash of colour to the place.

So after a thorough drenching I got back home from a quick loop relatively refreshed. It had been a few days since I managed to get out – a combination of busyness and bad weather kept me off the mountain for the weekend so it was nice to get out.