Perfect Gliding Weather?

Saturday's walk was all about the weather - I sent off for my walk round Hardwick Wood and Caldecote in warm sunshine but the clouds soon gathered and, as the rain started, I noticed a glider against the storm clouds and then another and another. In all I counted 8 soaring in the thermals (plus a buzzard). I later found out these were from the UK Junior Gliding Nationals at Gransden Lodge. One glider failed to maintain height and must have landed in a local field somewhere. I got very wet but. like these skittish calves, dried off in some late afternoon sunshine. (for my info wider angle are phone images)

Early Light Garden Images

Great fun taking contre jour images in the garden especially the spiders.

Madingley War Cemetery 1. Into the Light

The thick mist that we had in Toft this morning had dispersed when I got to the American Cemetery. Most of the photographs were taken at F16  though the first one is f2 and is my favourite one from the set with the out of focus crosses and the dominant sun..

Sunrise in Toft

 A few images from a recent early morning walk close to home in Toft. There was some mist to give a bit of atmosphere  but it was the golden colours that took my eye.

jungfraujoch

As the weather looked fine for the morning, we decided to take our one trip through the Eiger up to the Jungfraujoch. The station where the train arrives is just off to the left on the first image and the Observation building can be seen in the second image. The choughs were amazingly tame - great fun with their yellow beaks and red legs.

Arrived in Wengen and the rain came

Our first evening in Wengen has been very changeable as regards weather - sunshine, showers and even rainbow