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Intermission 26a hello spring

As winter recedes we have belatedly had some brighter weather. Often you get decent amounts of winter sun in Yorkshire but this time round it’s been distinctly dark skied.

A cloudy sunrise yet too often it’s been just cloud
A rare full winter sunset
There have been some interesting colours to be seen
Only an occasional frost – it’s been cold but often dry or just wet and cold but not freezing
The ice was quickly melting as the sun rose
One of the late winter dust clouds from north Africa or the equatorial Atlantic
There have been a few blue pink sunsets
In contrast washed out golden sun contrasts with grey cloud
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Intermission 25h

A mix of sunrises and sunsets

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Intermission 25g

Autumn proved to be a busy time for sunsets and cloudscapes

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Intermission 25f

Well this year has seen the warmest summer on record and for that matter an unprecedented period of dry weather.

Sunsets though have been a bit of a miss as have cloudscapes – all that blue sky means you can’t have everything.

Morning sunrise
Evening sunset
There have been bumper rain clouds
And bumper apple crops
A Golden Autumn beckons
Maybe a few more sunsets will roll along
A trip to the coast yielded some interesting rockpool life
Plenty of grasshoppers this year
The sun sets on this post.
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Intermission 24e

Early winter has been quite dry in fact very dry with the first real rain in weeks falling as snow which again is rather early for this time of year.

The sunsets have continued to be stunning

Typically the west side of England is wetter than the east side – the lakes in the Lake District never dry out in theory as Atlantic westerlies dump their rain before climbing over the Pennines. And November can be very wet, cold and windy. But then again it can be a very dry month! So when a fine day comes along…….

The lakes on a dry sunny day – where else would you be?
Lake Windermere on a fine November day at noon
Moon pics have in contrast to sunsets been a bit in short supply – this evening shot does not quite convey how the moon made the sky almost feel like daylight
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Intermission 23k

Not so many cloud formations caught my eye over summer and autumn.

Here are some I liked for their shapes, colour and of course contrast with sky blues and sun yellows……

Sunrise – sometimes like sunset!

Clouds – in an autumn sunset

Sunset with expansive skies