Beautiful Autumn

On Saturday we travelled to Poole to see Marion’s parents. The afternoon was spectacular, it was very warm for October and there was little wind. I took the opportunity to walk along the promenade from Sandbanks to Bournemouth Pier. It was so warm that many were swimming in the sea, including Laura.

The ice-cream stalls were doing a roaring business. It seemed like the last hurrah of summer, certainly the last time that I would wear shorts before next spring.

The autumn season does give some wonderful effects. Returning around the bay past Evening Hill I captured a great scene as the sun set over Brownsea Island.

The hill was truly justifying its name. A group had set up a table-clothed picnic table complete with champagne to celebrate the evening, to add to the atmosphere. Later when I taxied three generations of the ladies out to dinner the conditions had the effect of giving the water a light coating of mist out of which the masts of boats poked.

Truly nature had put on a wonderful show. For me it was not quite finished as I caught the train back to Scarborough yesterday. I walked across London from Waterloo to Kings Cross. The view from Waterloo Bridge across to St. Paul’s and the City were fabulous. London looked it’s best!

The metrological effects are not quite over yet, the impending Ophelia storm combined with dust in the atmosphere from the terrible fires in Portugal gave the sky a strange washed out patina all day. Unfortunately I did not manage to capture the full impact.