It looked foggy but with a nice sky above the fog so I headed for the highest point on Hadrian's Wall, Winshields Crag.
Got to the top in plenty of time but nothing much was happening, some lovely colour in the top third of the sky but it was dull and grey in the bottom two thirds, not ideal.
Decided to give it up as a bad job but then I wondered if the Little Owls would be around at Cawfields and pulled into the quarry car park.
A Dabchick was diving up and down in the water and a Heron took off as I crossed the grass from the car.
Still lots of fog but some of the ducks took off and I grabbed a photograph.
Mallard through the mist
Then I spotted the sun coming up through the fog, amazing what a difference a bit of light makes to a photograph, and I took several shots before the sun was swallowed up by cloud and fog.
Let there be light
I headed up towards the Crags, figuring I was out anyway I might as well get a bit of exercise.
Took my camera and tripod but left my filters behind.
Cows were grazing right next to Hadrian's Wall, they huffed a bit as I approached, I don't think they like the fully extended tripod for some reason, but they moved off the path and I passed by.
One of the Buzzards I photographed last week took off and called above me, crows and swallows swooped and yet again the sound of the farmers quad bike as he checked his stock.
Hadrian's Wall on Cawfield Crags
Took a photograph of the Wall and then one of the brown cow before heading back to the car and home.
How now Brown Cow
Tree in the mist
The fog was still thick at Gilsland, I stopped to take a picture of trees in the fog.
Not one of those WOW mornings but then if they were all great there'd be no challenge to get up and go would there?
as always the photographs used on the Blog are copyright of Joan Thirlaway and cannot be used without written permission.
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