Heather and summer showers

  Taking time out from the studio today I had a wander up to the moor. Fortunately the house sits in close proximity to some fine heather moorland so its just a case of putting on the boots, grabbing the camera (as always) and trying to encourage the dogs to come for a walk!
 The weather was a bit mixed today to say the least with sunshine and heavy showers but I was hoping to keep to the sunshine bit. Out on the moor the heather is in full bloom and with the fresh sunshine the colours of the moor were splendid.

The mixture of colours of the moor.

The dogs have a great time, plenty of warm wet scent amongst the heather, mostly of the resident Red Grouse.

Zeta in the heather.

After a nice wander we could see the storm clouds heading our way so we headed home at a brisk pace, unfortunately the weather beat us. On the lane back to the house torrential rain fell and we took shelter under a Hawthorn tree but it was a waste of time, we got drenched!

Its had to photograph such a downpour to express just how heavy it was but this is the scene mid shower. And below the same scene minutes later as the storm had passed.

Before the next shower came in we headed home to get dried off. Amazing how the weather can change so quickly.