Monday 5th January 2026 should have been our walk day. But that weekend the weather god took a hissy and blew wicked icy temps at us and threw hefty handfuls of snow. Monday 5th was no better. I have asthma. I’d already refreshed my memory of what happens to my lungs when I’m out in those conditions (I had to go shop on the Saturday). We cancelled our walk. In its place I delved into the archives. Here it is.

5th August 2022, a glorious summer’s day that would 🤞 end in a magnificent sunset. I’m hoping these photos will help us feel warmer. So please, enjoy

5th August 2022

🔼 We’re heading for Breydon Water. This requires me to cross the Yare. I always stop here for a photo. Now I stop to check on how close we are to that sunset. It’s ok, we’ve plenty of time 🔽 Once across the river I stop to click my camera at this billowing cloud. I hope that cloud stays with us. Clouds usually provide an impressive sunset

5th August 2022

🔽 Our path lies through this copse of summer greenery. Remember the greenery? It’ll come again

5th August 2022

5th August 2022

🔼 We’ve arrived at the riverside path with the town spread out before us. That wooden structure is called a dolphin (no, I don’t know why); it’s used for mooring. This one hasn’t been used for many many years 🔽 Our path takes us beneath the ‘new’ bridge. But constructed in 1983/84, it’s no longer new. We have a newer one now, further down river (see last week’s photos) And the sunset progresses apace

5th August 2022

🔽 As we venture out along Breydon Water the sun tries mighty hard to dazzle us. It’s about 30-40 minutes off the actual disappearance of the sun (sunset)

5th August 2022

5th August 2022

🔼 The sky laps up the colour. Dust (particulates?) in the atmosphere scintillate in the sun’s rays. The water reflects while the mudflats turn a strange shade of blue 🔽 Turn of the tide. It’s the river now that’s flowing. Slow, gentle, undisturbed. Along the edge of the mudflats the waders feast their bellies, last chance before their nocturnal roost

5th August 2022

🔽 Zooming in helps concentrate the colour. The sky is fierce and vivid… but only close to the sun. If I take a shot straight up the sky would be pale blue. My interest here is the birds

5th August 2022

5th August 2022

🔼 Talking of dolphins, as in moorings, this one’s newer (1983/84) Unauthorised access is strictly forbidden. There’s a gate (out of shot) and it’s locked. The sun’s descent now is rapid. Blink and it’ll be gone  🔽 Yet even after the sun disappears, looking as if it’s sinking into the land, the sky remains vivid. That glow marks the spot, the sun’s grave

5th August 2022

🔽 Time to head home. But a final shot, now of the aftermath, as I cross the river again. And I see the river-mist is rising

5th August 2022

Hope you enjoyed. A little bit different from the usual. Don’t miss Tuesday Treats for more piccies from this summer night.