Last week, we had a day trip to #Torquay but rather than drive or take the train, we decided on a different route. The first leg was a #cycle trip to #Exmouth, about 17 km, followed by a boat trip around the #Devon#coast. The weather was a bit changeable but there were only prospects of short showers.
This is a picture of Brixham harbour, which is only a few miles from where I live. It made the national news last week as the epicentre of an outbreak of cryptosporidium, but is normally thought of as a picturesque fishing port.
It's a popular tourist destination and, to the left of the shot, you can see its well-known replica of Sir Francis Drake's 'Golden Hind', in which he circumnavigated the globe. It's a disturbingly small vessel.
"Here in Oregon two groups on the coast are trying to unlock the secret of making pure, clean, edible salt from sea water. One is a modern company that has gained a reputation with foodies for its delicate sea salt flakes. The other group is dressed in buckskin and wool, tending a copper-lined kettle over a campfire, making a concerted effort to time travel back to the winter of 1805"
Looking back at some of my favourite photographs from 2023 and a couple capturing some really amazing-looking striated clouds formations in the spring of this year.
Can't ever recall seeing such dramatic-looking clouds and I'm not 100% certain what name would be given to them – maybe the base layers of cumulonimbus?
Need a cloud expert to confirm!