Monday

Blue sky overhead but lots of dark clouds around

Not much later and there was a little area of showers on the other side of the bay

The cloud had covered most of the blue sky

Scillonian III setting off for Scilly on her first trip of the year

Jim was dealing with a weed in the wallso Maisie checked out the other side

The strong wind on the water

Sad sight of a major fire up on the moorland at  Bartinney. This piece was written by Martin Cavell

"Bartinney nature reserve has been criminally destroyed . A fireman told me the fire started last night . Fire crews are in attendance , but in truth there is little they can do in these winds but concentrate on protecting  homes . Whoever started this is , at best irresponsible   . I arrived at midday and watched the fire slowly cover the whole of Bartinney , I saw Skylarks , Linnets , warblers , dunnocks and a short eared Owl all flee in terror , I also saw voles escaping . Many Adders and small mammals would have gone to ground and perished , what for ? Nature will reclaim it in a few years , that is true , but for now this wildlife  habitat is barren .

Wolf Rock just showing beyond the stripy sea

Nice patch of Campion

Spotted these interesting clouds

Used a filter to make the show up. Think they are Lenticular clouds

Foreign Bluebell in the field

Scillonian III arriving back in the bay 

Not a bad end to the day