Sunday, August 07, 2011
Storm-chasing
One moment I was walking across Dorney Common in sunshine, the next there was an ominous rumble of thunder and black clouds were billowing up in the sky. Lightning flashed in the distance.
In the car, I sat and watched the cattle leave the drinking trough where they'd been loafing and head purposefully towards the trees. Dry bits of straw and thistle-heads went spinning across the ground like tumbleweed in a western movie. The wind began to whistle and then to roar, and the car rocked from side to side until the first large drops of rain were flung, rattling, against the windows.
A dramatic end to my walk - but, like all the video clips on my blog, this one has disappeared.
// posted by Christine @ 2:17 PM 
