I’m always trying new approaches to the photographing of slopes. Not exactly sure what I did right with this shot but I definitely managed to get the outcome that I was looking for.
We had rather hoped, but expecting otherwise, that we might escape the wind and rain but by the time that we reached this point, rain gear was necessary and the wind was whipping through the pines that lined Offa’s Dyke.
A path followed along the top of the dyke but the main path followed the farm track which ran parallel to the dyke and on a wet, windy, cold day like this was a good alternative to plowing along through wet grass.
With this style of shed and their “Open Door” approach you don’t have to worry about closing the barn door behind you :-). One piece of equipment had escaped and not found it’s way back to the barn!
A wind was blowing a mist across the open spaces and the temperature was definitely getting close to the “not pleasant” stage even though we were walking briskly. Population Count = 1. A long way between people in this stretch of the Path. We had a couple of hikers half a hill behind us when we reached the top of the first hill when leaving Knighton. Them plus us seemed to be the only ones alive on this bleak, but lush green, landscape
We had seen no one, and only a few animals, for hours when suddenly, not really all that suddenly but for emphasis, suddenly!!!, we were walking into a beehive of activity :-). Caught between the stranger and the workers doing the inoculations, these sheep faced a big dilemma. To move or not to move, that was the question.
Despite the weather the job must go on. Cold (about 5C or so), damp (a misty rain) and miserable (strong wind blowing) would not be my ideal working conditions and here I was out on a long recreational walk trying to keep my camera dry. Crazy!
