Autumn

When the sun breaks through on a stormy day, the old hedges of thorn, ash and dying elm appear green and golden above the rich brown fallow fields. The skies over these open, chalk downs are, on some evenings, briefly dramatic before the sun drops into the dusk.

Sunset on the North Downs

We had a great sunset here here on the North Downs the other evening. The clouds appeared to have been whisked…