Hail-bearing cloud sweeps south to Morecambe Bay The elements at play on Scout Scar.
Flood-waters in the Lyth Valley tell of days and days of incessant rain. Hail-bearing cloud sweeps south from the Mushroom Shelter toward Morecambe Bay. blotting out blue sky. Hail stones melt on my camera lens. Sunlight from the south-west refracts fragments of ice in bursts of rainbow colour.
Hail-stones on the limestone clitter melt quickly and the rock gleams. A rocky path resembles a river of light. Hail glistens on the ash trees that stand exposed to the South-west winds. Some time ago I was caught in a squall of hail on the limestone clitter and, bending to tie a boot-lace, I heard hail-music. Hail-stone percussive on thin slates of rock, like a xylophone.
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