September gift

Forecast for the weekend was lousy. And WRONG!!! Woke up this morning to clear blue skies, so packed a rucksack and headed off to my beloved Buckden. The river was sparkling the greens of the upper Wharfedale valley were gorgeous and the visability was the best for ages. The rain on Friday has cleared the atmosphere nicely.

What a treat to get a proper walk in, mostly in solitude apart from some radio hams at the top of Buckden Pike, two of whom were cuddling flasks of hot drinks and looking thoroughly miserable, while a third was getting very excited about the strength of signal from some other bloke (I'm guessing) in the Lake District.

An altogether splendid day, and all the better for being so unexpected. Hope your weekends were as good.