Sweet little story in the Western Morning News on Saturday about an old couple and their favourite drive. They like to visit a beach that the old man has been coming to since a boy, but what, to me, made it really special was that their favourite visits are when a storm is forecast as they like to sit in their car, thermos and sandwiches to hand, and watch the wind, rain and surf roll in.
They should have been at Sennen on Friday, they'd have loved it! The forecast was for heavy rain all day, but we woke to splendid sunshine. The Cove was beautiful, completely springlike with some wonderful apricity, and hardly anyone around. As the morning developed, way way off on the horizon the sky started to darken, by noon it was black (and at this stage quite distracting as every job in the house started to be interupted by more and more weather checks out of the front bay window).Just past lunch the swell and the wind had risen, and for at least 30mins the Cowloes reef was lit by bright sunlight with good sized surf throwing rainbow filled mares tails up into the air before detonating onto the reef itself in a flash of stunning white. All in utter and stunning contrast to the blackness behind.
So when I read about the old couple the next morning I could really relate, just need to crack on and get the wood burner in so i can really sit back and make the most of these winter storms.
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