Low Cloud

I didn't realize I could enhance my photos, so twiddled with the sky on this one to make it stand out more.  I think this is called cloud inversion and is reasonably rare - where colder air sinks and is trapped near the ground (in valleys here).

I went out to do the grocery shopping ahead of the next Storm (Eowyn) which is heading our way over the next few days.  However, our road into town was shut because a new house being built was having a pole put into carry electrics and internet.  I had been going to go to Llandod, but this would now mean driving 7 miles to Garth, then 13 to Llandod, each way.  I decided to go to Brecon instead, as no further!  It was very foggy up on the Epynt range - well, low cloud really - and slow going, but I got there.

As usual I went to Aldi, then parked in an empty parking space (1 hr's free parking) which enabled me to walk to the PO in Co-op and send off my old driving licence.  Did I want to make sure it safely got there the next day?  That would be £8.50 please.  No thanks, I'll take my chances.  It's going to be destroyed anyway!  I took a big bag of charity shop donations to Tenovus and popped into WH Smith to check if Today's Quilter was in - yes it was, AND it was the one copy I wanted to buy, so that came home with me.

This tickled me on the way back - a sentry box with its own little fireplace and chimney.  Blardy cold up there in winter.  I imagine it dates back to WWII.

Morrisons annoyed me as they had a good offer on Earl Grey teabags - normally £6 for 80, but there was a ticket saying £3.50.  I bought one - got charged full price and only when I put my shopping in the car and came back to check, did I realize it was their loyalty card offer.  I don't buy much in there so haven't bothered with the card. I wouldn't have bought it had I known.  Ah well.

Sennybridge Range, the far side of the B4519.  I could hear the staccato of guns so there must have been soldiers on the firing range. There were canvas-backed Army lorries parked up, and some young men in Army camo gear in the photo below, and in a building just off the road too.  

Above is the strip of the Epynt between this B-road and the B4520 which is the route I normally take into Brecon.

I parked up in a layby to take photos of the low cloud I was above to drive down into.  Quite atmospheric.  I'll never get to the top of Pen-y-Fan to see the same thing up there, so will settle for this!

I made myself a tasty chicken stir fry for tea tonight, with an Aldi pack of Chinese veg stirfry (just 89p and good fresh veg - the Tesco ones smell mouldy when you open them and I've not bought one for years), and a Sweet Chilli sauce. Yummy it is, and plenty for tea tomorrow too as I cooked up a portion of rice to mix in with it.

I have a list of things I could keep busy doing as long as my arm, but will settle for the grocery shopping and a load of washing achieved today.