The weather was very changeable but it was still a lovely spring afternoon for a walk up the hill to the barn. It is a good viewpoint up on Charlton Down, looking over the gentle rolling hills of arable farmland. I haven’t been along that path for some time and it was amazing to see the difference in the surrounding fields. The young oil-seed rape plants that I had seen as raindrop-covered seedlings last December were now hip-high and covered in clusters of faintly scented yellow flowers. The grey skies broke with the brisk breeze and clouds scudded across the blue sky, making fast-moving shadows over the rural scene. The agricultural machinery parked by the barn remain a constant while everything around changes by the moment, with the weather, and through the seasons.
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Beautiful shots Jessica – that’s a great sky!
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Love the video. The contrast between yellow fields and blue sky is beautiful. Machinery photos are impressive as well.
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Thank you, Aidy, it was a great sky but I fear not a patch on the wonderful Irish skies that you capture with such good effect on your coastal walks and hill climbs.
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Thank you, Beautywhizz. It is exhilarating to be out in the countryside on a day like that.
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We were surprised yesterday, driving through south Devon, by the sudden shocks of chrome yellow in roadside fields glittering in the spring sunshine.
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The rapeseed flowers do make a dramatic visual impact on the landscape. Do you know how much the bees like them? I imagine that the honey would have a very distinctive flavour.
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