sun bubble

We've been in a sun bubble this week. It was similar last week although suspicious in terms of the various weather forecasts we all use.

As well as the inevitable BBC weather, I use Carrot, which I find generally accurate. However, between our varied group we had about six services, which all gave different results. Maybe an 8 degree Celsius spread and vastly different predictions for rainfall.

We gambled that the weather would be better than most predictions and sure enough our luck held. Morning on the water, with a few scenic clouds.

It's even more bizarre for this area, where we are close to the Met Centre, yet BBC now uses MeteoGroup, which was originally a German system, now spreading across Europe. Fortunately we had clear skies when a passing Spitfire decided to do a barrel roll in front of us.

It turns out that a well-known prince was making a visit to the area and a small display was provided for his enjoyment.

And then the clear skies continued into the evening.

Early evening we could see the moon from the quayside and later even identify stars and constellations from outside the pub