Sunset, Sunrise

I did a quick dash to Barrow-in-Furness to take Mum's friend Amy home. Well, I say she's Mum's friend - - she's a great friend to all of us, it's just that Mum saw her first, at school, in about 1935.

There wasn't a lot of time so we went over to Barrow yesterday and we drove along the Coast Road from Ulverston just as the sun was setting.

I love that drive. I love the phrase "Coast Road" - so evocative to me - and I love the names of the villages and hamlets on the way - - Roosebeck, Baycliff, Aldingham - - and I love the views. We kept on going past the Barrow turning to the old village of Rampside and Roa Island, which is now reached by a causeway. It feels like several miles way beyond the back of beyond.

We arrived just as the sun was setting over the beach: this photo's taken from the causeway and you can see a windfarm in the distance if you click to enlarge the photo.

If you look out to sea from Roa Island you can see Blackpool Tower in the far distance - too far and too misty for a photo though!

This morning I had to set off early back to Leeds as I was doing some work with Mental Health Nurses this afternoon. The sun had not long risen as we drove towards the Coast Road at about quarter to eight:

Then we reached the coast and saw the sun rising over the sea:

I know much of Britain's foggy, drizzly and grey in November - and I think November is my least favourite month.

But sometimes even November turns up trumps, as it did this morning. Beautiful.