Wet & wetter

27/3/2025

Always be careful what you wish for… I have been disappointed that the weather has caused low to very low, water levels in most places. Apart from the day we climbed to the Storr it has been dry. Either blue sky sunny (but cold), or flat uninteresting cloud. That is until today!
Yesterday, I was shooting waterfalls/rivers and couldn’t believe that the water level was so low in one case, that you could barely see it. What a difference 24 hours makes. It has rained all night and all day and the previous insipid falls are now explosive torrents. Literally.
This morning when the alarm went off, I looked out of the window to see what the day looked like and this deer was looking back at me. Three of them tiptoed through the car park.
I thought that would presage a great day. It was mixed. The waterfalls & rivers are fantastic but we got soaked to the skin very quickly and spent the whole day wearing cold wet clothes. When you are touring and not staying in the same place you cannot go back & have a hot shower to warm up. Sometime this morning I parked in the middle of nowhere in front of a couple of large rubbish bins… as I was drying my camera gear, the rubbish truck arrived and started blowing his horn. I jumped into the car and got out of his way and off down the road. Only to realise some 30 minutes later that I had left my tripod behind. Of course when we went back for it was gone. So either the bin men dumped it, took it, or some other lucky driver (on an extremely quiet road) got lucky.
Yesterday we saw some more Heiland Coos. Not friendly ones unfortunately but still pretty awesome. I guess horns are handy to scratch your butt!