February on the Southwell Trail - Part 1

The trail photography was considerably impacted by storms Ciara, Dennis, and Jorge during February 2020. Fortunately, we didn’t suffer any flooding disruption but elsewhere the problems were significant and devastating for those whose homes were affected.

The photographs that I did take on the trail were mainly taken during breaks in the weather. I did record some of the storm damage including fallen branches and flooded fields. There were also some signs of early spring as the temperature had been particularly mild for the time of year, although there was one afternoon where we had a minor snowfall. I will show these images in the next couple of posts but here I will concentrate on a series of trail landscapes that capture bursts of strong sunlight under heavy rainclouds producing some of the most dramatic photography of the month: