Storm Warning

 I've been joining in with a pen and ink drawing group each Tuesday morning for the last few months. Today was our last meeting so we decided to visit an exhibition in St Davids about geology and artists' response to it. That was fascinating enough but the weather we had today was distracting as during our session we had sun, snow, hail and wind. All in the space of two hours. The journey home on the coast road takes me down and along the pebble bank of Newgale Beach. As I came down the hill today the sea was incredible. Waves were high and the sky was ferocious.

As I had my camera with me to take photos of our last get-together I decided to  walk up and see what I could capture. Newgale is a steep bank with a beach on the other side of it but the sea was so high today it almost looked level. Froth and spume was everywhere and the wind was very cold and whippy. I walked up one of the boardwalks put down to help get people up and over the pebbles and as I stood at the top panning round with the camera it felt like the wind was flaying my skin! Looking in the mirror when I got back into the car showed a very, very red and raw face and I was only out there for about 5 minutes as it hurt to stand there any longer.

The storms have persisted on and off for the rest of the day. Brooding skies and hailstones have been the norm. Someone told me today that early arriving house martins had been spotted in Tenby so they think it is Spring and have migrated home to breed. After today, I'd not be surprised if they didn't fly back to Africa, and quick!!

If this is Spring, roll on Summer....