19th September from the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth

The West Cliff Green exists at the meeting point of sea and land and, particularly, sky. Whatever the state of the weather or the season of the year, there are almost always clouds in sky above the Green. Today they are particularly impressive, swirling and ballooning above the bay. A watcher with no particular expertise can see many different types all at once and all stacked and layered high above. Sometimes it is the sea that draws the eye. Today all eyes are drawn upwards. The mood is sombre and quiet but the clouds above are full of exuberant life.

Clouds above the West Cliff Green, Bournemouth

From September 19th 2021

A flat grey day. A little drizzle this morning. Two, no three, curtains of rain hang on the far horizon. Where the bright sunlight forces its way through the cloud it casts curious pale blue parallel stripes on the purple grey wavelets. Last night someone saw the deer on the West Cliff again. It is clearly a resident here. This evening the clouds are high enough above the horizon to reveal a pale sky fading through green to straw to a delicate rose where the shimmering brilliance of Venus hangs.

From September 19th 2013

There's a nasty squall blowin' up from the South West capn'n. We'll all be visitin' Davy Jones locker today if we bain't careful. Haul in the Royal T'Gallant.