Here I had been relying on the previous day's forecast that promised a good sunny evening, yet the whole day was the typical grey, low cloud and light rain that I have experienced for much of the summer so far.
The uplands were dull and the cloud hung low across the landscape at times wisping across in front of me.
At least it wasn't raining for much of the day, and only lightly when it did.
It's important to have a plan in photography, but to adapt when weather conditions are not what you expect and other unforeseen circumstances intervene.
Just after these images I was treated to a brief few moments of golden sunlight warming the countryside.
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