A view, during a lull in storm Brendan, from the sea front at Seaton in the neighbouring county of Devonshire.

It has been a wet and windy start to the New Year and I have not had much opportunity to take my camera anywhere.  However, on January 15th there was a break in storm Brendan so my wife and I drove down to Seaton.  It was a very sunny afternoon but still blowing a bit.

The flood defence barriers were closed, nevertheless there were quite a few people enjoying a bracing stroll along the sea wall.  Unsurprisingly not many ventured onto the beach. 

I took some photos looking east to the mouth of the River Axe, and west toward Beer.

The afternoon of 15th January 2020 at Seaton in Devonshire, looking east toward the mouth of the River Axe.

The afternoon of 15th January 2020 at Seaton in Devonshire, looking west toward Beer.  The scene is a little hazy due to the wind-blown spray.

Beautiful wispy cirrostratus clouds over South Somerset on 14th Dec. A week of very wet and windy weather followed!

I am not sure whether the clouds I photographed, posted below, on December 14th are cirrus or cirrostratus.  Cirrus clouds are supposed to indicate fine weather while cirrostratus indicate changeable weather and approaching rain.

At first I thought they were cirrus as their wispiness looked a lot like "mares' tails".  However, as they were followed by a week of very wet and extremely windy weather I assume they are cirrostratus.

Picturesque cloudscape emerges as the skies clear over South Somerset.

There was a heavy downpour during a very breezy afternoon in South Somerset today.  As the wind rushed the dark clouds away to the east a pleasing cloudscape was revealed.

A pleasing cloudscape over South Somerset after a heavy downpour. 

A snowy scene in a South Somerset garden.

After 18 hours of snow showers in South Somerset there is almost as much snow in the garden
as on March 2nd.  I thought it was supposed to be spring!

A snowy scene in a South Somerset garden on March 18th.

A watery winter sunset on the Wessex Coast.

Yesterday's watery winter sunset on the Wessex Coast.

Fascinating patterns on a frosty morning.

A frosty morning produced fascinating patterns on the roof of my old Subaru Impreza.

Fascinating patterns on a frosty winter's morning.