Cornish summer in full swing

The Lyhner Valley typical August 2008 view

Well, two weeks into August and the weather has been horrendous, at the most two or three properly dry summer days in the last month. The woods are streaming with water, almost akin to autumn or winter, and up on the moor there have been very few clear days. Still, the wildlife is out and about, namely a pair of roe deer bucks which I've been lucky enough to be able to watch through my telescope from the back garden, dark overcast days on the moor look good in oil paintings...