Spoke too soon!

Following on from yesterday's post (and as if to say 'you spoke too soon!') the weather suddenly decided it had had enough of the calm, boring stuff. On New Year's Eve, up and down the country, it turned much colder, with strong winds and torrential rain. Many of the NY celebrations had to be called off, including the Edinburgh Hogmanay spectacular. It wasn't too bad here though the rain lashed down all night. The neighbouring Calder and Wharfe valleys seem to have been hit harder, with some flooding of roads. 

Then suddenly, around 1pm on New Year's Day, the rain stopped and the sun came out. The interlude didn't last all that long but I decided to make the most of it with a brisk walk down to Roberts Park. The River Aire was just straying beyond its banks in the park, swallowing up some of the footpath. The weir was roaring magnificently. We shall have to see if it gets worse or better over the next few days, which really depends on the situation further upstream in the Dales.