The clouds rolled in as I made my way up onto the South Downs yesterday. I headed for Wolstonbury Hill which has sweeping 360º views.

 Dark, leaden skies and bright shards of illumination played across the folds and undulations of the landscape. These brooding atmospherics made me feel decidedly autumnal. 

 I have noticed that coastal areas often form a zone of transition where the weather of land and sea meet. No doubt the buttress of the Downs adds to this phenomenon.

 

Looking towards Brighton and the Channel the sky was bright with a cloudy haze of blue.

 Yet facing in the opposite direction the view inland was dark and ominous.