Grasses.

Every time I stepped out of the door it started to spit with rain so I decided not to risk the promised 4 mile dog ramble. Instead Jim and I went to Ashenbury park and had a lovely walk. They have cultivated wide paths through wild grasses and en masse they create a beautiful purple sheen across the hills. 
As we walked the storm clouds gathered and the humidity increased until big fat raindrops started to fall - luckily we were sheltered in the woods and made it back to the car just as the heavens opened.