Mist after the Rain

Gosh it absolutely threw it down during the night.  It was hardly surprising we had mist first thing.  On the way to the supermarket at 6:00 am, I pulled over at one of my 'go to' trees.  

I was engrossed in trying to capture the scene when I had the impression of someone (something?) near me in the field.  I looked up to see three red deer.  Now as I look back at the images I realise they had come from the field beyond the hedge; the head of one is in the far distance on the right side of this frame.  I'm quite surprised I didn't notice them earlier.

They hung around in the field for a few minutes, aware of my presence, but not overly threatened by it.  Had they been I'm sure I would have only seen their bottoms as they headed into a nearby copse.  I got off a few shots, but none really worthy of posting.

Later, we went up for the Saturday morning ride, and this time I went to!  Not on horse mind you, but I followed on the bike and we had a really good couple of hours.  We now know that the horse, Meg, canters at about 8 mph.  I couldn't keep up with the gallop!