A very British picnic...

... in the rain.

A whole day today helping bri out at a horsey-cross-country event thing today in the West of Scotland somewhere with a whole load of midges (nasty Scottish mosquito type things).

The weather was its usual eclectic self. Sun, clouds, rain, thunder, lightning all within a couple of hours. This lady had just been enjoying a picnic in the sun when the rain came on.

Quite a fun escapist day and we came away with a good set of shots - although wishing I had a faster camera/lens combo.

Some of the blip rejects:

> Reject 1: Gallop (Mrs42's favourite)

> Reject 2: 42 shoots 42

> Reject 3: Colour Rider

> Reject 4: Bokeh Rider

> Reject 5: 132 Rain

On the way home we drove through a thunder and hail storm. In June! The hailstones were as big as chickpeas and lay like a thick carpet across the motorway. In June!

Weird.

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LOTD: Panorama's sleepy dog blip is fab. I like the composition, DOF, wide angle and shadow.