Weather has Broken

The heatwave well and truly broke yesterday afternoon (Friday) with thunderstorms as befit an English summer.  According to the Met office there were two main areas of thunderstorms in the whole of Yorkshire - around Settle and Harrogate.  That said, all I heard were distant rumbles from every direction.  Sufficient though to persuade me to stop working on metal cladding for a while.  It's all very well being inside a Faraday cage but best not outside.  The next seven days don't look to bright either.   This is from the Settle weather station on our roof:

This was Settle Market Place with hail and no motorbikes - picture by Tom Lord

The ice cream van is an exercise in optimism.

On a brighter note this is Semerwater, looking towards the 'three' peaks

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