Stormy Weather

One of those truly spectacular storm fronts came through today. Parked to watch, saw fine dust rising straight up from the fields in a cloud, before suddenly being blown sidways. Must have been quite the updraft in the storm cell. Got home to find tornado alerts posted everywhere.


The wide-angle photo looks a lot better if you click on it. Interesting light.

You can just see the rising dust in the background. I thought it was rain at first.

Birthday

Today is the Land Rover's 53rd birthday. Built July 18, 1960, in Solihull, England, and aside from the chassis and some replacement parts, is mostly completely original. Photo taken yesterday.

Wiper Update

I usually avoid driving the Land Rover in the rain, as I've heard how bad the old windshield wiper system is. Of course, there's been a couple of times when there have been a few raindrops, but nothing really needing wipers. Well, today we were caught in a proper rain shower, and so I switched on the wiper on my side - and it did a perfect job. No hesitation, and wiped the windscreen clear of rain, just as it should. I suppose I shouldn't really be surprised, but somehow was. The 52-year-old refurbished motor did a great job, and the new wiper blades cleaned off the rain as they're supposed to, visibility was great, and on we drove. Too bad the door tops were off and we got a little wet. :)

Caught in mid-sweep, by smartphone camera, as we pulled in. Rain was ending by this point, but still.....