Southwold and Dutton (day 6)

Yesterday was a dull windy day and I didn't feel much like driving and looking for photos. The Tuesday forecast looked to be better and so I spend the day resting and reading a good novel. So here I am on Tuesday, the sun was peeking out from the clouds and after a decent breakfast I set out for a trip to the west.

I got my camera gear loaded and set out across Warren Street and over Kettle Creek for the open country. On climbing out of the harbour valley I had the open fields before me criss-crossed by patches of trees used for windbreaks and general wood stores from a past era. It felt good to be driving out here again, but I wasn't seeing much colour yet. I soon was reminded that I needed to wait for the cloud to pass and for the direct sun on a forest patch for the strong colour to emerge. So for the next few hours I was driving looking for muted patches of colour and then waiting for an opening in the clouds when the sun shone on the patches and I could quickly grab a few photos.

This pounce and wait game continued along the road as I made my way to the small church on Fingal Line where I stopped to roam the yard and look over a few of the monuments in the adjoining graveyard. The clouds were getting thicker and I ran out of patience here before a good clearing shone through. I continued my drive west to the St. Peter's Anglican Church cemetery. Here I parked and got out to look over some of the stones. The largest monument was for John E. Pearce for whom the bordering park is named. I also looked over the memorial for John Talbot who was the pioneer who built up the region 200 years ago and who's name appears all over the region.