Storm over the power station

Storm over West Burton Power Station

Tuesday 28th April 2015

Took a trip to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire today. The route was Humber Bridge M180 to Gunness Wharf west of Scunthorpe and then we followed the River Trent on the west side, through Owston Ferry all the way to Gainsborough. Interesting place, smell of malt in the air from the Paddock Maltings, but the wharves on the River Trent were all empty. Clearly inland river traffic has deserted the town. We took a walk over the eighteenth century bridge into Nottinghamshire and walked north on the riverside path, observing the "nodding donkeys" pumping oil from the nearby oilfield (no joke). We had only walked a mile or so, when we noticed black storm clouds approaching from the west. We decided to do a 'U' turn and head back. We got to the bridge and saw that the storm was passing directly over the power station, you could see the rain falling, but behind was sunshine. We were only a mile or so from the power station, yet I was able to take the photograph without getting wet, five minutes later, blue sky and fluffy clouds!