With the change in the clocks my drive home from work has coincided with sunset for the last few days. I love the palette of sunsets, starting at pale sky blue, running through that almost-green blue and on into the sort of orangey yellows generally only available by selecting something out of the E100 to E119 range. The tree-line is reduced to a black-green silhouette. Mushroom coloured clouds become edged with brilliant magenta and add a sense of scale to the scene.
Sunsets experienced while driving on the M4 are a mixed blessing. You get some spectacular views unfolding over the course of the journey but the road runs east-west on my homeward journey, so at sunset you often find yourself coming over the brow of a hill or a round a corner to find the orange ball of the sun sitting on the horizon. People naturally slow as their vision becomes impaired but I’m surprised there aren’t more accidents cause by this.
Of course, this experience is repeated for a spell in the mornings where sunrise hits you as you travel west-east. I really should take a camera with me one of these days…