Tonight's Sunset at La Basse Cour

As the UK was being battered by gales and threatened by floods we had a quiet and gloriously sunny December day that even tempted out a couple of lizards to bask on the barn wall.

The sunset was spectacular and, with all the frantic work we've been doing we rarely take the chance to stand back and enjoy the surroundings. The south-western sky was a great sight this evening with Venus at nearly its brightest close to the new moon - the pictures don't really do it justice .....