There was a touch of autumn in the air this morning.
It had rained overnight and the clouds were still hanging around the coast at dawn when we started the poodlewalk. I wanted the walk over early because I hoped the clouds would slowly disappear, and I would be able to make a large format photograph of the roadside vegetation landscape at 7.30 am. This had been previously scoped. The gear was in the boot of the car. I just needed the sun to shine at 7.30am.
![coastal path, sunrise](https://poodlewalks.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/vhcoastalpathsunrise.jpg)
The sun did emerge from the clouds as we were walking along the beach, so I took a snap or two, and we quickly finished the walk. I drove over to the site on the country road, but I found that, by the time we got there, more clouds had come across the land from the sea. The sun that I needed at 7.30 am to highlight the roadside vegetation wasn’t going to happen that morning. It became more and more cloudy. I gave up on the photoshoot.
![coastal path](https://poodlewalks.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/vhcoastalpath.jpg)
It’s definitely autumn weather since the showers came in whilst we were having breakfast on the balcony. The intermittent showers continued throughout the morning. Shorts and t-shirt were replaced with jeans and a light jacket, and we cleaned out the mass of eucalyptus leaves that were filling up the gutters of the house.