JayOh (John Owles)'s photos with the keyword: wind

Damp, windswept upland moors of Northumberland, on the eastern edge of the Kilder Forest. Again a kind of strange beauty in is wildness.

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After the rain, the wind kept rising to gail force and beyond but the sun was out which created a sand storm to rival the best of deserts. When we set out in the morning this was a tarmac road, by the time we return in late afternoon the tarmac was under two feet+ of sand. The disorientation was amazing. Tibby had to hold our hands and walk backwards. Being that much shorter, she and Monty bore the full brunt of the sand blasting. Cold teabags at the ready when we got back.

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We found two of these rare Scottish primroses on Farraid Head. They are tiny, the flower being only 8mm in diameter, and are only found in the far Northwest of Scotland.

We found two of these rare Scottish primroses on Farraid Head. They are tiny, the flower being only 8mm in diameter, and are only found in the far Northwest of Scotland.

After the rain, the wind kept rising to gail force and beyond but the sun was out which created a sand storm to rival the best of deserts.

After the rain, the wind kept rising to gail force and beyond but the sun was out which created a sand storm to rival the best of deserts.

After the rain, the wind kept rising to gail force and beyond but the sun was out which created a sand storm to rival the best of deserts.

This is a day that is a speciality of the East Coast and not one where you would willingly put your head above the parapet. A bitterly cold nor'easter blows in across the North Sea from the Arctic, a wind that so sharp that it would cut a person in two without drawing blood. Out at sea a pumping barge is at anchor, battling to hold its own. I'm off now to find a good warm fire, good company and a pint of Adnams.