. I made this image just as the second UK national lockdown, “fire wall” to reduce the spread of coronavirus was about to start in November 2020: it is due to last a month and be lifted before Christmas. This time, we know better what to expect and I hope people will take it more seriously with fewer people treating it like a holiday and travelling 100s of miles for “exercise”. Digley Reservoir, where I made this image, was one of the places where Yorkshire Water was forced to close car parks in an effort to reduce visitor numbers during the first lockdown. However, this just meant that people parked on the grass verges restricting access on what are already narrow roads and the public footpaths round Digley Reservoir were still crowded with people mostly not wearing masks.
It is hard to see how the pandemic will end but at least there is some good news regarding a vaccine for the virus, the vaccine is being tested and should be available in the New Year.
I normally like to include a big sky, especially a big Yorkshire sky, in my landscape images but this one has no sky at all, just fog, with a glimpse of some autumnal colour on the trees.
I won’t be seeing my family and friends during lockdown but I’m sure they feel this is for the best.