Preparation for a stunning sunset.

I will show you the images that alerted me to consider later sunset shots.

We were in town to collect our renewed driving licence cards when I saw this.

At times I can still read the clouds, even with the weird weather that we have here, and I just knew when I saw these clouds, that it would be a great sunset. And so, while in town, I grabbed a few more cloud shots. There was a very long queue at the licencing department, and we spent more than an hour until our turn came, and that took a further 20 minutes or so. It was lunchtime, and we popped into a local fish shop to get some fresh fish and chips. Then we were off to a meeting with the CEO of a big local Non-Profit Organisation that Papillon partners with.
But I digress and come and look at the clouds.

I should have known, as this was the view when we left our house.

The cloud look took on a denser form here.

On our way back from the meeting in the afternoon, we popped up to my favorite high spot. It has a great view of the ocean side in the west and that's why I like this spot.

You will not believe how this cloud transformed at sunset, but you will have to wait as I will do the sunset post separately.

This is just to give you an idea of what I am talking about.

We can see from the north to the south horizons of the bay. This is the view towards the south.

And this is the view towards the north.

The ocean, though, is in the middle of the two horizons towards the west.

And here below is a sunset teaser to show you what the sunset looked like.

Wait until you see the other shots of the sunset tomorrow.

The bay is located right next to the Atlantic Ocean, and we are fortunate to have so many views of both the sea and the mountains, with some farms in-between and so much else to be seen. It is a Mediterranean climate with winter rains, and as usual during summer things can get very hot here, but living here for 8 years now we have grown used to the winds that stir things up like mad, especially when they come from a south-eastern direction.

I think I have said before somewhere that we have non-commercial fisher boats that go out every day and they always have fresh fish available from the deep upon their return. Kingklip is our favorite fish to eat, even though they reckon that it is from the eel family, and they have less bones and very tasty fillets. We recently had tons of crayfish that washed up on shore because of a Red Tide in the sea, and a warning is out for the public not to eat these crayfish. Thankfully we have a great department of fisheries, and they are cordoning off the areas.
Such is life.

I hope you enjoyed the picture and the story.

Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.

Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.

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