Wom Brook Blog

Those of us who were provided with an introduction to poetry at school may recall John Keats‘ work-’To Autumn‘-and the immortal line-’Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness‘.

All about Wombourne the leaves of many deciduous trees have long since been changing colour as they die and fall from their trees, carpeting the ground, and in turn providing additional areas for the local bird population to explore for food.

The word ‘Autumn’ (referred to more appropriately in the United States as ‘the Fall‘ ) is that period astronomically speaking between the autumnal equinox and the winter solstice. These changes are a sure sign that Christmas is on the way ( 8 weeks away), and when it arrives, these same tree-lined areas will be mostly bereft of leaves.

The photo is taken on the Wom Brook Walk, looking east, and the path leads towards the Gravel Hill picnic benches. The Wom Brook is just visible slightly left of centre.

You could be forgiven for thinking that this image of the Wom Brook highlighted a point where warm water entered the brook and caused the apparent ’steam’ to form. That however is not the case-for the last two mornings, the surrounding air temperature has been colder than that of the water in the Brook-and as you may well know, at the point where cold air meets moist, warmer air, clouds of water vapour begin to form-much as clouds form in the sky.

You may recall on Saturday this week that due to excellent visibility, water vapour from the Ironbridge power station could be seen 20 miles away, forming into what resembled a cumulonimbus cloud.

The above image was taken using a 2 megapixel camera phone, on Monday 22/10/07, from the entrance to the Railway Walk, looking in southerly direction, with the Wom Brook (obscured) in the centre of picture between both sets of trees.