A COMBINATION of an extremely cold night and the previous day's heavy rainfall made for a curtain of mist rising when you looked at distant fields.
Look at the fields a little nearer and you saw the reason why - they were still saturated.
Many, such as the large field opposite Farmer Ted's or those between Downholland Brook and the New Causeway, still had large areas under water.
The Brook itself was still within a couple of feet of the bank, having risen the day before after a night's downpour. The water was not moving quite as swiftly as 24 hours earlier but it was still a muddy brown thanks to all the ditches moving the silt about.
Fields where there was grass or winter wheat was holding onto a sharp early morning frost. The only birds about were a skein of 50-odd pinkfeet rolling and tumbling through the sky, probably bound for Martin Mere.
Music on the Moss: those folkies from yesteryear, The Johnstons, featuring Paul Brady before he became a solo star and the nimble fingers of banjo player Mick Maloney. I once knew Mick Maloney but not the banjo player unfortunately. Still, it makes the wheels go round very easily.
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