EXCLUSIVE

As has so often happened in the past, a rare event or ghostly apparition has been captured on film whilst the photographer's attention was on the intended subject.

In this case, I was taking pictures of ye olde telegraphe poles along the B5105.  It was only much later when processing it for inclusion on this very website that I noticed the bizarre patch of blue lower right. 

I felt sure my photograph had inadvertently captured a small piece of blue sky - that fabled phenomena which occurs when the rain stops and the clouds part or thin sufficiently such that an observer may see the sky behind.

My wife wasn't convinced. And I needed to know so contacted Simon Keeling at Weatherweb.net.  He examined my image in the minutest detail and with some of the most cutting-edge forensic photographic equipment.  He also re-examined the weathercasts for the day in question and re-ran the meteorological models using all the sophisticated computing power at his disposal.

His answer was clear and unambiguous.  "The photograph was taken in August.  In Wales." he said. "Your camera's knackered!".

I have now bought myself a Samsung ES71.