Sunrise with birds

There are only really three places on my ride to work where I get a decent chance of blipping a sunrise. When I passed the first this morning on Bents Lane, there was the slightest glimmer on the horizon but no real colour in the sky and I still needed my lights to avoid the ditch at the side of the lane. When I passed the second point it was colouring up nicely but nothing special. The thing about sunrises is that they take a while to get going then suddenly you come over a rise and they've gone over, past their best. I realised this was going to happen as I hit the final long incline before my downhill from the top of the estate and had to pedal like billy-o to catch it in its glory from the back playground. The resident seagulls on the all weather pitch {who live on a diet of pizza slices), were jostling with local crows, but only the crows flew high enough to be caught against the sky. Makes one glad to be alive!