Right place, right time

Monday morning, work day, having to scrape the ice off the car, leaving home at 06:30 to avoid the worst of the traffic into Manchester - not the best start to the day.

And then it happened - one of those moments that make you glad to be alive ... the sky just lit up with the most amazing colours!

Don't think I have ever moved so fast at that time of the morning - stopped the car, jumped out, grabbed the camera from the boot and ran to a spot from where I could see the sky and the brow of the hill - 10 minutes later and I would have missed it.

Perhaps this isn't going to be such a bad day after all :-)