Friday 14th September 2001 – 7.35am
Bright sun rising into a clear blue sky, a fair northwest wind and a promising new day. The sun is back down over the Vickers sheds though; just rising up, and the edge of the Channel is still in shade, lightening and shining as part of a gradient across its width, east to west. Black Combe sits high and proud, its face caught in full sun, with a small cloud at its tip, looking as if it is being peeled.