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I know fog isn’t exactly unusual at this time of year, but it’s been a while since we’ve had such dense fog that hasn’t lifted for two days on the trot, and according to the forecast it's set in for tomorrow too!By way of an example, here are some pics I took at Temple Newsam this morning.http://tinyurl.com/cz4shnqWalking across the football and rugby pitches, from the centre circle you literally couldn't see the posts at either end of the pitch.

There's some lovely photos there raveydavey. I particularly like the colourful ones of the leaves. The nice photo with the sign post has an artistic feel to it. The photos have reminded me of the "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" that is the start of John Keats 'Ode to Autumn'.

Dense fog? For those of us who remember the 1952 fog this is a light mist! In London during that episode visibility was down to one foot at times. It wasn't quite so bad in Leeds, I believe it was three feet at its worst. I recall that it wasn't possible to see your own feet, and that I managed to get seriously disorientated on my regular paper round, and it was frightening having to feel my way along the houses in the Bangors area of Lower Wortley until I could identify where I had got to.Country wide thousands of people died as a direct result of that fog. For confirmation and further details Google "1952 fog".

I remember back in about 1968 going by car to a fancy dress party in Wakefield. The fog was so bad at about Rothwell that a passenger dressed as a vicar (dog collar and Bible anyway) had to get out and walk in front of the car; we couldn't see either kerb or any street names. He would have looked a picture to anyone coming the other way - but of course no one could see him for the fog! Luckily, our driver could and we got to the party in one piece.Thankfully, those fogs that were so common then are very rare now, as are coal fires and factory chimneys of course.     

It made my smile when I read your description of your photos on FlickrP1190014aA grey and foggy day - if anything the fog was worse than it looks on many of these images. Still, if you've got a god you need to take him for a walk and Chance doesn't mind what the weather is up to!Chance looks like a dog to me or was it written "tongue in cheek"

Really atmospheric photos ... made me quite homesick for Autumn for a while - don't really get seasons here as we know them .. and the difference in sunset times between summer and winter is about 30 minutes ...

uncle mick wrote: It made my smile when I read your description of your photos on FlickrP1190014aA grey and foggy day - if anything the fog was worse than it looks on many of these images. Still, if you've got a god you need to take him for a walk and Chance doesn't mind what the weather is up to!Chance looks like a dog to me or was it written "tongue in cheek" Hi uncle mick - yes, Chance is our dog! My typo - perhaps I should apply for a position at the YEP Patexpat wrote: Really atmospheric photos ... made me quite homesick for Autumn for a while - don't really get seasons here as we know them .. and the difference in sunset times between summer and winter is about 30 minutes ... I know what you mean Pat - up to last year we had a couple of years where the lines between the seasons were really blurred here too - then the big freeze arrived. Autumn has arrived quite late this year, but for all it's faults I think it's probably the most photogenic of all 4 seasons.

raveydavey wrote: I know what you mean Pat - up to last year we had a couple of years where the lines between the seasons were really blurred here too - then the big freeze arrived. Autumn has arrived quite late this year, but for all it's faults I think it's probably the most photogenic of all 4 seasons. So late that winter last year beat it. One year ago we were already halfway through our first week of the snow and freeze. I think the weather forecasters have mentioned the possibility of frost later in this week. I think we've only had one frosty morning so far this autumn which must be very rare for the last full week of November.

My daughter thought the fog was heavy and when I told her about the proper fogs we had when I was a lad she gave me the “ooh yes of course dad” look.

5 March 1975 - Leeds v Anderlecht at Elland Road. I was on half way and all I saw the whole game were 5 kick-offs (Leeds won 3-0).