June 15th: Distant storms at sunset over Southern England

The 15th saw widespread convective showers and thunderstorms breaking out across much of the UK. However, many central and southern areas remained dry and mainly sunny, including this region. My car was needing attention on its brakes, and so, frustratingly, I was unable to get out and find the storms. I noticed some distant anvils to the north around an hour before sunset, so headed a few miles north (car now fixed) to catch the sunset. I'm glad I did as the visibility and lighting was fantastic, almost making up for the lack of storms in this area today and so far this summer in general. The first image is just after I arrived and set up the tripod. The storms had recently produced lightning, and were located about 90-100 miles away:

To my NE, new convection was taking place towards the London area, about 60-70 miles away:

Back towards the setting Sun, several individual showers/storms could be seen:

The light was much more colourful by this stage:

Back to the NE, more anvils were becoming visible:

To the NW, the Sun was setting behind an anvil nearly 100 miles away over the horizon:

The one to the north was revealed as the mid-level cloud moved away:

Meanwhile, a strong anvil had developed on the cell towards London:

A wider view to the NW after sunset:

As the cloud continued to clear, a couple more large storms were revealed to the north, again over 50 miles away:

This wide-angle shot shows 8 seperate anvils across the northern sky:

And a final shot as the light faded: