I downloaded Stellarium. I looked at the time and direction from my location. It would appear to be Venus on there. If it is then it's the brightest thing barring the sun and moon i have ever seen. The horizon as i see it will be slightly above the real horizon due to the landscape, so it could have risen in the east and moved west. According to Stellarium venus rises with the sun or there abouts and travels accross the sky with it and becomes fully visible an hour or so before sunset. This is probably it. But still i'l be keeping and eye out tonight.