Tag Archives: Canal

What a Difference a Day Makes…

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Guthlac

24 little hours…Also a much better camera and lens; light; weather…I could go on. Suffice to say walking along the River Trent at Sawley this afternoon was a much more pleasant experience than yesterday in the damp, strangely warm atmosphere. … Continue reading →

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Got the Builders In…

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Guthlac

Foxton Locks are many things: a tourist attraction; a nice walk in the country; a relic of bygone times and so on. What it was yesterday was a breath of early autumn fresh air whilst the builders continue to rework … Continue reading →

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End of Summer – Part 2 …

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Guthlac

Nothing says the end of summer like equipment tests but there we are. I spent the last afternoon of summer testing lens and camera bodies whilst at the same time trying to make some interesting images. The summer ended with … Continue reading →

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Pitbulls and Canals…

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Guthlac

It wasn’t supposed to have been a walk along the canal but this is Sunday so people decide to walk their dog and I am afraid that some people don’t realise that just because they see cute bundle of energy … Continue reading →

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Lockdown or Tier 4?….

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Guthlac

Do you know? I don’t. It certainly isn’t anything like as intrusive as the spring lockdown. Then hardly anything moved and very few shops were open. Now people seem to have found their own level of compliance and that is … Continue reading →

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TW 3 – Water – Day 7

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Guthlac

So that was that week.  The idea was to make some images each day to mark the end of the first year with my Sony mirrorless camera.   It was some week.  I must admit towards the end it was really … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Guthlac

If it’s Thursday then we must be out and about working on the Playgrounds of the Midlands project.   Today saw us wandering through the secret delights of Watermead Country park which allowed us ‘to bag’ three more parishes, Birstall, … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 330 – You should be dancing

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Guthlac

Like most people, I suspect, my mind works in very strange ways.  This morning I was walking along a local canal towpath when I started to wonder at how spring is very much a product of the weather rather than … Continue reading →

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Project LV One – Day 177 – Should I move to Yosemite Sam?

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Guthlac

It is over two years since I moved to the iMac and I still can’t get my head around their OS naming system – I much prefer the v10.9 et al than these pointless names.  It gets even worse when … Continue reading →

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