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If Only the Earth Was Flat….

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Guthlac

  Over the past few weeks my YouTube feed has been inundated with videos explaining why all the scientists, science, NASA, your own eyesight are wrong.   The world is flat.   I am amazed at the lengths people will go to … Continue reading →

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Tales From the River Bank…

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Guthlac

  Sometimes even if the light is really not that good you just have to try your best to get something…as well as get a bit sunburnt!

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Making hay….

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Guthlac

We are now back to indeterminant grey again – the clouds break for a shot while and a bright blue yonder appears only to be quickly enveloped once more by the grey of winter.   Because of this it is nice … Continue reading →

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Not what I was expecting…

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Guthlac

So much for all those plans.  Today was supposed to be an early rise out amongst the freezing mist – no mist/no sunrise!   Next plan:  Go to Charnwood Forest and try and capture the hard bleakness of the coming winter … Continue reading →

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21 Days

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Guthlac

The Warren Hills can be described as the roof of Leicestershire.  This sounds very dramatic but compared to say the Alps it isn’t really.  However, it does have its moments:  For one thing on a clear day it has spectacular … Continue reading →

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20 things you never knew about the Sony A7 Mk 2

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Guthlac

I really do apologise for the crap clickbait title to this blog…I must try better.  Anyway the real point of this post is that it is just over one year since I bought my almost new A7 Mk 2 and … Continue reading →

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That Was The Winter That Was….

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Guthlac

  So that is that then…winter is over!   Spring is here, well at least as far as the meteorologists are concerned (and me).  Whether the weather shares this point of view is another matter.   Now we are into March what … Continue reading →

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Walking in the mist…

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Guthlac

This weather is crazy.   On Friday it was 18 degrees C and we haven’t had a frost as such for some time.  Whilst on a personal level it is wonderful not to have to endure a harsh winter you do … Continue reading →

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Doing something naughty….

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Guthlac

As dawn broke this morning I found myself standing on top of a hill underneath the final approach to East Midlands Airport. It was a cold morning, not a middle of a Russian winter cold but cold enough for me.  … Continue reading →

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A very long time ago…

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Guthlac

  A long time ago I read the Arthur C Clarke short story The Sentinel.   It was the inspiration for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and formed the first act.  In the story a structure of incalculable age was … Continue reading →

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