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I found another bargain in a charity shop! Not the camera above, I’ll come to the new find another day, but it did contain a part used roll of Delta 400. I removed it from that camera and loaded it into the Rollei 35s above. I didn’t pay too much care in using up theContinue reading “More from the Rollei 35s”

Yesterday I returned from a “trip up north” – I stayed on the Wirral, about 10 miles from Liverpool, near the small town of Neston. First of all, of all the holiday lets I’ve booked over the years, this was the best, and the one I enjoyed the most. Often there are a couple ofContinue reading “Back from another trip!”

North Yorkshire Moors Railway is a preserved steam railway running over the moors of Yorkshire. My visit to the railway was memorable. The car broke down just outside and I just made it to the car park! An executive decision was made that I’d have a day out on the railway, then call the AAContinue reading “North Yorkshire Moors Railway”

I would not call myself a Royalist, and whilst I am sorry that the queen has passed away, I also acknowledge a life well lived, and dedicated to the people of Britain and the Commonwealth. When I was younger I was to a degree, anti monarchy, these days I seem to have mellowed to theContinue reading “Long live the King!”

A few days ago I wrote about Rievaulx Abbey, an English Heritage property up in Yorkshire. Almost at the other end of the country stands another property looked after by “EH”, Launceston Castle. What stands today is mostly the central keep and is mainly 13th century, although the castle was originally started not long afterContinue reading “Launceston Castle”

A 50mm lens is not the best option to take to a zoo, but when it’s all you have with you, it’s better than nothing! I remember visiting here once before as a child with my 126 camera. The results were less than spectacular! I remember making a transparency of the entrance, even that wasContinue reading “Paignton Zoo”

While on my first “proper” visit to Yorkshire I made a visit to Rievaulx Abbey. It was one of the first Cistercian Abbey’s to be founded in England, and the first in the North of England, sometime around 1130. Like most, Rievaulx was “dissolved” (or “suppressed” seems to be the “new” word in use), historyContinue reading “Rievaulx Abbey”

May she rest in peace.

In his time, Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (Hon Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society) was one of the most talented photographers, period. He won medals at exhibitions world wide, including Paris, Berlin, Calcutta, Tokyo, New York and so on, and yet too few have heard of him, I suspect because of where he lived! FMS wasContinue reading “Frank Meadow Sutcliffe”

I am not at all knowledgeable about cars, trains or planes although they all interest me through the viewfinder. I do love these old Citroen Vans. It seems that red is a popular colour for vehicle’s. This is a little collection from the past couple of years! As far as I can recall all ofContinue reading “Transport is Red”