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Dartmoor Photowalk 39/23 Crazywell Pool+2 Bridges
This week faced with a weather forecast for thundery showers I decided to stay off the high moor so I went over to Burrator Reservoir and took a wander through Raddick Plantation out to Crazywell Pool via Leather Tor Farm and Bridge. As it happened t...
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- Posted by : topsyrm
- 1 Oct 2023 10:22AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 47
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The Pentax and the Butterfly
I always carry my trusty Pentax MX-1, probably the best compact camera that I have ever used. It is staggeringly useful in terms of functions, not too large or heavy and sturdily made. It also has a great lens, the SMC Pentax 8-25mm f/1.8-2.5, comple...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 25 Sep 2023 3:37PM
- Views : 310
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Historic Tyldesley - Frank's Cafe and More!
There was a cafe in this building for many years, well loved by local people and run by Frank and his wife. Eventually, of course, Frank retired and the building has been under restoration for some time now. If you look on YouTube one of the urban ex...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 24 Sep 2023 10:55AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 344
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Dartmoor Photowalk 38/23 Shelstone & Black-a-Tor
This week the weather forecast was for drizzle and mist but clearing on the North Moor towards early afternoon so I decided to go North over Prewley Moor to Shelstone Tor and try to get a shot up the West Okement Valley of Black-a-Tor Copse one of th...
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- Posted by : topsyrm
- 24 Sep 2023 9:54AM
- 5 Comments
- Views : 120
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A Lovely Day in the Park
The day was lovely and fresh after the storms of the past week, and the air was clean and bright. Lots of families out in the park enjoying the cooler weather.
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- Posted by : SlowSong
- 23 Sep 2023 5:47PM
- Views : 100
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Historic Tyldesley - The Technical College
There is a road sign that says "Welcome to Historic Tyldesley" or something similar, and for a while we scratched our heads wondering what excatly was historic about Tyldesley. Well, slap on the hand for us, because there are plenty of things that w...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 23 Sep 2023 2:41PM
- Views : 304
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Dartmoor Photowalk 37/23 Shavercombe+Drizzlecombe
This week the weather forecast was for rain on the North Moor but gaps on the South Moor so I decided to go to an area I have been several times around Ditsworthy Warren House and the Drizzlecombe but not to specifically shoot them I had heard of a w...
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- Posted by : topsyrm
- 17 Sep 2023 9:52AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 102
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Buile Hill Greenhouse - Progress Report
We were down at Buile Hill Park in Salford today, just to see how the mansion and the Greenhouse were getting along. The mansion is under restoration at the moment, but the greenhouse was set to be demolished. This was such a wonderful place, with bi...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 11 Sep 2023 12:42AM
- Views : 530
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Dartmoor Photowalk 36/23 Bellever & Laughter Tors
This week the weather forecast was for clear blue skies and sunshine, not the landscape photographer’s best friend but I take what I get on the day so I decided to go out to Bellever and Laughter Tors. I just took my Leica M9s for a more basic approa...
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- Posted by : topsyrm
- 10 Sep 2023 10:58AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 141
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Always Carry a Camera
I make a point of always carrying a camera, just to capture anything and everything that catches my eye as we carry on with the minutiae of life. I was in Atherton and just heading for the shop that sells fuses and passed a small alleyway that used t...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 7 Sep 2023 8:59PM
- Views : 459
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The Golden Days of Motoring, Part Three
For the final part of this short sequence of motoring based blogs, a glimpse of something that would be a terrific find for anyone. Perhaps there's an old disused barn on your land, perhaps one day you decide to clear it out and perhaps withiong you ...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 5 Sep 2023 9:56AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 391
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The Golden Days of Motoring, Part Two
Continuing the look at yesterday's classic car show, I could have spent many more hours looking at these fine machines and chatting to their owners, plus of course collecting a huge set of images. Only one car that I would like to see again seemed to...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 4 Sep 2023 10:19AM
- 1 Comments
- Views : 370
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The Golden Days of Motoring, Part One
Today we went down to Arley Hall to see the Classic and Performance Car Motor Show, a magnificent display of classic vehicles brought to uis by their proud and doting owners. I used to be quite an officianado of all things motoring, but it's been man...
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- Posted by : johnriley1uk
- 3 Sep 2023 10:11PM
- Views : 375
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Dartmoor Photowalk 35 Emsworthy Rocks to Haytor
This week I had seen a gap in the weather around Widecombe way so I planned a GFX shoot at Emsworthy Rocks looking towards Hound Tor and Greator Rocks unfortunately when I looked at the weather again on the morning of the photowalk it had changed to ...
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- Posted by : topsyrm
- 3 Sep 2023 9:55AM
- 3 Comments
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