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The Dream ...Jaume Plensa's 20m high sculpture at Sutton Manor ..... This was an old colliery site now reclaimed as a local park ... I had planned on filming the demolition of 4 of the eight towers at Fiddlers ferry which was planned on that day... Unfortunately the mist put that to bed... Still a lovely walk ..

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A little walk up Watkins path today... From Ancient woodlands to the section where they filmed "Carry On up the Khyber" and Private Widdle lost his undies to Bungditin the Burper.... Past the Gladstone rock(of Gladstone bag fame) then onwards and upwards to the summit with a quick descent down Ryd Dhu back across to Watkins at the waterfall....

Getting used to the cameras limitations is fun and a learning curve..... 1/800th max shutter.... Dont go beyond ISO400 (despite the diatribe on digital ISO being fake from 4 years ago ) ...

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Joe

The 'Hundred Year Stone' is a sculpture by Peter Randall-Page located on the shore of Derwent Water between Calf Close Bay and Broomhill Point. It was made in 1995 to celebrate the Centenary of the National Trust.

Taken from the National trust website...

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Joe

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Seen a bargain on Ebay and couldn't resist snapping it up... under 700 shots a H4D-31 HC80mm F2.8 and all genuine... Took it out today to grab a few shots...The second original image is over 30mbs so I've had to reduce to a 6mb file... The last two shots are the camera

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You couldn't have picked a nicer place.... Peaceful and stunning she will rest in peace.....

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Joe

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Did a quick straighten up and B&W conversion....... The shot was taken with a little Ricoh GRiii compact camera as we had a few days away so packed very light.....

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Had a few hours so visited the Duke of Argylls family seat in Scotland...... The castle was rebuilt in the 1700s and was nearly destroyed by fire on two separate occasions the last being 1975 on bonfire night..... Definitely worth a visit as the scenery overlooking the Castle and Loch Fyne from the "Dun Na Cuaiche" water tower is stunning and worth the walk up (248m)... The Campbell family have owned the land since the 1470's eventually gaining Dukedom status in the 1600's ..... The most famous of the family would possibly be Princess Louise 4th daughter of Queen Victoria who married John Campbell 9th Duke of Argyll as they had no children the Dukedom passed on to brother Archibalds siblings then on to younger brother Walters siblings...... Reminds me of the Ealing old classic "Kind hearts and Coronets" ..... American musical duo of Lerner & Loewe composed several songs for "My Fair Lady" on the Piano located in the Saloon room....

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I love the graffiti .... just to add to the character

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Joe