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Welcome to the weekend.
And we had quite a bit planned, with Jen coming round to play cards in the after into the evening, as we are now in a bubble together, as John has his with his family.
No bubble, big trouble.
We had food bought, and I was going to make spicy chicken tortillas, so all was set.
And for the morning, we thought we would go to Samphire Hoe. And have a walk, get some fresh air. Stretch our legs. Hunt for orchid rosettes.
So after coffee, we go out, via Tesco to collect essential supplies: Madeira, stollen and baklava. As well as peppers.
All the major foodgrops covered there.
Tesco was quite quiet, we rushed round grabbing what we wanted and actually using a till rather than the scan n shop, so we atually talked to someone.
Actually.
And then it was down Jubilee Way, through town and up and out on the A20, before turning off and waiting for the traffic lights to go green.
It goes green, and we go down, finding the large circular car pak almost empty, so I struggle to reverse the car into one of the marked spaces.
Jools pays for an hour's parking, then we split up: she walks along the sea wall and I walk on the path over the rolling landscaped grassland.
There is a lot of fresh air to be had, all of it free, and with a head wind, a lot of it forcing it down my nose and into my mouth. I could smell the tang of salt in the air, smething that got stronger as I neared the beach at the far end.
A couple of trains rattle along on the line at the bottom of the coast. Which I snap.
Sheep scatter at my approach. They and the small herd of cows are essential to manage brambles and other vigorous plants and shrubs.
I meet up with Jools at the far end of the site, and we watch for about ten minutes as waves crashed on the beach, and a few Rock Pipits fed on small shellfish washed up.
We walk back up along the path beside the railway so I could hunt for evidence of orchid rosttes, but I find nothing, but it was just looking as walking, not on hands and knees. We will be back in the early spring, if lockdown allows.
Back to the car and drive back to the A2, off at the next exit and double back to return to Dover, along Townwall Street and back home up Jubilee Way.
For a brew.
And back in time to listen to Huey as we warm up, drink our coffee and feast on baklava.
The day slips by, so at two Jools goes to pick up Jen, while I carry on watching a video of a train climbng the Alps to St. Moritz. Somewhere else to go once the plague ends.
Jools arrives and we play Meld for a couple of hours. Easier with three and quicker. It gets dark, so I prepare dinner, cooking breaded chicken and warming up some party food.
It sould come as no surprise to ehar that the party food, even Finest party food, was a pale shadow of the butcher-bought chicken I prepared and cooked.
We ate, and then played more cards until it reached eight in the evening, and after five hours of cards, our bums were numb, so Jools took Jen home, and I watched Portugal v France on the tellybox.
Not a bad day.
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Name:Bit Power
IMO:9256432
Flag:Netherlands
MMSI: 244944000
Callsign:PDSV
Vessel type:Asphalt/bitumen Tanker
Gross tonnage:6,556 tons
Summer DWT:6,996 tons
Length:117 m
Beam:18 m
Draught:6.5 m
Home port:DORDRECHT
Class society:Bureau Veritas
Build year:2003
Builder: EDWARD SHIPYARD - SHANGHAI, CHINA
52 in 2020 Challenge
30. A rainy day
Not quite enough to fully replenish the supplies but it sure felt like it when it came down!
Okay, bit of a back story on this. "Connor McManly" asks a woman from the audience to be his "beer wench" during each of his Art of Wooing shows and when he says, "Beer Wench?" the audience tries to sound like an angelic choir while the woman holds up his beer stein for him. Which is a fairly amusing part of the act.
Connor saw this young lady in line at the beer stall right behind the stage, referred to her as the St. Pauli Girl (a German beer mascot) due to her traditional German Oktoberfest outfit, and asked her to hold his beer for him during the show. When he goes over the bit with the audience doing the choir thing, this young lady gives him back his beer and says, "I'm not your bitch!" and walks off.
I'm not going to pretend to know what was going on with her but the terms I have heard/researched for female German beer servers are either serving girls or beer wenches so he did say the correct term. Perhaps she was having a really bad day? Or misheard him? Dunno.
I took a photo of her (as part of the pre-show set-up as the main performer had approached her first and she agreed to it as the stein she is holding is the performer's) and in review, she really did seem... sad? Out of sorts? Upset prior to "beer wench" being said? She had some darker than normal circles under her eyes which I did minimize to a degree - my goal with photos is to present everyone in a flattering fashion while trying to tell a story with a stationary image - but I kept a good amount of those dark circles under her eyes as something clearing was making her unhappy at that moment.
I hope the rest of her faire experience turned out better after this scene. I'm truly not one of those men who say, "Wow, you'd be prettier if you smiled more," as she is welcome to feel how she feels, speak her mind, and not there for anyone's enjoyment (like a Barbie doll) let alone my enjoyment. But looking at this photo - even without the back story - it is fairly obvious she was not enjoying herself and it shows in her facial expression and body-language. But we all cannot be happy campers 24/7 and I wanted to show this bit of sad emotion as I felt it was important and real.
Everyone else may be showing off their photos from Chasewater yesterday, but I've just got round to uploading some from September...
Last bit of green land on the way out from Yosemite National Park, heading towards Death Valley
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Bit tired this evening so just a simple light pen with a coloured bag over the light spun around a wine glass.... ;)
The only bit of sunshine that we had for our sunset shots- it lasted just a few seconds and then was gone.
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Shot on Kodak EASTMAN DOUBLE-X 5222 at EI 250.
Black and white negative film in 35mm format.
Push processed 1 stop.
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Type : LPG Tanker (Gazier)
Pavillon : Suède 🇸🇪
Lancement : 2007
Chantier naval : Shanghai Edward Shipbuilding (Chine 🇨🇳)
Identification (IMO number) : 9309239
Longueur : 177,10 m
Largeur : 26,27 m
Tonnage : 17 757 tjb
Yep, guess who is financing most of our fiscal bonanza here in the US...
Macro Monday project – 12/05/11
“A wee bit of red”
Photo collage, workman's jeans and running shoes on the terrace of a house in central Querétaro, Mexico.
I have a lot more cooking gear, but this is what I use on a regular basis.
Back, from left to right:
Yet another aluminium foil windscreen. You tend to pick up a lot of those. Cheap, versatile and suprisingly sturdy.
Big stainless steel "cowboy" mug. Picked up from a wild west re-enactment suppler in Germany. Large enough to cook for one person.
Bushcooker. I really like the concept of these wood-gas stoves - and I try to bring it as my main cooker as often as possible.
It takes more work and is slower than a meths- or multifuel stove, but it gives me a very gratifying feeling to use it.
My only complaint is price vs. quality; considering the high price of this product, I had expected something better (in terms of materials and finish), than what I would be able to make myself from a couple of old tins.
12 cm. Zebra Billy Can. A bushcraft classic, made famous by Ray Mears. Not much to say; tough as nails, cheap (at least it used to be) and - well, now I said it - heavy.
I like my Zebra Billy Can, but I think I like it for the wrong reasons; I like it because it is an iconic piece of gear, used by Ray Mears. I do not, however, like it because it has any advantage over any other billy can/small pot I have ever had or used - actually, aside from the weight, it has three major issues going against it:
1. It is hard to pour water from it, without spilling. To me that is a nuicance - aswell as a real problem if you have limited supplies of water (ok, you rarely have that problem in Scandinavia).
2. The handle, which will be replaced by a piece of brake wire at some point, keeps falling down, causing it to get too hot to handle. The white plastic thingies, that comes with the can, helps a lot on this problem - but they won't last forever when the pot is used over fire.
3. The handle on the lid gets as hot as the lid itself, I would much have preferred a knob or a folding handle.
I still use the Zebra Billy Can though, but mostly with my Bushcooker - rarely over a fire. There I use the pots from my Tatonka Multiset.
Tatonka Handle Mug. This stainless steel mug is imho. a must have. I use it mostly to drink from, but when travelling really light, it has been used as my main cooking pot a few times. I use it a lot, when scouting, for heating water for a quick brew, in the embers of our campfire.
Like all Tatonka's 18/8 stainless products this is virtually unbreakable and it can be placed directly in a fire without taking any damage.
I guess this product works, in many ways, like the popular crusader cup - with slightly longer handles, making it more convenient to use over an open fire.
Fire-Maple hardanodized aluminium cookset. Fire-Maple is a virtually unknown Chinese manufacturer of camping goods. I only have personal experience with their pots though - but a very good experience that is.
I have compared this set to both the Optimus Terra Weekend and the Primus Trek Kettle, both costing more than three times of what the Fire-Maple does. Aside from a slightly better finish, what you get for your extra money, is the brand name. Sad, but true.
I am usually a "go for the big brands - you get what you pay for" kind of person, when it comes to outdoor gear - but this is at least one exception.
Front, from left to right:
GSI polycarbonate folding cooking utensils. Ok, maybe slightly poshcrafty - but really convenient and easier to clean than wood. I bought these together with the teflon pan for my trangia. I usually only carry these together with my "heavy" cooking sets, like the Trangia or Tatonka Multiset.
No-brand spring retained pot gripper. This is the classic pot gripper, that used to be available in every outdoor store here in Denmark, now it is almost impossible to find. I prefer it over the folding pot grippers from Trangia and tatonka.
Spork XM (extra medium). A larger version of the Light My Fire Spork (one regular sized shown for comparison). This is my main cooking- and eating utensil when packing light. Long enough to reach the bottom of a boil-in-bag meal and sturdy enough to stir a stew. One of my favourite pieces of gear.
Some embroidery from Anna Maria's Fields Aflutter pattern. You can see a little more of the special project here.
All new parts. All non-production except for the two-finger hinge pieces, which are just uncommon in green.
Paint them red and you'll nearly be there. However, Enviro400s might be common in London but these are the first Scania examples to have operated there. Having seen them on the Sunday on rail reps, Stephenson's Enviro400s were duping the 205. Buses on this service tended to run in pairs or greater.
_ACB4868-Edit - A little bit of blue with some fluffy stuff from Bembridge at the weekend.
Bit more f'in around f22 at 1/40, probably on the high f's didn't look bad at f18, but lost some of trunk marking and cloud definition, camera settings don't let you go above 22 once below 1/125 so a little bright in the foreground, but otherwise pleased with the result.
A bit of an experiment for me; using the panoramic feature on my iPhone (13 Pro) to capture the flooring to the ceiling at the AIB. This was an interactive exhibit where you could stand in front of the "eyes" and when they turned green say, " 'MY FUTURE LOOKS _____' (USE ONE WORD)."