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Great Sca Fell summit video.
One of the 214 Wainwright Fells I walked between August 2009 and March 2011.
Having bought this out of a machine in Sainsbury's (the ones they put on the way out to trap unsuspecting teenagers), Kaz realised something was wrong.
Longlands Fell summit video.
One of the 214 Wainwright Fells I walked between August 2009 and March 2011.
This photo is terrible. It was not taken for any artistic or talent or to win any competitions. It's really not that good.
Why is it photo of the week? Because on a very crap day this brought a big smile to my face and helped me forget about things for a few brief minutes.
That's why.
The first picture I took on Take Your Box Camera to Work Day, and it was already getting dusky. I was delayed getting out of work by a series of cockups, so lost all but the very last light on the Day; I made up for it by going back out a bit earlier the next day.
Anyhow, this one is just looking toward the end of town where they've put up the Ferris wheel. It's Efke R100 (I still have a handful of rolls left) in my Kodak Hawkeye Ace Deluxe, and developed in HC110 diluted 1/32 for 8.5 minutes; sort of a two-stop push. still had to mess about in the scanning to get much visible here. I'm not bothering to upload any more form the end of this roll.
It's the first time I've used this camera - it's a very simple card-bodied box, with one shutter speed (not even a 'B' setting), and a pull-out wire-frame finder at the front. It's the 'Deluxe' model because it has lugs for a string strap; I think you're expected to provide the actual string yourself; mine came in its original box, but there was no strap with it.
Well I’ve been a bit slack of late with updates IRT to build, with what NZ Election, AB’s back on the giggle box and a few cockups with the Ark.
It was going to plan with this, but main mast fell apart while I was painting it and trying to reassemble the mast was a pain in the ass.
Anyway it’s finally fixed with today I’ve put the decals on which went ok, until I review the pictures I took today and I realised the markings for port catapult are not straight. Oh well, how sad never mind.
Tomorrow will be some rigging and fitting of the hockey sticks.
"I flamingoed up." "What's that?" "It's like a cockup, only bigger." Pink flamingos hanging out near the zoo entrance.
A few pictures since Saturday, we have been in lockdown since 1pm Sunday local time now 1pm Friday atm thanks to NSW’s/ Sydney cockup. So I have a funny feeling I might get this finished by Friday, providing I don’t have stuff ups with the rigging that I started late this afternoon.
The track through the valley with those fells on your left leads up the River Dash to the dramatic little waterfall known as Whitewater Dash, and then to Skiddaw House. I know the route quite well (you can see some of my walks up it on other albums) and it was nice to recognise the fells in question from a new viewpoint.
Walking the Wainrights walk 2. July 2012. Great Cockup/Meal Fell/Great Sca Fell/Brae fell/Knott/Great Calva.
Summit area
Hill number:2347
Height:526m / 1726ft
Parent (Ma):2328 Knott
RHB Section:34A: Lake District - Northern Fells
Nuttall/Wainwright area:Lake District - Northern Fells
County/UA:Cumbria (CoU)
Catchment:Ellen, Derwent (Workington), Catchment Boundaries
Watershed:Solway Firth
Class:Dodd (500-599m), Dewey, Wainwright, Birkett, Synge,
Fellranger, Subhump
(Tu,5,Dew,W,B,Sy,Fel,sHu)
Grid ref:NY 27337 33320
Summit feature:cairn
Drop:90m
Walking the Wainrights walk 2. July 2012. Great Cockup/Meal Fell/Great Sca Fell/Brae Fell/Knott/Great Calva.
The impressive summit cairn on Great Cockup. This does mark the highest point of the fell, but a much more impressive cairn exists to the west of here marking a spot with much better views (apparently - it looked exactly the same in the mist).
Walking the Wainrights walk 2. July 2012. Great Cockup/Meal Fell/Great Sca Fell/Brae Fell/Knott/Great Calva.
My car is in the garage once again (lost count of the time its been there). I had a hire car delivered to the house, it arrived at 8:30pm! It was too dark to check it out so I just took the keys and signed the paperwork. When I went out the car that had been delivered was a Skoda Octavia but the paperwork said it should have been a Vauxhall Astra. When I got in it there was a disgusting smell of sick and sour milk. I got it changed the morning after!
Hello, and welcome, to the latest in my on-going series: Capital Cockups.
If you look carefully at this photo you can see that the street name carver of yesteryear clearly got his cuneiforms in a conundrum!
He actually started the 'P' and the 'L' of 'place' one letter too far over to the left. And putting stone back into the grooves obviously wasn't his strong point.
The 'Dauphine' (notice the archaic 'V' for our 'u') is pretty grungy too, but i'll put that down to general wear and tear, and the odd revolution or two. Carve on, cavalier!
(A Paris iPhone street photograph by Sab Will for the 'Paris and I' photo blog @ paris-and-i.parissetmefree.com )
Walking the Wainrights walk 2. July 2012. Great Cockup/Meal Fell/Great Sca Fell/Brae Fell/Knott/Great Calva.
Walking the Wainrights walk 2. July 2012. Great Cockup/Meal Fell/Great Sca Fell/BraeFell/Knott/Great Calva.
The collection of fells behind Skiddaw are not often frequented and would probably make a fine walk in solitude if you chose the right day.
A few pictures since Saturday, we have been in lockdown since 1pm Sunday local time now 1pm Friday atm thanks to NSW’s/ Sydney cockup. So I have a funny feeling I might get this finished by Friday, providing I don’t have stuff ups with the rigging that I started late this afternoon.
If you go up Longlands Fell, on the left, you can wander the tops of all the others without much difficulty. First time I went up there I ticked off 4 or 5 Wainwrights in one go. The pointy one is Knott, which is the highest. I think I need to do that group on my next trip with Kiri.
"If you let Tom take a picture of you, it'll be on the Internet, on Flickr, you know!" Steve wasn't wrong. Duncan, you're now on Flickr (but hey, you were anyway). I really love this picture, despite the whole high-ISO cockup (wherein I left the camera at 1600 and never checked it). Won't be doing that again in a hurry.