Happy Birthday Brenda!

It's Brenda's birthday today. 

I bought her a lens to celebrate but as I didn't know her size, I have kept the receipt.  

I took it to Parkwood Springs to test it. 

It seems fine. I hope she likes it.

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Chilly stuff

Masborough in the snow.

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Good wishes

To both occasional readers of my blog. 

Ecclesfield Church, taken with a £20 Olympus C1000L, boasting a massive 850,000 pickles.

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Elsecar Park

I first went to Elsecar Park in 1969 and was wowwed by the local pride displayed in the place.

Things have changed but there is still some magic about.

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St John the Baptist, Mexborough

Mexborough (canal, flour mill and church) has a magnetic pull for me and while I was wandering around the churchyard yesterday, Digilux 3 in hand, the vicar popped by and invited me in.

A combination of needing two pairs of spectacles, feeling rushed and tiny Digilux controls resulted in a suite of blurred images with only one being just about presentable. 

There is a Norman aisle so a return visit with another camera (and even a tripod!!!) is planned.

There's a good gang of gargoyles and grotesques.

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But is it ...?

A warm welcome to a new installation on the Sheffield Canal at Tinsley.

https://www.alexchinneck.com/

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Barnard Castle

One of the dubious benefits of using too many cameras is that I come across images that I had forgotten about as SD cards are shared between several cameras.

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The spectacular High Force and the gentler Low Force on the river Wear.

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While B watched the Remembrance Day service in Chapeltown Park, strange transformations were taking place nearby.

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Hemmingfield

Hemmingfield Colliery was one of the Fitzwilliam mines as a canal was dug to aid the transport of the coal.

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And on to Mexborough....

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Sony PM1

Using the (£10) Sony PM1 yesterday led to it being designated as the worst digital camera that I have owned. Lack if stabilisation and tiny lens aperture being the main shortcomings despite it being a cheerful orange colour. Using it on a dull day didn't help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbb-DvbZhaE

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Olympus E-PL2

New cameras need to be tested out at Holmes Lock to prepare them for all the desolation to come.

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The good folk of Wath upon Dearne have made a strong statement for Rememberence Day.

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New lenses need to be tried at Elsecar.

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