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[smokeysmoo]

Taken today at the summit of WINTER HILL* in Bolton which at 1465ft above sea level must be about the highest point around here, well it's high enough to have a transmitting STATION on it

I've been up here many times before on MTB's, but never on the road bike, so I decided it was time to put those demons to bed, although I could have picked a cooler day TBH

*the windmill was actually taken on the approach road to HAIGH HALL Country Park in Wigan though.



The plaque in picture 3 is a memorial to GEORGE HENDERSON who was murdered on these moors in 1838! The full inscription reads;
"In memory of George Henderson Traveller Native of Annan Dumfrieshire who was barbarously murdered on Rivington Moor at Noonday November 9th 1838 in the 20th year of his age."

 

[John Shingler]

 

[Peteaud]

With my crocked back, no cycling at the moment, but a gentle walk to the beach produced this...

 

[Cyclist33]

great bimble with my sis from liverpool to southport today, ride had a bit of everything, roads, coastal paths, sandy tracks, fireroad, and the beach!

 

[mark c]

A Trek on the Exe

 

[Cyclist33]

great bimble with my sis from liverpool to southport today, ride had a bit of everything, roads, coastal paths, sandy tracks, fireroad, and the beach!

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Later in the ride, upon entering a treeline trail along the forest south of Southport, my hybrid/roadster/flatbarred cross bike/daily and nightly commuter/century companion was referred to by a bunch of dedicated teenage MTBers, as "that beast 'Dale; look at that Cannondale, it's a beast" - that was one of many ride highlights

 

[Adam1965]

Day out at RAF Cosford today

 

[Learnincurve]

From my ride yesterday. Taken with the fujifilm x100 because the light was too dull to justify any faffing around bringing other lenses.

 

[bigjim]

Nice to see somebody using film.

 

[Haitch]

Lodgings in Aarhus, Denmark.

 

[Learnincurve]

Me? I'm afraid not on these two although I still do now and again. The X100 is deliberately designed to be as close to film as possible though, stick it in iso 3200 and you can't really tell the difference between pushed film. Alongside the x100 I have two sets of gear based around lenses. my M4/3 cameras and leica/telephoto set and my sony/minolta set with my macro lens and the old beercan minolta lenses I was given in the late 80s/early 90s by my grandpa.

If anyone is looking to upgrade from mobile and wants a small light and cheap set up they don't have to worry about then my recommendation is the micro four thirds Panasonic G1 (£70) and sigma 19 mm 2.8. (£125) They are fast as anything and sharp as a tack, the 60mm is also good. I say the G1 because it had a feature that was stopped in all the others that came after it and it's the ability to take black and white pictures in the raw as well as jpeg and am of the opinion that every m4/3 shooter should own it. Basically other cameras will just bring the cameras saturation down, this is one of the very few that will take the photo in black and white and you can see it in the viewfinder, which isn't as brilliant as the newer ones but you get used to it. I usually use the G1 when taking black and white over my Olympus EM-5 because there is something about them that you can't recreate in any other camera.

 

[bigjim]

I thought Fujifilm was a 35mm film not a camera. Doohhh

 

[F70100]

Would appreciate knowing the location of this caff.

 

[F70100]

Sadly, cycling free content in this selection from my recent travels. I'm doing the Way of the Roses route at the end of this month so hope to be able to have some more suitable content then. In the meantime:

From Glasgow: The Waverley getting her pre season spruce-up

A combination you don't want to think of from this building in the Tobacco Quarter...

Mont Blanc:

The pinnacles on the ridge behind the summit ridge look particularly imposing. Do they have a name?

 

[welsh dragon]

Today I spent a very pleasant hour watching Mr WD flounder around in the pond trying to clear it of weeds and debris