tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273828492024-03-17T20:19:04.024+01:00Boxes & Bellowsand no wee boateeAndrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-54605090892830524182024-03-17T01:30:00.001+01:002024-03-17T01:30:00.132+01:00stones<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W5-frXFnCmlE0M3GL2-jUUcAVmSHei-TDvccqW-22kzNl5ALfYunByfHNzCd4Z9GSydU0s84KdiHzl2GRRwvz6Om8fXgIylrCl_Ki693HtDj8r0tRLX5bH3KlNXuKSD0g9eNhEOsnHRdmo4F53GvDVLFvqFF13TW7GT1URz9cbfBnL49IVQpzw/s5252/f100hassi-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5252" data-original-width="5187" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W5-frXFnCmlE0M3GL2-jUUcAVmSHei-TDvccqW-22kzNl5ALfYunByfHNzCd4Z9GSydU0s84KdiHzl2GRRwvz6Om8fXgIylrCl_Ki693HtDj8r0tRLX5bH3KlNXuKSD0g9eNhEOsnHRdmo4F53GvDVLFvqFF13TW7GT1URz9cbfBnL49IVQpzw/w395-h400/f100hassi-5.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /> Another cemetery snap this time with the Hassie using up the film in it. Nice sky at the time.<p></p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-9818295627276099992024-03-15T01:30:00.001+01:002024-03-15T01:30:00.136+01:00hoping<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_a-WJthYr2tcWXs9rO6_sxBVI2v8rKEuu-8vSrrixH5JDYFFGGnT_Uku6sNVNXMjRe4KElBUtgkapwFYa7nBIE4DbMCIl8yQRsZGWPY2pAF1SIFxOQJATiY-EwvgsWLOxjTC821Gh0rUAeRPPfGAf56PGLafp-8eAXwWIFy0-kCKd9i_Buw3sg/s5117/f100hassi-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5117" data-original-width="4950" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_a-WJthYr2tcWXs9rO6_sxBVI2v8rKEuu-8vSrrixH5JDYFFGGnT_Uku6sNVNXMjRe4KElBUtgkapwFYa7nBIE4DbMCIl8yQRsZGWPY2pAF1SIFxOQJATiY-EwvgsWLOxjTC821Gh0rUAeRPPfGAf56PGLafp-8eAXwWIFy0-kCKd9i_Buw3sg/w388-h400/f100hassi-1.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hoping this white stuff doesn't make an appearance here again in the near future. I mean, I like the look, but makes getting anywhere difficult especially off island as the mainland opposite usually cops it worse.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-59764188509840331412024-03-12T01:30:00.006+01:002024-03-12T01:30:00.152+01:00Art<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5O7UwEqfGYwmSNI1ioBQFiIzeVSSa4zXl7bSmknLUyzRhOmNVL_hVlkDSOt2ILD6N47k1toeVowfX0R1Hc4IK8lxYYlD7q9l5Fev_Cao2eJhPvqGXSdw2l9mVXVJHpfC8ncnJIJmyGijjtK2zQYTXTWHOTGm6yPhMjppDZjnoDTo_hgjzYLHyw/s4617/f400-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3063" data-original-width="4617" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5O7UwEqfGYwmSNI1ioBQFiIzeVSSa4zXl7bSmknLUyzRhOmNVL_hVlkDSOt2ILD6N47k1toeVowfX0R1Hc4IK8lxYYlD7q9l5Fev_Cao2eJhPvqGXSdw2l9mVXVJHpfC8ncnJIJmyGijjtK2zQYTXTWHOTGm6yPhMjppDZjnoDTo_hgjzYLHyw/w400-h265/f400-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The exhibition we went to visit had fine sandwiches and coffee. The snaps were great as were the paintings and poems. Best of all the peeps there were lovely.</p><p>We stopped here on the way back. Why not? It was just a momentary stop.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-1020505038071579552024-03-10T01:30:00.009+01:002024-03-10T01:30:00.127+01:00been a tad damp<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOs21w0EczgMacUra5jmrRXG8Tql4RaAZ0tYFL-ql-_NSYrY7N34QWsitardFALffFGcvpbrqZ4zZ7nmjN3Ze3klbpgq5rcESvnwherkHHPtFiTZnYXJmH5XdvTt7yD4KNhlEdkEarhKmt3zGOlaHuiYyUOE_zwIHYMArhKdxXmOu_AR2Vnaxdg/s4662/f400-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3026" data-original-width="4662" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOs21w0EczgMacUra5jmrRXG8Tql4RaAZ0tYFL-ql-_NSYrY7N34QWsitardFALffFGcvpbrqZ4zZ7nmjN3Ze3klbpgq5rcESvnwherkHHPtFiTZnYXJmH5XdvTt7yD4KNhlEdkEarhKmt3zGOlaHuiYyUOE_zwIHYMArhKdxXmOu_AR2Vnaxdg/w400-h260/f400-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The village has been a tad damp recently. The crofter's croft is a mud bath, the peat tracks are fine frog-spawning places.</p><p><br /></p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-57003527854308357252024-03-08T01:30:00.001+01:002024-03-08T01:30:00.236+01:00Houses houses houses<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_6ul9m7rB7hIbezrjBTR0MCRKwLmoOreAOnKD33z5YoN143XfFd0XacvdcMHmkjk9QZtBk8dgHohlo8FpeKEAMgmFx4z4Z5oes7iIHTy14aTz4BnwLjpEjVfpryGwcPmOXUvyl7OUqpKHlgIeC01483NjEKy4YfWDl_9c45zjcojFJJ5WXIODA/s4599/f400-200-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3026" data-original-width="4599" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_6ul9m7rB7hIbezrjBTR0MCRKwLmoOreAOnKD33z5YoN143XfFd0XacvdcMHmkjk9QZtBk8dgHohlo8FpeKEAMgmFx4z4Z5oes7iIHTy14aTz4BnwLjpEjVfpryGwcPmOXUvyl7OUqpKHlgIeC01483NjEKy4YfWDl_9c45zjcojFJJ5WXIODA/w400-h264/f400-200-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>There are new houses going up all over the village. This one one down on a croft all black and just so. I photographed here in the barn in foreground a year or two back as the local crofter wrestled sheeps - see <a href="https://boxesbellows.blogspot.com/2011/05/sheeping-or-something-like-that.html">here</a>. </p><p>How life moves on so quickly.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-20771872136381831622024-03-06T01:30:00.013+01:002024-03-06T01:30:00.129+01:00Opera<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxfMhlxkWqPfXXRG241X6jDjqmJ3c-6WB-O3dja1r6af5M82hDKUcaEG74iIjpEmAoYk1kMZH8XmacP185KdKqya185c7Hhri8sHiT_nnDAXm64ELlmyxpSfUs2js6fWUJ_AKwP_2LlVh78MQJvzIyMsduVIxHWI0FWVsXqBu5mQRHXgQKeDl9Q/s4302/f400-200-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2892" data-original-width="4302" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxfMhlxkWqPfXXRG241X6jDjqmJ3c-6WB-O3dja1r6af5M82hDKUcaEG74iIjpEmAoYk1kMZH8XmacP185KdKqya185c7Hhri8sHiT_nnDAXm64ELlmyxpSfUs2js6fWUJ_AKwP_2LlVh78MQJvzIyMsduVIxHWI0FWVsXqBu5mQRHXgQKeDl9Q/w400-h269/f400-200-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.scottishopera.org.uk/shows/opera-highlights-202324/">Scottish opera</a> came to Stormoway recently and we, that's Eve and I went along. Lovely evening though the story was hard to follow unless one had a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">babelfish </a>stuck in one ear as it was variously in English, French, German and Russian. </p><p>I suspect it was a take on local politics but who could tell?</p><p>We are off to an exhibition opening as I write over on the west side, the other side of this island. Snaps, writings and drawings - so lots to look forward too. I shall report back in good time.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-54346190214664970222024-03-04T01:30:00.025+01:002024-03-04T01:30:00.134+01:00Here's another<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSF9XNKf_H7V1Vj5dqMll4to6QEIT_XUZ9D-GAKjpY3tz-JuSm_Nrdr4kj962AU6VRia6HmJndwAonhWdB-AvS_710Er3kX-gBk3IWfChOL1Wr-hRlk6rObiEiqwpL3m-qLDTi_qL1PpTnbGAefZOs_KiXUwJQjXEdX7z8Xi0KfD86Sz0O9cm4A/s2314/20240301_111714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2314" data-original-width="1916" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSF9XNKf_H7V1Vj5dqMll4to6QEIT_XUZ9D-GAKjpY3tz-JuSm_Nrdr4kj962AU6VRia6HmJndwAonhWdB-AvS_710Er3kX-gBk3IWfChOL1Wr-hRlk6rObiEiqwpL3m-qLDTi_qL1PpTnbGAefZOs_KiXUwJQjXEdX7z8Xi0KfD86Sz0O9cm4A/w331-h400/20240301_111714.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I can hardly believe that no-one mentioned much yesterday. I love that snap.</p><p>Another Ilford G3 print this time from a 6x6 I came upon in the pile that is my filing system. My system seems to have gone to pot since we bought a new <a href="https://boxesbellows.blogspot.com/search?q=settee">settee</a>. anyway, this was taken using an auxiliary close up lens I think. looks like it anyway. Nice shine on the print from the kitchen light too.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-16669501774152661942024-03-02T01:30:00.008+01:002024-03-02T01:30:00.244+01:00Ilford G3<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c1BjH5Ay4xYq7EOKgbKSU1rRxxr17eQmgPuKG3Pcdb0QjG2yw0cCiLZAuL00VELFRtSaJ68eQE3zvv8853SZeQyxygibzX2FMvi-3E0F5EhqnWRrhBIBY_NOSoLpSApNRvQqdBrCgl9Au6hznLV4NSuriL06rMp_GL1Vc4a3EEuhz4FmzSXHaA/s3177/20240301_111721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3177" data-original-width="3003" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-c1BjH5Ay4xYq7EOKgbKSU1rRxxr17eQmgPuKG3Pcdb0QjG2yw0cCiLZAuL00VELFRtSaJ68eQE3zvv8853SZeQyxygibzX2FMvi-3E0F5EhqnWRrhBIBY_NOSoLpSApNRvQqdBrCgl9Au6hznLV4NSuriL06rMp_GL1Vc4a3EEuhz4FmzSXHaA/w378-h400/20240301_111721.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I was in the darkroom yesterday and produced a couple of prints on some G3 Ilford paper I found. Did the job nicely unlike the scan here. Still a nice snap of someone going about their days. No idea where it was not that it matters.</p><p>Was taken on Polypan-f film which I really like and still have a fair amount of thank goodness. I shall be taking a few rolls of it with a suitable camera when we have a short sojourn in Edinburgh soonish on the day when Eve was born - a few years back.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-23079414699222014102024-03-01T01:30:00.002+01:002024-03-01T01:30:00.134+01:00the village brown bits<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u4It4tkFkE9ncOFhsAU7aF6Ld55DtRFdabtmW6A8EnSZ0uC_npdTNqiqBnOKOmbAKc00-iARIgWkzuFSUe_e6cdwUbOHDaDggS3zv3vMDO5ucrAhlvl5VF-9NSPscu0ItMHoQ9KopopavGZrx3CMs28fsP_yXqotheB_oEJSAb1aXABgCFzQ1g/s4608/f400-200-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="4608" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u4It4tkFkE9ncOFhsAU7aF6Ld55DtRFdabtmW6A8EnSZ0uC_npdTNqiqBnOKOmbAKc00-iARIgWkzuFSUe_e6cdwUbOHDaDggS3zv3vMDO5ucrAhlvl5VF-9NSPscu0ItMHoQ9KopopavGZrx3CMs28fsP_yXqotheB_oEJSAb1aXABgCFzQ1g/w400-h263/f400-200-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>We have not got village green here. Grass is reluctant to grow well up here; Just ask the green keepers at the bowling club. Actually, just ask the Crofter who has to buy copious amounts of grassy allsorts for his many animals to feed on.</div><div><br /></div><div>This above here is a croft just over the road from <a href="https://islandcrofters.blogspot.com/">The Crofter</a>'s place. It doesn't have animals on it very often. And that is an island lamppost. We have them all over the shop. I think they are there so we have to traipse down to <a href="https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/garry-beach-tolsta-p2569011">Garry beach</a> to see the Northern Lights properly.</div><div><br /></div>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-7273797987458542322024-02-29T01:30:00.022+01:002024-02-29T01:30:00.254+01:00a 20mm stroll<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqzgQvkwKZxcKVEeHlqoLYU75FOuR5hRvcEI8Rbp84RG8vlRNxc13-GxbPvUD-1C4Syq-ZItF3X_u5CXtFruevPPZ5pKVuz9aS7J9gdp-T3AHx1-36Y-dPwMAEISj0Dn6780U2C9GzS6giG0gKNjc7_DnXhSSlo-CI8vjRfWp1kD3QUt2_GX04g/s4608/f400-200-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3025" data-original-width="4608" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqzgQvkwKZxcKVEeHlqoLYU75FOuR5hRvcEI8Rbp84RG8vlRNxc13-GxbPvUD-1C4Syq-ZItF3X_u5CXtFruevPPZ5pKVuz9aS7J9gdp-T3AHx1-36Y-dPwMAEISj0Dn6780U2C9GzS6giG0gKNjc7_DnXhSSlo-CI8vjRfWp1kD3QUt2_GX04g/w400-h263/f400-200-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> It's the end of Feb already. At least the light is coming back after a few months of dullness. It was bitingly cold despite the sunshine but my stroll was lovely. Eve was having her toes tickled at the time - apparently it is a health thing. <p></p><p>The lens is a bit glarey into the sun but still quite good. I was up near the main fank where I have not been for a while and as you can see twas still a bit damp. </p><p>Is this a fair rendering of ther neg? No idea but that's the one you are getting.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-73950442729474180792024-02-28T01:30:00.007+01:002024-02-28T01:30:00.147+01:00Brutal<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XhMpE4e50LVdXghlrWlQGg4SyTpcXKQ1rCbDIxmgTOEWVJlccbvfB4kX0-CnyR4mCNwWFmbXePcTvMX1pCDtZyj-jfiZO8Yd6qAzoVHtR8HmBhdqkDX3eN3viKyRzO6rV4Tu9N76sFNLGtaYgX1V9lTk5Rhs3NSTjeHIZeu1-iWTfc9xkmkmuA/s4572/f400-200-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4572" data-original-width="3100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_XhMpE4e50LVdXghlrWlQGg4SyTpcXKQ1rCbDIxmgTOEWVJlccbvfB4kX0-CnyR4mCNwWFmbXePcTvMX1pCDtZyj-jfiZO8Yd6qAzoVHtR8HmBhdqkDX3eN3viKyRzO6rV4Tu9N76sFNLGtaYgX1V9lTk5Rhs3NSTjeHIZeu1-iWTfc9xkmkmuA/w271-h400/f400-200-6.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Designed by some geezer in the council some decades back I'm fairly reliably told these bus stops could withstand a nuclear winter. Maybe when we humans have made the earth totally unlivable for ourselves as we seem to be doing, this will be one of the few things left standing . The building higher up is one of the two brutalist and well used church buildings in the village.</p><p>The 20mm lens does have its uses.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-74025626460913994412024-02-27T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-27T01:30:00.158+01:0020mm<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IhdeAWO-bcKIhyphenhyphenD1nMPAV5fDzsmpGxY1yZmjqcFf7Oi9YaJnzXJoT-kGf51pe_UxcwY2XeR_w9DD1S-cxmb3tQaa8mpFIL-RusGEmA-KEQ6QWZwileTev_l1i7aoPmISIuDa5p2djSrAvKexxLU8GXY6r54jOLXQn6-DFpqZ2iXXisgvsZctGA/s4599/f400-200-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="4599" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IhdeAWO-bcKIhyphenhyphenD1nMPAV5fDzsmpGxY1yZmjqcFf7Oi9YaJnzXJoT-kGf51pe_UxcwY2XeR_w9DD1S-cxmb3tQaa8mpFIL-RusGEmA-KEQ6QWZwileTev_l1i7aoPmISIuDa5p2djSrAvKexxLU8GXY6r54jOLXQn6-DFpqZ2iXXisgvsZctGA/w400-h258/f400-200-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Not sure I use the 20mm lens very well. It's a canon on a AE-1 that was gifted to me. It all performs well it's just that I don't work too well with it. This was from a morning stroll in the village and snapped on Fomapan 400 @ 200 sloshed in Rodinal [1;39]. </p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-89232566801128134522024-02-26T01:30:00.004+01:002024-02-26T01:30:00.141+01:00Fun and games<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjG9cVe7JxFKtnVG3cxkTcIzMLP66_WsGHJTrL-0kIlkB9dS2myn3Xg6UVr41cofDiOmaYZr6XAKaTOWEZnVju7-G-s0hGrGwNyMVXjd4BQrMf1urMHTPfbxC9R2Waymy2G1xQwLep2mp_4fuM1vZ86r8Rx-IPVbVpnQxIpcxtSoTZIyaYmtZXg/s4573/CarlowayGP3200Rodinal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4348" data-original-width="4573" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjG9cVe7JxFKtnVG3cxkTcIzMLP66_WsGHJTrL-0kIlkB9dS2myn3Xg6UVr41cofDiOmaYZr6XAKaTOWEZnVju7-G-s0hGrGwNyMVXjd4BQrMf1urMHTPfbxC9R2Waymy2G1xQwLep2mp_4fuM1vZ86r8Rx-IPVbVpnQxIpcxtSoTZIyaYmtZXg/w400-h380/CarlowayGP3200Rodinal.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Ah yes, the highland games events at the Gala day. looks like it might have been at Carloway show. All sorts of goings on at these occasions - as well as the veg growing, the baking and the animal [cow, sheeps] show there various flinging events. this was probably for the flinging of the hay bale of some such.</p><p> My fav was the all comers high jump. Sadly covid saw many of these dwinding galas off.</p><p>This was a holga image.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-68154937919143195952024-02-24T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-24T01:30:00.135+01:00just william<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5C0rQcMEJbSQkeiknCrE9NFf-KUzMYkERKrI8wUcIeskhydgjjWOZ5dAVnJLgV5crSoEtysSCPc5adZh3Fd5vhexbUTfrHvhq7a_-hguZs85Sn4EEIWEj_XYKlIFbUIisNPFMr2-kcUzIVmDFtg2XI2RN8RkBcAWY-sxKomd2glK0uLHIAPrWA/s2346/WilliamPAPERneg-AGFA%20fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2346" data-original-width="1646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5C0rQcMEJbSQkeiknCrE9NFf-KUzMYkERKrI8wUcIeskhydgjjWOZ5dAVnJLgV5crSoEtysSCPc5adZh3Fd5vhexbUTfrHvhq7a_-hguZs85Sn4EEIWEj_XYKlIFbUIisNPFMr2-kcUzIVmDFtg2XI2RN8RkBcAWY-sxKomd2glK0uLHIAPrWA/w281-h400/WilliamPAPERneg-AGFA%20fb.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>You may well have seen this before but since I like the snap so much it gets another showing.</p><p>Of course it is my pal <a href="https://boxesbellows.blogspot.com/search?q=William">William</a> from a few years back. It's a paper darkroom print from a paper neg. I used an old <a href="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/FKD_view_cameras">soviet fkd camera</a> - all gaffer tape and elastic bands - with a shutter which consisted of an air activated [i blew into a rubber tube] barn-door type thing that barely missed Bill's nose as it opened. Great fun. The shallow depth of field was caused by the close-up lens I'd taped in the camera without any other lens in front of it. Don't know why I didn't do this more often!</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-73214174136424981672024-02-23T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-23T01:30:00.137+01:00glass<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuko6kNtPrcOVw0EeINfJxWLHNxfQ-oIqwYRDn0myqXa49PJrbZGRbF3ekxF1SfrydbtvPPzw1zB4XSIDX2_3tVaus30kldp5V2jsftF59h8j_LFUb9fcP7uaMw5OBznBUGoBwH7Kmmusez-kmN2mUKoITUZaNBt_bXOQIT6pMcqwK6gC-jE7jMA/s9235/selochromeMONUMENT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6347" data-original-width="9235" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuko6kNtPrcOVw0EeINfJxWLHNxfQ-oIqwYRDn0myqXa49PJrbZGRbF3ekxF1SfrydbtvPPzw1zB4XSIDX2_3tVaus30kldp5V2jsftF59h8j_LFUb9fcP7uaMw5OBznBUGoBwH7Kmmusez-kmN2mUKoITUZaNBt_bXOQIT6pMcqwK6gC-jE7jMA/w400-h275/selochromeMONUMENT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>I still have a pile of glass plates in odd sizes and a few decades out of date, I used to use them occasionally even though they are a right pain to use. </p><p>This is an old snap on a very old glass plate of a local monument. It worked albeit poorly.</p><p>There are people still manufacturing glass plates for photography. I shan't be buying any.</p><p><br /></p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-64356879774264281482024-02-22T01:30:00.000+01:002024-02-22T01:30:00.140+01:00yes I did this.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oQ7CFXBzQqlJuNK-vd1OFg-vPnCNNVdrT8qhFEwkWfb6kNuKemF6vKCTQY2zJUsad93Xljy5AckIHSqMvK8RxkrOwdXGu9pWclv8KxZYNagWLPSvI4F6QcsrdkEM20Ynn3ljs9h8oNISR1DI3j-rWyvWSA1jXOvx-d9fKZSXgo9WXqPz3ZxtgQ/s4292/Bridpanf%5B06-scan%5D2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4292" data-original-width="2700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oQ7CFXBzQqlJuNK-vd1OFg-vPnCNNVdrT8qhFEwkWfb6kNuKemF6vKCTQY2zJUsad93Xljy5AckIHSqMvK8RxkrOwdXGu9pWclv8KxZYNagWLPSvI4F6QcsrdkEM20Ynn3ljs9h8oNISR1DI3j-rWyvWSA1jXOvx-d9fKZSXgo9WXqPz3ZxtgQ/w251-h400/Bridpanf%5B06-scan%5D2.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Back when I had a one old Voigtlander 6x9 rangefinder camera as my only medium format i snapped this in Bridlington. I was impressed by these sort of snaps back then.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-55265580339509966852024-02-21T01:30:00.008+01:002024-02-21T01:30:00.136+01:00not the best but lovely<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YVPXrjUXNEzInHKRN-HSrjcxrCddUd4fdsQDkTUSTxcYf8bQqTiFgtEHL3MEIdGahuD5vr_pjyROQtpqLdn01RBFlbFg2gek-1NR6epU65kOnVzLy1-_qdYW7Om6olVqLrlqkA3yvvCBXas-iDicTKOAXvAI1mz7rxX7HluxkNSbLAkBCkOp9A/s3040/tandem%20!.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2223" data-original-width="3040" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YVPXrjUXNEzInHKRN-HSrjcxrCddUd4fdsQDkTUSTxcYf8bQqTiFgtEHL3MEIdGahuD5vr_pjyROQtpqLdn01RBFlbFg2gek-1NR6epU65kOnVzLy1-_qdYW7Om6olVqLrlqkA3yvvCBXas-iDicTKOAXvAI1mz7rxX7HluxkNSbLAkBCkOp9A/w400-h293/tandem%20!.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Not the worlds best shot but a lovely snap of Eve racing a criterium with our great friend Vic Posse who is a tad unwell at the moment. We wish him all the very best for his recovery.</p><p>Back in the the day the racing club we ran promoted quite a few tandem races both on the track and on road circuits like here. Great fun but I did rather have my fingers crossed at time - tandem crashes are not fun. Having said that we never had one during all the promotions thank goodness.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-48324930722674317962024-02-19T01:30:00.011+01:002024-02-19T01:30:00.133+01:00Bowls<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNQvL7XEYw3Q5LwEpuN30Hs2u35QA50WyXfnd9jU75xM_9kTluq4GEy2_26TQHjpxvw1GHxwwnBGQVpyaJly4znxIl3_xs0RVuxq6eUh_yJ7d5EMIrnKeL1DSLzrbTwDp7uzoRcvEdWqukbFZhofa1jsFJSV-ms8WPoezSNaj7Q70_2nvbGlWSA/s3577/f400min-11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3312" data-original-width="3577" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisNQvL7XEYw3Q5LwEpuN30Hs2u35QA50WyXfnd9jU75xM_9kTluq4GEy2_26TQHjpxvw1GHxwwnBGQVpyaJly4znxIl3_xs0RVuxq6eUh_yJ7d5EMIrnKeL1DSLzrbTwDp7uzoRcvEdWqukbFZhofa1jsFJSV-ms8WPoezSNaj7Q70_2nvbGlWSA/w400-h370/f400min-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Did I tell you we play bowls? That's lawn bowls only at this time of year the lawns up here are less than ideal at this time of year so we play indoors. Here at the clubhouse where there are short mats top play on. I might add the bit of vinyl across the mats is taken off before we play.</p><p>Eve played here on Saturday and did well by all accounts - and Wednesday coming plays in the triples champs. I meanwhile will support Eve from the dentists chair,</p><p>There are bigger mats at the sports centre and elsewhere but they all have different "characteristics" [ie the floors are not all flat].</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-51221632462319723002024-02-18T01:30:00.010+01:002024-02-18T01:30:00.252+01:00Eve [Evie, Evelyn, Mush etc]<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28LigJOTWLyxcsv6IthrzaYINhrE0J_-jUDS3Qa1LdINlXgBhWvfGNpxIfKg0EALIWris98SzXpJJGARdPQksBpWcbhvv0Efh8MvzTCdQeelI5lJdPwP121FheVGiNv5pqe7hJx6YgkXmR4b8NqjFn1YCw-MPYoxj2dhObtyn2sHFsudfvaMb3Q/s4195/f400min-9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="4195" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28LigJOTWLyxcsv6IthrzaYINhrE0J_-jUDS3Qa1LdINlXgBhWvfGNpxIfKg0EALIWris98SzXpJJGARdPQksBpWcbhvv0Efh8MvzTCdQeelI5lJdPwP121FheVGiNv5pqe7hJx6YgkXmR4b8NqjFn1YCw-MPYoxj2dhObtyn2sHFsudfvaMb3Q/w400-h265/f400min-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Just an update. Eve is still very much here even if she doesn't appear on the blog very often. I do have to get permission to use the snaps.</p><p>As I write Eve is in the shed on her bike on the turbo [static bike thing] so i can quickly post this one.</p><p>Now, I have found this snap below taken with the wonderful but fragile KOWA 6 camera I used for a few years. From a trip to Belgium a few years back.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipla3al8dBggW7hOzmx51XHgcHDbh6QcY6J8jAERZ-8eUkwtU1Ad6hadMRbPGbzo3kBbYVKOc0lgPeUw_PG58aEzS-uD_Q3YuzQa_A_i1irQSf8ngrfeLa3hIsAba8c0hTXg8BpWr79g6IXhKFIAcA9OPm9qPHtwldixmS_LtUBnl-CaxVhEYnjw/s10269/Eve%20-%20Belgium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="9509" data-original-width="10269" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipla3al8dBggW7hOzmx51XHgcHDbh6QcY6J8jAERZ-8eUkwtU1Ad6hadMRbPGbzo3kBbYVKOc0lgPeUw_PG58aEzS-uD_Q3YuzQa_A_i1irQSf8ngrfeLa3hIsAba8c0hTXg8BpWr79g6IXhKFIAcA9OPm9qPHtwldixmS_LtUBnl-CaxVhEYnjw/w400-h370/Eve%20-%20Belgium.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-933042408506886312024-02-16T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-16T01:30:00.136+01:00footie<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lDQHxt2tt13s6n48Wrm915n2UKjcFe0P8zgUju1no4c666NtDRvNXOVjPzDY0zxql78KcYgerDPDMEsIoj7wiG42G9HfoNcVZcJXCiYq2S0215oj9yrfZWkcBBgWFitoRA7MantJxMHYAmX6DzPC5gdOIDE_XkEtbB5EaaBBXbNb1KMQ7I1Nrg/s4904/f400min-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4904" data-original-width="3249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lDQHxt2tt13s6n48Wrm915n2UKjcFe0P8zgUju1no4c666NtDRvNXOVjPzDY0zxql78KcYgerDPDMEsIoj7wiG42G9HfoNcVZcJXCiYq2S0215oj9yrfZWkcBBgWFitoRA7MantJxMHYAmX6DzPC5gdOIDE_XkEtbB5EaaBBXbNb1KMQ7I1Nrg/w265-h400/f400min-7.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Neither Toots or I are interested in football. However, the gates of Stormoway club are rather nice so we stopped to snap them up. Toots and I use d*g*tal for these strolls but I did have a this Minolta 505si / foma 400 with me as well.</p><p>I might even go to watch the football here or at Back football ground one day - the season starts in April I am told by the kind man who offered to show me around the above place the other day.</p><p>I have only been to football matches a few times. Bristol Rovers, Man City [free ticket] and some game in Chile. The spectators are great but get bored with the game - mainly consisting of falling over in the men's game it seems.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-55612927372538502072024-02-15T01:30:00.004+01:002024-02-15T01:30:00.142+01:00Toots<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWYNlOR8CX_jnN42zH1J3sLYdl_KK_LL-InM5nMwjPYlLwhowN7-M8JKZQjPZ5bZ8XdAPN8TSnv5YXT4gReKUytix2Y5Pq2hfcQgIimHbBEkODOgKkErjY55mqB1HJUm_quDZSMfcwprzOQIMRN3uvV8u-YkN1LEr-MIYQ5Cb5wllSFOfwJc36A/s4343/f400min-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4343" data-original-width="3021" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWYNlOR8CX_jnN42zH1J3sLYdl_KK_LL-InM5nMwjPYlLwhowN7-M8JKZQjPZ5bZ8XdAPN8TSnv5YXT4gReKUytix2Y5Pq2hfcQgIimHbBEkODOgKkErjY55mqB1HJUm_quDZSMfcwprzOQIMRN3uvV8u-YkN1LEr-MIYQ5Cb5wllSFOfwJc36A/w279-h400/f400min-6.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I've been going out for photo 'walks' recently with Toots my pal from the island. When I say walk, I mean stroll as neither of us are butchers dogs these days. And somehow we always seem to end up in a cafe - this time the wonderful Hub in Stormoway where Toots had a calorie free cake. I managed to leave without paying - but I can now inform you that has been rectified.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-68191016668706079732024-02-14T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-14T01:30:00.132+01:00sorry about that<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi498xcP8EAJhKvLqr4X-eJcqQru3n2v87bPKls4OjcsTEH5XghnfqaNdbhJPf2LF-MKJWBm2kTW33i0rX6tCiPAAdfZ1333hzoYepD3UIjzSrztMD9eC4wvGcDr8w02ogM3UKdALkgHVc_59wt-pXCJaOkLs7Omu35VFOSrNW52kHhErCp-DKeXA/s4329/f400min-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2740" data-original-width="4329" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi498xcP8EAJhKvLqr4X-eJcqQru3n2v87bPKls4OjcsTEH5XghnfqaNdbhJPf2LF-MKJWBm2kTW33i0rX6tCiPAAdfZ1333hzoYepD3UIjzSrztMD9eC4wvGcDr8w02ogM3UKdALkgHVc_59wt-pXCJaOkLs7Omu35VFOSrNW52kHhErCp-DKeXA/w400-h254/f400min-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> got carried away finding those old snaps yesterday. Brought back a few memories I ca tell.<p></p><p>Back to the present or at least a week ago when the snow layed hereabouts or at least wass just melting and Keith wanted a walkies.</p><p>I was using Fomapan400 with Rodinal 1:25 because people says one shouldn't.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-20487370091022147102024-02-13T01:30:00.007+01:002024-02-13T01:30:00.134+01:00not here please<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFnXbP37Zw_kPHY2A15Y2pt06YcnRg_Kn-Y87sxOk9rUS3LS_H6xT8cfZIO7zmFyZ_gsieR2mlam0JoY6e0G29kOQmJEJprx37qeC3aKDW8BtEYz559CUMk9WxvlzD1_tq3l_t22QHCL9swDro-JB1HFFjulYYFGyO3GwYA08otnuioPL6WFBvA/s2708/tin-pot%20dictator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1857" data-original-width="2708" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnFnXbP37Zw_kPHY2A15Y2pt06YcnRg_Kn-Y87sxOk9rUS3LS_H6xT8cfZIO7zmFyZ_gsieR2mlam0JoY6e0G29kOQmJEJprx37qeC3aKDW8BtEYz559CUMk9WxvlzD1_tq3l_t22QHCL9swDro-JB1HFFjulYYFGyO3GwYA08otnuioPL6WFBvA/w400-h274/tin-pot%20dictator.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoy">Pinochet </a>in Chile back in the day. Had a lovely trip apart from a few bit of shooting, military lock downs and curfews and this b*****d in his car on Avenue O'Higgins. Someone had tried to kill him hence the goons around his car. Maybe this is where Sunak got his idea from.</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-89161201779595343272024-02-11T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-11T01:30:00.145+01:00people on film<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm0pkYrBqvSBJFPLilVGOb1DG5tB9vq2KEZcdZGV1aF70Fwtju6qCIEiGwcs7XjFNP5j76Tfq1ljM9cWK6RQ1U_6lLPIhb6MHJWNep4lD52wsp9T8osSvH8gi4CN8vpeHFH96o6YVw2kKL93CZQakrsxy2MWl884beu-4-XIvek2Aemh3Rs3Hsg/s2439/hoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1879" data-original-width="2439" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm0pkYrBqvSBJFPLilVGOb1DG5tB9vq2KEZcdZGV1aF70Fwtju6qCIEiGwcs7XjFNP5j76Tfq1ljM9cWK6RQ1U_6lLPIhb6MHJWNep4lD52wsp9T8osSvH8gi4CN8vpeHFH96o6YVw2kKL93CZQakrsxy2MWl884beu-4-XIvek2Aemh3Rs3Hsg/w400-h309/hoy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Young <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hoy">Chris Hoy</a> before he was knighted, before he had won many medals. At Manchester Velodrome back in the day.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-eDJFaVw54upEAr0N9QCD6FS4GjNQJBoZOHOSsp8BpFv5sOEe8Mb6B0SOHP0ErEcNSBEnrIGreQIvdzFeFzRhJEUl7QCR_fSZ69CYOuxxQ9VRDyvvEPGXGNY6vo1sB-5KCPw2JnsjzuqNZzNnIsA0-BCCL24Wzzg9wnTsk8qJwj_10gfjAF4bQ/s2404/Guscott.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2404" data-original-width="1720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-eDJFaVw54upEAr0N9QCD6FS4GjNQJBoZOHOSsp8BpFv5sOEe8Mb6B0SOHP0ErEcNSBEnrIGreQIvdzFeFzRhJEUl7QCR_fSZ69CYOuxxQ9VRDyvvEPGXGNY6vo1sB-5KCPw2JnsjzuqNZzNnIsA0-BCCL24Wzzg9wnTsk8qJwj_10gfjAF4bQ/w286-h400/Guscott.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Meanwhile, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Guscott">Jeremy Guscott</a> from my home town was at the velodrome to ride this here old bike for a tv programme - I can't remember which one. Anyway, Mr Guscott, who is a most delightful chap like Sir Chris, took the bike onto the velodrome car-park to have more room to ride.</p><p>I took a lot of snaps during my time working at the velodrome in between the cycling, the TV stuff that happened there and the cups of tea. I might add here that I do have a Blue Peter badge from this time as Sir Chris has !</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27382849.post-45311667235515876212024-02-09T01:30:00.001+01:002024-02-09T01:30:00.128+01:00forgive me for I have sinned<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7_BvDb6DQ89skqCV7NeTtzqvzeX-RBOeBx6vkPr4INreXTxGnBOyOpEZcN15A58jWuYfv0-wmDq6P9BQESwavJTKbiG6JK0EJi5jUkH9uDmlKrB2LKixVi5H5S8vgP09C4fmJ9-pJPn3py2sKGeUfuCInMe5k-dgAS-MDMWfaS3j5S3tp0nyNw/s3840/NMS_1441%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy7_BvDb6DQ89skqCV7NeTtzqvzeX-RBOeBx6vkPr4INreXTxGnBOyOpEZcN15A58jWuYfv0-wmDq6P9BQESwavJTKbiG6JK0EJi5jUkH9uDmlKrB2LKixVi5H5S8vgP09C4fmJ9-pJPn3py2sKGeUfuCInMe5k-dgAS-MDMWfaS3j5S3tp0nyNw/w400-h225/NMS_1441%5B1%5D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it is a digi image.</p><p>Just this time</p>Andrea Ingramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05183929067812339897noreply@blogger.com2