England revisited

Sheiling village

.. to be continued

Kiev 60. Agfapan400 LC29

kates cabbage

Start of a new series.
Kowa6 hp5/lc29

When there was sun

PS'dup

Getting about with the Zorki6

Up Ness way

You see these piles of rocks all over the place on the west side of Lewis. I suppose the stones have been harvested from the croft land and then left as agri-sculptures.

Spotmatic Efke100 R09

Ceann Hulavig

Water 'babes' in the Box

Obviously these boys have nothing better to do than pose in front of my old Box camera after a spot of falling in the sea while trying to surf on the local beach this morning.
Houghton & Butcher Box camera - miniscus lens. Lucky100/R09.

Eve at Barvas

Tolsta Head

.... in Plastic

Kodak TWin 20. LUCKY100/R09

What the ......

Island Sweep

Kiev 60, Lucky100 R09

Ultra wide

Plastic fantastic camera, APX400s surveilence film and R09 - a Rodinal clone. Point it in the right direction and you have a passable snap!

Ness

Ok, the pic is not sharp. The 'camera' [Kiev 6c] is shot with holes in the shutter curtain and film transport issues - all of which wasn't really helped by using Lucky100 film. But this snap does something for me. Must be the lens - and th subject - Donald, a local chap who used to work the fishing boats from our beach many years ago. He's not too well these days but found the energy to go out with a fishing rod to the end of the old concrete peir.
Would love to know what you feel about this one.

My village

I live on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. Usually, you see the chocolate box pctures of the beaches and the like. Here's another view of my wonderful village overlooking The Minch - the strip of potentially rough water between here and the Scottish mainland.
The first snap is looking down the road from the house in the evening light.

A day out

The sun shone - again. I took off to the Butt of Lewis [at the top of the island] with a pal. Such a lovely day and of course I feel so good to be living here. Here's some images

The Harris Tweed Weaver

House of Sheep

Sun in Lewis

If proof was required that the sun shines in Lewis, then here it is; WhiteSettler PaulTheCrofter squinting into the sun while I capture the moment on my Voigtlander 6x9 RF.

Flower

Mr Batty

Bayble

Snap taken with Spotmatic, APX400s /R09.

While I'm posting this I find myself getting a bit on edge since outside my window the US navy are bobbing around playing war in the Minch. Here's hoping their fingers don't slip on the triggers!

Pinholery

I threw together a pinhole camera tother day made out the remains of an old folder, some card and gaffer tape with a pinhole poked in tinfoil. Loaded with FP4 and pointed at the pier near Bayble on the Eye Peninsula.

Paul's Peats

I bumped into Paul just as he was about to take in his peats he had cut earlier in the year. So, I grabbed the Spotmatic with some Delta 400 [in LC29] and followed him up.

Hebridean Homestead

My good friend in her favoured position next to the warm Rayburn.
Hassie/HP5@800/LC29

This one

Lochs Show sheep Judging

Bit of a day

Terrible day today. Felt like death warmed up this morning for some reason, couldn't get going at all. Then the old car decided not to start this evening so I could not get into work! Oops! Somehow I have lost faith in that car and may have to fork out for another - soon.

Visitor

Keith came into town with MiLady Mcglynn [see link] so I took them off to Bosta beach. Driving rain all the way there but sunshne on the beach. A wonderful spot like nowhere else I have been. Once Keith had sorted my pooter he went off home to Glasgow. This was taken with the Kowa.
Listen here while you look

Here we go again

After a longish walk before breakfast this morning in the warm sun that was showing itself over the island I got round to scanning some snaps taken with some Pentax cameras i have. Chinese ERA100 film and R09 as per usual. I took some of these a while ago and they have just surfaced.
The snap above is over Lochs way.

A few from the Kiev 4a and APX400s

Road to nowhere with North Tolsta, my village on the headland
Wood in Stornoway
... I am the walrus [Paul, the eggman]

Either souped in R09 or Suprol

Playing with istant film

Fuji Instax camras go for nothing - so I got one. Film is a bit more pricey but isn't it great?
First snap from this set-up.

100 percent MbE

Just had the pleasure of a visit from MiLady McGlynn MBE fresh from her recent World Championship winning rides in France at the World Paralympic championships where she won both the kilo and the pursuit with her pilot Ellen Hunter. Ms Mclynn has just started a blog and you can find it here