A few from Knypersley

I had a look at the weather forecast for today, last night, and it was "Cloudy". When I awoke this morning it was glorious, so I took the short drive to Greenway Bank Country Park for a walk and to take some photographs.

It's winter, so it's been dark and cold, and I'd run out of holiday, so I didn't do any Low-fly photography after June. So when somebody on the low-fly forum started a "HDR Images" thread, I decided to look some pictures out to try an breath a bit of new life into them. Here's what I've got so far, and they're MUCH better if you click on them to make 'em bigger.

Rudyard Walk

This year, I managed to avoid going into work between Christmas and New Year, something that hasn't happened for the last 6 years, but always happened in the previous 18 years of my working life. The break was very welcome, and we took the opportunity to get out and about.

Here are a couple of shots from a walk we took around Rudyard lake.

Abersoch Holiday

Spent a very pleasant week on the Lleyn Peninsula at Abersoch, last week. I didn't take too many pictures, as I was busy trying to do very little, but here are a few snaps taken of, from, and around the house that we stayed in.

As you can see it was in a lovely location, perched on the headland between Abersoch's two beaches. The weather was mostly dry with some sunny periods, which isn't bad for late September.

I've stiched together a fairly crude panorama image, just to try and get some idea of the view from the house, and there's also a picture of the first entrant to the "One man, 2 dogs and a surfboard" competition.

Busy Day On Corris and Cad West

Back on the 2nd June, I decided that a visit to the Mach Loop was in order, as the weather forecast was very good. I also decided to try a different location known as Corris Corner. This is not in Corris, but where the aircraft turn the corner and head for Corris. The only problem with this locations is that just after lunchtime, the sun come around in front of you, so you have to make a decision. Shoot into the sun, or move. So just after lunch, we moved.

This day was probably the busiest day that I have had in the loop. Also the best weather, and the most tiring, as swapping locations means 2 climbs, the second one in very hot sun, and as planes were going over, so Garry and I had to keep stopping, steadying ourselves, shooting the F3, then carrying on up the hill. Well worth it, though.

Aircraft From Cad East.

Just back from a holiday in Wales, where I got the opportunity to do a day's aircraft photography. It was also an opportunity to experience one of Wales' finest thunderstorms, which eventually washed me off the hill!

Barmouth '08

Last year, we rented a converted farm building on the coast just north of Barmouth. We've been to Barmouth before, and enjoyed it. Even though the weather during this particular week was spectacularly crap for a good 5/7 of the time, when the sun did come out it was beautiful. We were often entertained by the farm's animals, and the view.