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Ahem. Where Is Your Boat?

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A backup photo today.

Showers

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This one's from this afternoon, after a somewhat damp trip to @lensfayre for the launch of Megawatt Valley by @davidsevern_photo, @calmanalogue, and @chrismatthews82.

I enjoyed seeing the exhibition of photos, and was rather pleased to find that my submission was included (photos 2 and 3, after the jump).

I picked up a couple of rolls of film from Lensfayre, so I'll hopefully get something decent on that in the near future.

The power station photo was shot on the evening that the power station shut down, ending the era of coal power generation in the UK, back in September 2024.

Notches

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The path up to the new bridge appears to have gained some much-needed lighting in the last couple of weeks.
All solar powered via dinky little integrated panels, so I'm not convinced they'll be overly reliable with this much tree cover...

It will be interesting to see how well they work as we move into the shorter days and darker evenings.

Sedum

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A backup photo today, after another full-on day at work.

Muscle Power

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I took Bailey for a walk straight after work this evening, and coincidentally bumped into my colleague, who was about to go rowing.

I hung around and took a few photos as the two teams had a couple of races.

Disinclined

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I've got Bailey staying with me for a few days.

This dog has almost as much inclination to get up and go to work as I do.

Only a phone photo today, but it's all I shot with, so this is what you're getting. Refunds of the price of admission are available at reception, which is closed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Mind The Gap

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The management accept no responsibility for any disappearance of visitors into the thicket.

No One Sitting Here, Either

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A backup photo today.

Take Your Polite Notice And...

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Swivel?

This inverted sign amused me more than it probably should have done.

2026-08-21

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Wait Here

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You may also send a letter or postcard, should you have the appropriate materials on hand, and a desire so to do.

Imprint

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Man Takes Photo of Abandoned Bench

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I seem to have developed a type.

Clinging On

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Oojimaflips, Thingamibobs, Whatdjamacallits, and Doofadums

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Some of the bits I've spent a lot of time making this week / weekend.
On a bigger, more rigid machine, these would be pretty easy bits, but on my tiny little lathe, it's more of a challenge. I'd go into more detail, but I fear most of the audience would die of boredom, so I'll leave it here!
Still, by my measurements, they're all in tolerance, with the exception of one groove, which I'll probably remake, and the lathe hasn't gone up in smoke yet, so it's all good.

Running Away

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Took Bailey out for a walk this afternoon, and got thoroughly rounded up when I dropped behind to take a photo.
If he's with more than one person, he does like you all to stick together, and if you split up, he will dash back and forth between people until you're back in a group.

Unusual Companions

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Fairly unusual to see a fixed wing and rotor flying at the same speed, as far as I can tell, but this pair did it rather well.

A backup photo today, taken at the Wales airshow a few weeks ago.

Work has been more than usually mad this week, we are on a horrendous deadline, and the lathe has virtually given up the ghost, thus I've spent much of the past few evenings making parts on my tiny machine instead.

Going To Warp

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A backup photo today.

Eclipsed

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I spent an interesting couple of hours photographing the eclipse this evening.
Unfortunately, I didn't have any eclipse viewing glasses, so I was restricted to watching through the camera's screen, but it was still a great experience.
One more after the jump.

Evening Walkers

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A backup photo today, I had a very busy day and then spent most of the evening making bits for work.

Blocks

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On The Road Again

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I finally got my toy through an MOT and back on the road after several years of being SORN'd.
She's 20 years old this year, and still an absolute pleasure to drive.
Once I've replaced a leaky shock and done a service, I feel a trip to Swansea to treat her to a new roof will be in the fairly near future.

On Track For Sunset

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I was chatting to a friend about the things I always liked about the now venerable Powershot S95, and ended up on eBay looking at sold listings - they seem to go for an average of at least £250. For a camera that came out costing £400 in 2010, I think that's quite remarkable.
Still a cracking little camera that punches well above its tiny weight; I'm certainly not selling mine!

To The Observatory!

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A backup photo from the Wales trip today.
On the way to The Observatory restaurant I mentioned a few days ago.

Settling In For The Night

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A backup photo today, shot a couple of days ago.
Yes, I was very slightly uncomfortable putting a rather nice (not to mention expensive) camera and lens this close to the water.

Dusky Foliage

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Late posting (again...), but I did actually take this on the day in question.

It's Not Autumn Yet...

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The trees must be feeling it again this year, I've noticed quite a lot of fallen leaves over the last couple of weeks to go with the shrivelled up grass.

Wear Your Heart On A Post

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A backup photo today.

Happy On The Beach

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A couple of backup photos today, Bailey was loving life after being let loose on a dog-friendly beach.
One more after the jump.

Prepare To Eat

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A bit of a random one, I'd sorted an old family friend out with a new camera, so we met up for lunch to hand it over to him.

I was explaining something about how the camera works, and took this to illustrate the point (Which now escapes my memory). I ended up quite liking it for some reason, so I kept it.
Maybe something about an unoccupied human-centric space again - I feel like that's a bit of a theme I keep coming back to.

Stop Taking Photos And Eat It

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It's in full sun and rapidly melting, you muppet.
(It was still tasty).
A backup photo today.

Forest Moon

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A backup photo from last night.

Sailing Into The Sunset

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Please Ensure All Drownings Take Place Over There

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For safety, you understand. And it wouldn't do to trample the nice purple flowers over here. Yes, I am in a mildly unhinged frame of mind.

Firecat

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A backup photo, taken at the Wales airshow a couple of days ago.

This thing is impressively manoeuvrable for what must be a heavy aircraft with a lot of water sloshing around in the back.

Still, I suppose water doesn't get airsick, complain or ask for a refund...

Before We Go Home

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A backup photo today, it was a busy one packing up and driving home, then getting the van cleared out, cleaned, and refuelled ready to send back.

It was a really good holiday, in spite of my feeling pretty ropey at times.
I came home with almost as much beer as I'd left with, as I'd not wanted to poison myself with paracetamol and booze!

Firebirds

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In a completely unplanned but rather fortuitous turn of events, we discovered that our last full day in Wales coincided with the Wales Airshow, so we decided to go along and have a look.

It was a great day out, and I've still only got through culling the first of three sessions worth of photos - I rather surprised myself when I checked the camera in the evening and found that I'd taken nearly 4000 photos.
No wonder I was going through batteries like they're going out of fashion!

These three photos are of Firebirds Displays doing their daytime thing. (Yes, they also have a nighttime thing, which might appear later, if the photos aren't terrible)

A couple more after the jump.

Pull Up A Chair

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No idea where the owners of these chairs had gone, this bit of the beach was all but deserted. I quite liked the shot though.

I took this shortly after eating in the only restaurant I've ever seen decorated with an oscilloscope and an ammeter (among many other things); a rather fun place, Swansea Observatory.
I must confess I have fairly regularly eaten in the company of measurement instruments, but only in my lab until now!

Rhossili

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Turns out to be a lovely place.

I was glad I had elected to wear a hat, I'd have been well scorched in this walk otherwise. It only blew off my head once, too!

Ripples

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I managed to get out for a walk on the beach today; Paracetamol is wonderful stuff!
Posted outrageously late again; I'm still catching up.

Campsite Supervisor

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A backup photo today (from last night).
I woke up feeling really rough, and didn't make it off the campsite.

Fortunately my indefatigable in-laws were on hand to ply me with restorative iced coffee, good humour, and cough medicine.

I'd almost certainly have given up and gone home without their support.

Beach Peek

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Sneaking a peek at the sea between a couple of beach huts on the way towards a walk along Langland Bay.

Once In A Blue Moon

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(*Not an actual blue moon, at risk of outing myself as some kind of charlatan)

This was a backup photo, the 19th was the first day of my holiday - I borrowed Bailey and a camper van and went to Wales - dog tax after the jump.

Bench Therapy

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I do like an abandoned bench as a subject.
What can I say? I'm a bit odd, but I guess you knew that already.

Sliver

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Hello again, Internet.

I am inordinately late posting this owing to a holiday (upon which I got ill), an absolutely insane week back at work, and some other stuff.

I shall be trying to catch up over the next few days.

Good photo? Not really, but it happened on the day in question, so I suppose there's that!

Supportive Graffiti

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A backup photo from last night.

Some For Now, Some For Later

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