Monthly Archives: July 2013

Poppy Line and Sheringham: D800E and 28mm/50mm F1.8

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The North Norfolk Railway which is also known as the “Poppy Line” – is a heritage (tourist) steam railway in Norfolk, England, running between Sheringham and Holt. It passes through the countryside to the east of Weybourne with views of its windmill. Each time we’ve been to Norfolk we’ve taken a ride on it. The …

Music In The Walled Garden

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This Sunday I went to Forty Hall in Enfield, near where I live, to a musical event organised to raise funds for the planting of bee friendly plants and shrubs in the Walled Garden. We got there early, mindful that parking might be interesting later on… Forty Hall is a 17th century manor house and …

Overstrand with many cameras…

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This post was to be christened “Overstrand and Poppyland”, but I realised as I was writing it that I had no decent photos of Poppys from our trip to Norfolk! This week I was on holidays in Overstrand. Overstrand is a village on the North Norfolk coast, between Cromer and Mundesley. It was once (or a …

Putting out the Crab pots: X-E1 and Zeiss Touit 32mm

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I’ve been on my holidays this last week, in the village of Overstrand in North Norfolk. It’s really lovely here, and the scorching weather has helped make this into a special holiday. In any event I couldn’t really hold myself back from posting about watching the local fishing boat being towed to the edge of …

X-Pro1 and Zeiss Touit 12mm

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I had one of those nice experiences today when a chap rushed up to me to ask me what kind of camera my X-Pro1 was and what kind of lens I had mounted. I could sense general confusion – it looks like a rangefinder but it has a zeiss lens and an APS-C sensor. He …

Justice for Becky Reed

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Yesterday I went along to a picnic in support of a healthcare professional facing charges from her regulatory body (and I took some cameras along). I will confess that the last three years have been an education. Not just the joy (and tribulations) of becoming a parent but also having some of your strongest beliefs …