15 | July | 2012 | Losing it

Shock horror, down again today.

The day started off quite sunny, which managed to motivate me to go out and about a bit. I wasn’t at all sure where I wanted to go, but after some dithering, I got a train to Durham, where I had a bit of a walk and took some pictures. The walk was a fairly wide sweep around the city, and came to over three miles, which is more than I’ve managed for a while:

Durham
Walking for 01:14:33
3.15 mi @ 23:42 min/mi

It took a few pictures, and here’s a sample to be going on with. This is Neptune, in the Market Square. I’ve photographed this before, but it’s always useful to revisit things. I think he stands out quite nicely against the sky in this one.

Neptune

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter speed: 1/1000s
Focal length: 84mm
ISO: 100
Location: 54° 46.6297′ 0″ N 1° 34.5261′ 0″ W
Taken: 15 July, 2012

Having had a bit of trouble with the weather the last time we tried the Snowdon Mountain Railway, a return visit was top of our list for this year’s holiday. And guess what? Yeah, visibility was even worse on the way up this time, with the cloud level being low enough for zero visibility most of the way up. I’m beginning to suspect we have a similar relation to Snowdon to that of a bunch of Hobbits to Caradhras[1]. Before we entered the clouds, we did see some ruins. And sheep. There are always sheep. Our cunning plan for the next North Wales visit is to try an afternoon visit to Snowdon. That might be better. Or not. Here are the pictures, such as they are.