Daily Archives: Tuesday, 31st July 2012

July 2012 Round-up

Tuesday 31 July 2012 19:32

After a moderately soggy start, July turned out to be a bit less rainy than June, and there were even some actual warm and sunny days, one of which was kind enough to show up just when I needed it for the airshow.

Anyway, enough of that, and on with the eagerly-awaited monthly report.

Weight

July 4[1]: 223 pounds (15 stone 13 pounds, 101.2 kg)
July 31: 225.4 pounds (16 stone 1.4 pounds, 102.2 kg)

Oh dear. That’s a rise of 2.4 pounds (1.1 kg), which isn’t as bad as last month. And there were various things going on. So there

Eating

When I haven’t been away somewhere, I’ve generally been behaving moderately well, apart from maybe the odd extra glass[2] of wine. I should probably cut down a bit on those…

Exercise

Not a lot of walking this month.

Posting

I’ve been in the posting mood again, with this one bringing the monthly total to 64, one more than last month.

Stuff

OK, can I just say that I’ve taken an insane number of photographs this month – a total of over 1,900, which even allowing for the high-speed shutter games at the airshow is a lot. That takes my annual total so far to the highest since I started collecting my images in 2006. And there are still five months to go. Now all I’ve got to do is process more of those photos and get them on show.

Oh, and the image count on the Canon 5D Mark III is over 4,200 in the four months I’ve had it. It took me a year to get to that stage with the Mark II.

[1] First weighing of the month
[2] Or bottle

Weight and Stuff Report – 31 July 2012

Tuesday 31 July 2012 19:14
Weight: 225.4 pounds (16 stone 1.4 pounds, 102.2 kg)
Exercise: Lunchtime walk

Down by the teeniest amount today, which isn’t really much to get excited about.

I went for a walk at lunchtime:

My main motivation was to get some pictures of what I shall now have to call the former Bank of England site, because the building is now a pile of rubble that’s being rapidly removed, as you can see here:

What building?

What building?

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Aperture: ƒ/13
ISO: 200
Location: 54° 58.322′ 0″ N 1° 36.6053′ 0″ W
Taken: 31 July, 2012
Focal length: 24mm
Shutter speed: 1/320s

And here’s a reminder of how it looked a couple of years ago:

Bank of England

Bank of England

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Aperture: ƒ/8
ISO: 100
Location: 54° 58.266836′ 0″ N 1° 36.506024′ 0″ W
Taken: 15 June, 2010
Focal length: 58mm
Shutter speed: 1/160s