The 16th UK South-East "The Cooper Crawley Creche" Thread (All Welcome)

A bit of grey Skye...

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Pete wrote in post #16024866
A bit of grey Skye...

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Skye is beautiful and has some very moody weather which sometimes makes for great photos.

Eilean Donan is a very pretty setting on a clear day. As you follow the road down and come to a large curve in the road, we stayed at the BB which is on the edge of Loch Duich - Glomach House. There are the ruins of a small chapel very close to it there. You can also see Otters along the edge of the loch there if you are very lucky (early morning or early evening is a good time to see them).

Oooh, your trip is bringing back wonderful memories for me.

Linda

Some photos from my weekend in south of France. We based ourselves in Nice and rented a car. Seems like we were lucky to get back, what with all the air traffic controller strikes in France!

#1. Nice

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That harbour shot is beautiful and emotive

crunchie wrote in post #16025167
Some photos from my weekend in south of France. We based ourselves in Nice and rented a car. Seems like we were lucky to get back, what with all the air traffic controller strikes in France!

#2. Antibes harbour

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#3. Èze village botanical gardens - with my new 17-40mm L - I'm very happy with this lens, it vastly exceeds my old 40D+EF-S 10-22mm combination!

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Like these two especially the cactus's

ies photos wrote in post #16024997

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is that Neal under there?

I think so, love to know how much they aid for their wedding photographers and videogaphers. Couldn't even afford shoes

Ronin Silv wrote in post #16024435
For those in the locality and have an interest the Western Heights Preservation Society have an open day on saturday and sunday in Dover with access to the Drop Redoubt, the Grand Shaft and displays etc. Website HERE

That looks interesting will see if I can get there

Pete wrote in post #16024866
A bit of grey Skye...

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Lovely shot Pete, hope you are not getting too wet!!

Hi guys, far too often awy from here nowadays, more gret KF shots showing.. so jealous!

I've been busy with a couple of weddings a month, so not really done anything socially, apart from this reshoot of my niece, one year after we took her photo at 1 day old!

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Anke wrote in post #16016088
Oooh it's quick! Had to have the reactions of a ninja to grab this.

crunchie wrote in post #16005579
Hello all - just found this thread/group and thought I'd jump in and say hi. I'm based in London (Wimbledon actually). Somehow I've managed to miss POTN's existence until recently...

This is quite a lengthy thread but the most recent pics are gorgeous! I'd better start adding some soon, else I'm going to feel guilty for taking (looking) and not giving.

Anyway, look forward to meeting you all in here, and perhaps one day at some event

~Pieter

Hi Pieter, I'm just down the road in Morden. Welcome.

Swaffs wrote in post #16027814
Anyone fancy it???????

Yeah, why not - any excuse to get out and take photos! Let me know if you end up going and I'll try make it. Coincidentally, I used to live just down the road from the spot you're suggesting, yet somehow never thought of photographing Canary Wharf...

It seems In my speed flicking through a weeks post's I missed this event;

http://www.eventzilla.​net/web/event?eventid=​2138984653
Event Description
Welcome to the first-ever Advanced Photographer 24 hour photography shoot. This is a free, informal event and what you shoot is up to you but London has so much potential that you won’t run out of subjects to point your lens at.
The aim is to meet up at 5.30pm onwards at the Kingsway Hall Hotel (Shelley, Dryden and Byron Suite), 66 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5BX. There will be an official briefing at 6pm, and representatives from the magazine will be on hand until 8pm to take registration forms, hand out lanyards and provide details of our contests.

I'm considering joining both things into one long night... maybe... We've done these before and it's a hard slog... Remember the 28 days later meets!!!!

adrian5127 wrote in post #16026649
That looks interesting will see if I can get there

I may see you down there then I expect I'll be over there in the afternoon on saturday.

For Linda..

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Pete wrote in post #16028082
For Linda..

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Oh thank you so much So glad you went there and found it. Oh boy what a memory that brings back the day we went there. Although it was a drizzly misty drive, it was a wonderful drive to it and then on arriving, we were greeted with a large mug of tea.

The very sad thing was, it was Sheena who told us about the London bombings atrocity that had just happened. Such a beautiful, peaceful, remote place to be and hear that awful news. We walked down to the shoreline and simply reflected on that news - I cant think of a better place to be at a time like that. Its good for the soul.

What direction you heading in next? Maybe I can think of another wonderful place for you to go lol.

Linda

Thank you, Linda for pointing me in this direction. We had good weather, and the scenery on that drive over the hills was just incredible. Easily the best scenic drive yet!

We weren't really expecting the Tea Hut to literally be a shed/lean-to, but Sheena was such a dear old character. It was probably the worst cup of coffee I've ever had at a coffee shop (except for Starbucks, which is always awful), but the experience is the best I've had by far. Sheena is getting elderly now, she was talking about packing it in. I think she'll do it for as long as she can walk from the house to the shed.

We started off with a walk along the loch to loch carron weavers. Then went to Dornie for a coffee (and met a wonderful old couple who talked to us, and generally talked over each other in doing so), went to the castle, and then to Corran for our coffee. Managed to have good weather for much of the day.

Off to the loch inver/cape wrath area at the weekend, and then a couple of days on Mull (staying in tobermory).

Pete wrote in post #16028464
Thank you, Linda for pointing me in this direction. We had good weather, and the scenery on that drive over the hills was just incredible. Easily the best scenic drive yet!

We weren't really expecting the Tea Hut to literally be a shed/lean-to, but Sheena was such a dear old character. It was probably the worst cup of coffee I've ever had at a coffee shop (except for Starbucks, which is always awful), but the experience is the best I've had by far. Sheena is getting elderly now, she was talking about packing it in. I think she'll do it for as long as she can walk from the house to the shed.

We started off with a walk along the loch to loch carron weavers. Then went to Dornie for a coffee (and met a wonderful old couple who talked to us, and generally talked over each other in doing so), went to the castle, and then to Corran for our coffee. Managed to have good weather for much of the day.

Off to the loch inver/cape wrath area at the weekend, and then a couple of days on Mull (staying in tobermory).

LOL, yes, I thought it best not to give any hints on the tea hut lol. I did wonder whether she was still able to do it. She is a very good friend of the woman who runs the B&B we stayed at, thats how we came to know about it. Our drive there was quite magical and I remember thinking was that road ever going to stop somewhere lol.

I will have a look on the map to see if there are any places near your next area - there are so many wonderful places in the Highlands, its difficult to choose to cram in on one visit lol. There are a couple of rather nice places I can think of but will have to refer to the map to see if its on/near your route.

We spent 1 day at Tobermory as we didnt have much time so you will probably see more than I did. Look out for dolphins on the boat trip over there as they frequently swim alongside the ship. Oh, and if you are going to Mull from the Oban ferry and get the chance, do go in the main fish and chip shop there - first class fish and chips!

Linda