International Space Station

Work carries on at the International Space Station, all right it’s a lie, it’s the picture of Moonrise over Bath Gasworks that I put on the blog 5 days ago run through a Distort Polar Coordinates Filter.

If you would like to try it the instructions are here.

Little Known Corners around Bath

Monkton Combe lock-up was erected in the early to mid 18th century and until about 1895/1900 there were stocks outside.
The building is approx. 8ft square with a domed roof and built of Bath stone. It is fitted with an iron studded oak door and is unusual as it contains two cells.
I have been a dozen times to photograph this lock up, but it always has a car parked outside, so this is two frames joined and the car cloned out.

Little Known Corners of Bath

This is the student accommodation in Raby Mews behind Bathwick St Mary Church in Bath.
You will note the SWGB carved across the front, because this was the billing centre in the 70s producing gas bills for the whole South-West of England.
In those days it was filled with staff producing the punch cards to feed the computers.

Baby Helen

Sam and a newborn Helen almost 30 years ago
at St Martins Hospital.

Little known crescents of Bath

One of the little known crescents of Bath,

it's Day Crescent Twerton.

Moon rise over Bath gas works

Moon rise over Bath Gas Works

Hardly Moonrise over Hernandez by Ansel Adams
which sold for $609,600 last month

Bath Crescent

One of the little known crescents of Bath,
it's Bloomfield Crescent.

The good old 70s

An old slide of Wendy, I think by the look of the hat and flares it must be the 70s.

Chow Dog

I spotted these two magnificent Chow dogs at green park station.
The Chow is a member of the spitz family and has been native to China for more than 2000 years

All Blacks

Here's a snap of me looking like I was hanging around with dozens of journalists from around the world for an hour and a half for a 3-minute photo call with the All Blacks.
The woman in pink is Melody Robinson former loose forward for the World Champion Black Ferns, now a TV presenter.
She spent ten minutes trying to explaining the technical differences between the men’s and women’s Haka to me?

Pictures Copyright The Bath Chronicle and BBC Points West

Autumn Ride

Helen, Tabitha and Biscuit walking in the Avenue yesterday.

Frosty

This morning's frosty sunrise over our orchard.

The Eden Project

The Eden Project, a four frame join up with Panorama Plus 2.

Sharpie

I was photographing a football match last week and spotted this dog, I think it's a Sharpie.
But they have a wrinkly body as well as face; it may be a cross of some sort.
Anyway it was only when downloaded the file and looked at it I realised what a short skirt the owner had.
She must have thought I was photographing her legs and not the dog, I wasn't honest.

Autumn

Autumn comes to The Avenue Combe Hay; there can be few more impressive entrances to a village at this time on year.

refuse lorry

I think we can assume the refuse lorry collecting this bin went wrong!

Spooks

Did anybody record the last episode of Spooks on Monday, Our timer failed and it's the only episode that BBC are not repeating on other channels.
If you have a copy we could borrow for a couple of days please e-mail me at samfarr@gmail.com.

Koalas

But not in Combe Hay

 

Run for your lives!

In the early 60s my reactions were very good, as this picture proves.
I was walking down Westgate Street and heard the sound or tearing and realised a lorry was tearing down a sunblind and snapped this picture as passers-by ran.
Now remember this was the early 60s and you never left the shutter cocked as it was bad for the springs, so I had to wind the film on first.
The original Nikon F I used had no exposure meter, auto focus or motor drive.

Incredible Hulk

It’s alright; she’s not really this colour.
But off to a heroes and villains party tonight as the Incredible Hulk.

 

Poole Car Park

Down in Poole they have to put things like E for egg
on the car parks walls.
So the Chelsea tractors can remember which
floor they parked on.

Happy Squirrel prepares for winter.

Happy Squirrel prepares for winter.

 

Experimental multi shot panorama.

Experimental multi shot panorama.

 

Chelsea tractor

With the 15,000th edition of the Archers this week even the Chelsea tractor drivers have the stickers up!

 

Stand clear it’s my van.

Stand clear it's my van.

Combe Hay Village Firework Party

Late arrivals at Combe Hay Village Firework Party.