From a walk through the dene behind Halton Castle this afternoon... just managed to get back to the car before the rain! 😅☔
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I've watched two Irish films so far this week. They couldn't be more different... but both of them were excellent. 🎥 🍿
Oddity
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/oddity-horror-film-review-2024
That They May Face The Rising Sun
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/that-they-may-face-the-rising-sun-film-review-2025
Am I unique in my hatred of shirt labels? Someone creates a t-shirt and presumably thinks to themselves: "Yeah, nice shirt, but you know what would make it even better? A stiff plastic label to gouge our customers in the back of the neck... all day long. They're going to *love* that!" 🙄 (It is a good shirt though!!)
The notifications appeared to be impossible to mute, popping up on a 60 minute cycle. Uninstalled and switched to Bitdefender... so far, so good. 🤞
Same view as the last post, but taken on a 'real' camera. It's obviously better, although the mobile phone wasn't bad. 📷🤔
#HolyIsland #Lindisfarne #Northumberland #Photography #SonyA7C2 #Viltrox20mm
Back on the Pilgrim's Way... the last convenient Wednesday tide pattern for a while. I checked, of course!! 😂
"Enjoy the quiet..." while we plaster the FOURTH of these obnoxious notifications all across your screen!! 🙄
I started to feel like I'd downplayed the foreground too much in the original monochrome conversion. I liked the dark moodiness of it, but now I wished the barn was a little more prominent... 📷🤔
Derelict barn (or possibly an old mine building?) in Teesdale this afternoon. 📷
Can I still call this 'SilentSunday' if there's a slight buzz and my GPS watch throws a wobbly? 😂📷
View towards Aydon Castle, from below Halton Castle. A very nice walk... until my car battery gave up and I had to call a breakdown truck! 😲 I've now got an emergency boost pack, and jumper leads!! 🤣
Housesteads Fort, seen along the path from the cafe. The pay/display car park is covered by an annual National Park pass, and even if you didn't have an English Heritage card, you can still walk around the outside of the fort onto the Hadrian's Wall path. 📷
Still browsing through some autumnal shots! This one was earlier in October (16th) not far from Heavenfield. And with a Sony 40mm f2 prime, plain UV filter. 📷
Also from Housesteads towards Sewingshields yesterday, but earlier in the day, and exposed for the sky. 📷
View from Housesteads towards Sewingshields this afternoon. Another shot with my 20mm Viltrox, this time with a 1/8 black mist filter... it's quite subtle. 📷 (Is "analoguiness" an actual word? Because I was feeling that it adds a touch of that.)
This is along Hadrian's Wall path, close to Down Hill, Halton. 📷
From a walk near Halton Castle yesterday. I was trying an old Viltrox prime lens on my Sony A7cII. Lacks a bit of sharpness, and a little rough at the edges... but I'm quite liking the effect. 🤔📷 (20mm f2.8)
Halton Castle, Northumberland, this afternoon. A private residence, although you do get a nice view of the exterior from the adjacent church... or from this small pond! 😎
#Northumberland #HaltonCastle #Castle #Photography #Reflections
Hmm. A timelapse of questionable quality! 🤣 But, if nothing else, it shows that my GoPro board mount does actually work.
#Paddleboard #SUP #GoPro #Timelapse
Lovely afternoon for paddleboarding along the North Tyne; calm and sunny. You can paddle 1.25km upstream from Chollerford before the current deflects you. Then I had a quick swim... it's definitely getting colder! 🥶😂 Only 6 minutes according to my Garmin, and it was beginning to feel chilly!
#SilentSunday #NorthTyne #Northumberland #Paddleboard #WildSwimming
Another view from Sunday afternoon. This is about halfway between Heavenfield and Port Gate. 😎
It was 4pm and I'm wondering if they forgot to put it forward in the spring? 🤣 #Sundial #Northumberland #StOswalds #Heavenfield
Weather not looking especially promising over the Tyne Valley... 💦☔
#Northumberland #Skies #Clouds
My Garmin watch announced I'd reached my daily step-count target... while I was playing the piano. 🤔 I don't have a big repertoire, so I decided to check...
Chopin Waltz in A Min - 215 steps
Bach Prelude in C Maj - 0 steps
Joplin Maple Leaf Rag - 662 steps
^- simplified, scored for grade 4/5
Chopin Prelude no 4 - 160 steps
Satie Gymnopédies no 1 - 74 steps
Satie Gnossiennes no 1 - 307 steps
Chopin Prelude no 7 - 0 steps
Ragtime is apparently the way to go!! 🤣
Took the plunge (but not literally!) and bought myself a paddleboard. 😎 The Bluefin sale said "end-of-season", but I'm presuming it's only end of season for southerners!! 🤣 A 4km excursion on the North Tyne, and I've pretty much got my balance back... it's been a couple of years.
From a swim in the North Tyne yesterday evening. I placed the lens of my GoPro just into the water. 😎
(Edited: because I was irritated that I'd used the word "evening" twice in the same sentence!)
Found this while randomly scrolling through my phone backup. 😅 Religion looks like it might be more fun in the mosh pit!!
#Humour #Video
About to watch "28 Years Later"... so maybe it's lucky that I've just been updating my Holy Island crossing calculator. You never know when these things might come in handy! 🧟🤣
https://mootparadox.com/webapp/pilgrim/
It does specifically say "social media's walled gardens" I suppose. 🙄
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