Mike, my recent experience would suggest that if you sell all your cameras but keep reading the PU posts and looking at the galleries, the itch to take pictures will return very quickly. So keep the glass!

OK, for various reasons I have not taken many shots over the last 12 months, but since sending the K10 to SRS in a PX deal for a K5, I have been really suffering without a decent camera! Do we only really appreciate something when it has gone?

No idea where it is, but was the shot with your K5?

Wow, that robin is superb.

Can you correctly ID forum members from their posted images before the mouse gives it away?

I can usually ID Andrew (bwlchmawr), he has a style and quality that I can usually recognise, but others are more difficult.

If you use concrete posts they will have to be set in concrete and it can be awkward to fit the intermediate panels. Aesthetically, timber looks better than concrete, and the early rotting can be prevented by using treated timber posts on post spikes (B&Q etc), driven into the ground. These lift the base of the posts above the ground. You then have a lot more flexibility for the panels and could maybe re-use some of the original planks. If wind is a problem, use hit & miss vertical boarding, which allows wind to pass through but maintains privacy:

http://www.southern-timber.co.uk/gbu0-prodshow/hit_and_miss.htm

Lets see the photos of the finished product!

Thanks for the advice folks.

K5 ordered from SRS and (hopefully) on its way.

Hi
After an exhausting and demanding 12 months dealing with a raft of family issues and finding the time to finally pass the UK bike test (the older you get, the more demanding it is!), I hope I can to resume where I left off and I am looking at a replacement for my trusty K10.
However, as I am really out of touch, K5 or K7? Which threads should I be looking at?

I like the first one, with the clear background, very dramatic. But, Andrew, where is the rust?!

Without wanting to set an overly mawkish tone, I would like to thank you for the inspirational images that you have posted over the year, and for the help and advice dished out.
Cheers Andrew!