Its walkable if you're a regular walker but its certainly more than an easy stroll. You climb out of one valley at Chipping Campden and then drop down the steep western escarpment of the Cotswolds to Broadway on the edge of the Vale of Evesham. Its a few miles.
There's more than one excellent coffee shop in Broadway as well as pubs.
David

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Good effort all round. I'd be interested to know which of the lenses you listed was used for this image.
David

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I endorse the K30 possibility. Much better image quality than the K10 and cheaper than the K5. I still use mine a lot although I also have a K5 and a K3. All three of these models have weather sealing.
David

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That really is an exciting project Mark. And your photos of it are fantastic. I wish you every success in this venture.
David

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I frequently bump into other Pentax users when I'm out and about but I've got to admit there are far more Nikon and Canon users. I've seen a few Pentax film camera users too, especially when shooting steam trains. Perhaps its part of the nostalgia trip for them.
Not all Pentax Users are members of PUF though. There are a few Pentax people in our camera club but only three of us are members here, Barrie and John (DOIK) being the other two.
But like I always say, who cares who uses what camera - lets see the colour of your photos before passing judgement.
When I was a working journalist no one gave a toss what typewriter you used.
David

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Each and every one of the is delightful. Such vibrant colours. I love abstracts.
David

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Newbiggin-on-Lune used to be in Westmoreland before it became part of Greater Cumbria. There's a tiny garden centre there with a coffee shop where Irene and I stop for our first break on one of our regular drives to Shropshire/Worcestershire/Gloucestershire via the M6.
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Yes I mentioned the DA*200mm in my post earlier in this thread. Its superb. I plan to use it for the limited amount for sport I do - city centre cycle racing, Durham Regatta for instance. Its already been in action for shooting steam trains on the mainline, getting them in action at speed.
So far its been very useful at events like the Edinburgh Fringe and Pickering Steam Fair isolating people in the crowd to get close up portraits. And just today its been photographing along the Newcastle Quayside with long shots of the bridges.
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In my teenage cycle touring days when I studied road maps assiduously I found there was at least one Newbiggin in each of the Northern-most counties in England; Northumberland's being the best known. But they were also in Co. Durham (a farm hamlet near Lanchester), North Yorks when it was called the North Riding, Westmorland and Cumberland.
So there's also one some where in South West Scotland Gareth?
David

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Happened to me last Friday with the K30. I took out the battery, re-inserted it and everything worked normally again.
I've had the K30 almost 2 years and nothing like it has ever happened before.
I just love this little camera with its deceptively high specification and image quality. Since I got the K3 to partner my K5-1 I thought the K30 would be semi-retired.
But now its partnered with the Pentax DA 35mm 2.4 lens that came free with the K3 body from SRS and its a terrific lightweight walk round combo for street photography.
David

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