Chain saw out and neighbours tree down!

Tha'll give us a cople of hours burning next winter.

Good day in Lancaster yesterday, I didn't spend anything!

Lancaster here we come.

It's Honesty's birthday today so were going to see her and treat her to lunch.

And the K5's going too.

True Gareth, no problem on the refund.

It's the 'Tour' that's kept my recovering other half sane. She's used it as an excuse to rest her leg when she's been over zealous in the mornings.

Did I mention that she's going for physio on the leg, ironic really..

..she's a physio herself...

Ah, that would be the Tour de France then.

Erm, as a non sporty person, er, I have to ,um, admit to, ahem, watching the highlight progs!

COME ON BRADLEEEEEEY!!

Can we see the ring when collected Gwyn?

Try de-stoning and adding to a bottle of gin with a good amount of sugar Bernard.

Haven't tried cherries yet, but it works with blueberries, blackberries and, of course, sloes.

Rant time...

...ordered a grip for the K5 from Amazon, a supplier called BestDealUK, back on 19th June.

It hasn't arrived, so I've got my money back today. Now that's not the gripe, Amazon and the supplier have been good.

It's just that they don't make it clear that the supplier is in HONG KONG!!!

I could have got one £8 cheaper on ebay from the other side of the world and chose Amazon because it appeared that the supplier was UK based.

Now I'll have to start all over again..

Amazon also say they use (mainly) UK suppliers!

Don't believe it, a company trading on Amazon as BestDealUK are actually in Hong Kong!

Check the origin before ordering anything nowadays, even on ebay and Amazon.

As for £250ish, I still say it's £100 too much for this lens.

Happy birthday from Yorkshire as well.

I take it the Samsung's a good result then Gwyn?

Sat at a computer waiting for a kettle to boil...

I was just wondering where everybody was as well Gareth.

So I sat down and had a beer and waited...

...lo and behold you asked what I was wondering.

SMC Takumar 55/1.8
SMC Takumar 55/2.0
Far too many 135mm by various makers
CZJ 35/2.4
CZJ 50/2.0
CZJ 135/3.5
There's also a Soligor 400mm somewhere and several T2 mounts with M42s on.

They all get used from time to time on digital and film.

Oh, I nearly forgot the bag full of Helios 55s that came with the Zenits!