It`s actually raining here !!!!!! First time I`ve seen it in weeks !!

Been down to the post box just to cool off - visitors tonight so still not looked at Jersey pics - nice to see everyone getting on famously on "other" topic pages - ??

Must say the monopod was a boon - best £7.99 I ever spent.
I kept the lenshood on "all" the time JR ( except for fill flash )
Managed to fill an 8gb card anyway.

Maybe tomorrow eh ?

Tony

You are very generous in your praise dear George - after over 40 years doing it for a living it is great to be the Customer and give hospitality just to those who deserve it.
I managed to secrete a bottle of Soberano 5yo in the duty free bag whilst plying madame with Toblerone and Sauvignon Blanc from the Marlborough Estates !! I also have 2 dozen free range eggs from my sister`s laying ladies whom I have become quite attached to in the last fortnight.
A sirloin steak blue with cous cous and green salad and goat`s cheese for my repast and then off to bye byes and dreams of the last two weeks and hopes of more sunshine to come.
Bye the way - not a Pentax in sight all the holiday - Canikons rule with the odd Sony and a few Fuji.
Sweet dreams all - I am returned.

Tony

Home safe - clearing inbox and checking garden,photos x 450 download tomorrow,just opened a bottle of duty free Shiraz - hope all are well and enjoying rays.

Brown Tony

Some excellent restaurant reviews for anyone going to Poole or Jersey soon.

Thanks i

I know you`ve been talking about me !! And yes Jo does know !!

Great crossing - lovely weather so far - lost ( and found - phew !!! )my wallet at an agricultural show,battery on the K20 went flat today - borrowed Jo`s K100 - regards to all

Tony

Yeah - she`s 40 this September and always did ask that ! Now she has a small person of her own to ask her - and so it goes - eh ho !

Off in 30 minutes - just tidying up the inbox,accepting second place for the Faces comp, and remembering to switch everything off !!

NO talking about me when I`ve left - I`m taking the laptop to check..........

Nearly there !!

Tony

Crikey - the coveted second place !!

Well done JudithAnn - a worthy winner and a cracking shot !

Some great entries and some very positive critiques - many thanks Darlene.

I am off to Jersey in about an hour so I cannot defend my second spot in JudithAnne`s comp but I will watch and learn as always.

No talking about me whilst I`m away - lol

regards from a very happy chappie/chappy ?

Tony ( and Gonzo )

Off to Jersey tomorrow - byeeeeee

Tony

Sad to hear the news of a favourite of mine from the AP days..........

"He became Professor of Photography in 1975 and published a highly successful series of manuals on photographic technique, starting with The Book of Photography (1976). Most recently he released The Art of Digital Photography (2006) after a research voyage around more than two dozen countries. When not on the road, Hedgecoe enjoyed restoring both buildings and gardens. He replaced a previously-demolished wing of his 16th-century house in Oxnead". From the telegraph obits.