#black brook

Adirondacks

Black Brook, New York

A fat roll occurs when the take-up spool inside your camera is loose. The roll is not tightly wound and (as the name would suggest) fat! This results in light leaks on the last photos on your film and the markings on the backing paper burning into your images.

As this camera was very cheap and listed on eBay as “untested” I suppose I should not be surprised.

#365daysofbiking Nestling in green nowhere:

June 15th - With things online getting on top of me, I headed out at lunchtime on a much better day to find cake, sunshine and solace.

The sunshine was patchy, but lovely and I went to my old haunt of Hints Ford to see it after the rains. Green and peaceful as ever, there was much to see: I was particularly fascinated by the honeybee nest in the tree there.

Hints is as gorgeous as it ever was and I’ve missed it - I must try to get here more often.

May 21st - A much nicer day with warm sun and gentle southerly breeze. I headed out through Stonnall to Footherley, then Canwell, Hints, Tamworth and on the canal to Polesworth, returning via Orton on the Hill, Austrey, Clifton and Harlaston. A nice 60 miler.

We’re into summer now; the leaves are fully out, the air is alive with bugs, bees and birds, and pollen is the dominant scent. The countryside of Staffordshire and Leicestershire was beautiful, and I was pleased to note the honeybees still nest in the roof of Hints Church, as they have done for decades.

All topped off with a lovely sunset over Ogley Hay that showed St James Church beautifully.

After the storm, beauty ensues.

One border of our property looks absolutely beautiful after 16″ of fresh March snow.