Another one off the bucket list!

Now that Sue, me and great friends Anne and Art are all early retired or working part time when we want to,we have plans to cross items  off our bucket list. Things we want to do before we are too old and senile! Some are modest , some are grander and some might need a lottery win but the aim is to do as many as we can.
An early one was to share in Anne and Art`s wish to visit Cornwall using our knowledge of the area from countless trips with the kids and Art`s use of the company car whilst he still has it!

Mousehole

Spent most of the week wishing I`d taken my tripod and 10 stop filter with the great weather we had on all but one day but had a great time.Thanks for all that driving Art and looking forward to Granada, Cordoba and Murcia next!

Mousehole

Art looking pensive at Praa Sands

Add can never resist a good door and window

Ceative sunset with silhouetes taken in daylight

Trying to go minimalist

Lines in

Between the Deep and the Big Blue Sea

More shots and comments from my recent trip to Kilham. Mixed weather meant a visit to the Deep at Hull one day. Brief review - well it`s OK but just a few fish really! One big tank to look at from 6/7 different angles and lots of video displays and a few cockroaches to make up the numbers. Charged parking too! Guessing my year long pass with the ticket might be underused. My favourites were certainly the spotted garden eels which burrowed deep then sprang up doing meerkat impressions and the jelly fish. All the shots required me using my D700 at up to 2000 ISO level and f 2.8-4 - I love my D700. No noise reduction  applied to any of these images.

Spotted garden eels

By the next day it had stopped raining and we could visit Fraisethorpe beach - that`s more like it!

Strength in Unity

Just come back from another stay at the beautiful Kilham Hall. I did the photos for their website and publicity a few years back and have been a regular visitor since. If you are looking for somewhere super sophisticated with all the luxuries and the best breakfast you will ever eat check it out here:
http://www.kilhamhall.co.uk/
Joanne and David have won so many awards for their hotel they can barely fit them on the front page and you`ll see why if you go!

Whilst there you can take in the coast , explore beautiful country houses and walk to your heart`s content. If in the area don`t miss a special sculpture though.

Strength in Unity - Peter Naylor

 Found by the side of a small road in the east riding near Lissett, at the site of their old aerodrome, stands a superb monument to the men of 158 squadron of bomber command who gave their lives in World War 2.Novera Energy PLC got permission in 2007 to install a wind farm on the site of the old Lissett airfield. They commissioned a competition to produce the best tribute to the airmen who lost their lives, open to artists living and working in the Humber and Yorkshire region. This was won by Peter W Naylor who worked with  Hull based firm Campbells to deliver the 7 airmen featured. Cut out of corten steel it is inscribed with the names of the 851 airmen who gave their lives flying daring missions during World War 2 in their Halifax bombers. 343 more airmen were taken prisoner from this squadron.

The wind turbines on the old airfield site behind  are named after some of the  bombers flying during the war. The piece, named Strength in Unity after the motto of the squadron was unveiled on 16th May 2009. The squadrons linked badge features in the plinth for the piece set amidst wildflower turf and oak posts with a book for visitors to sign. An inspirational piece of work that ages with the elements but serves as a reminder of those that went before.

When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow,we gave out today"JM Edmonds