I think there is an unwritten law that everyone doing photo a day has to do a love heart sweet shot at some point. My daughter left these in the van, so I a) blipped them and b) ate them.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Bridge on the River Greta
Last photo from the lakes as we came home today. The old railway line by the river Greta going into Keswick.
View from the beer tipi
The [url=http://www.keswickmountainfestival.co.uk/]Mountain festival[/url] was on in Keswick, which featured a nice tipi, complete with beer, sausages and folk bands. Not a bad view either.
Finishing the Bob Graham Round
While we were in Keswick we witnessed this chap (Paul Tierney [url=https://twitter.com/#!/irunmountains]@irunmountains[/url]) finish the [url=http://www.bobgrahamclub.co.uk/bobgrahamround.co.uk/]Bob Graham Round[/url]. This is an insane running challenge, taking in 42 peaks, 74 miles in less than 24 hours. He did it in just under 18.
It was interesting to see the finish, there was a very small welcoming committee, and everyone involved does it just for the love it, there’s no money involved. And yet it’s an amazing achievement. The next time I see a celebrity singer or sportstar justifying their massive earnings because they’ve worked so hard, think of people who do this, for no reward other the achievement itself.
Applause.
Derwent water
We are up in the Lake District for a few days (for our anniversary). We are staying at the camping and caravan site in Keswick. This is a great place as it’s right on the lake, this photo was taken about 50 metres from my van, and also just a short walk into the town.
Reading matter
I had a piece in the [url=http://chronicle.com/article/The-Virtues-of-Blogging-as/131666/]Chronicle of Higher Ed last month[/url] and today the paper copy arrived. I didn’t even know there was a paper copy. It’s strange though, that even as confirmed digital kinda guy, it still induces a warm feeling to see your name in real print.
Half mast
Whenever a current or past employee of the OU passes away, the flag is flown at half mast. We used to get an email around saying who it was lowered for, but I don’t recall seeing one for a while. I wonder if now that we’ve been going for so long and have had so many employees, it’s too frequent an occurrence now.
Wonders if they’ll lower it for me one day…
Rainbow flying high
There was an amazing rainbow as I was driving home tonight. I stopped to take this photo, but missed a double rainbow earlier on (couldn’t photo and drive).
On the old farm
This photo was taken in 1923 on my grandad’s farm. Oh, ok, taken today at the stables, with the sepia effect.
Big country
My daughter went for a horse ride from [url=http://cantref.com/]Cantref [/url]today up in the Brecon Beacons. It was a lovely day and as they disappeared around the corner you could almost convince yourself you were in Montana or some such.
