Back in the Lake District where the weather has been so poor that they have cancelled the Great North Swim on Lake Windermere - because of too much water! Could only happen in the UK!
The Olympic flame came through Ambleside a day or two ago. Here is one of the torch bearers:
Canon 5D mk III EF 28 - 300L at 300mm and f/8 1/320 and ISO 1600 (very dark and damp afternoon -the bearers on the following day would have had a very unpleasant time of it)
Ambleside-torch-bearer by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
This little steamboat is one of the on water convoy for the torch, as the torch would be taken on to a boat down to Bowness:
Canon 5D mk III Carl Zeiss 35 f/2 at f/8 1/80 ISO 200
The-Shamrock by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
in black and white:
The-sharock-in-black-and-white by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
A
very wet day yesterday and looking down a pier at Waterhead:
Canon 5D mk III CZ 35 f/2 at f/8 1/125 ISO 125
wet-day-at-waterhead by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
A swan stood in the rain on the beach at Waterhead:
Canon 5D mk III CZ 35 f/2 at f/8 1/80 ISO 200
Waterhead-swan-in-the-rain by
singingsnapper, on Flickr
A barn in Galava Field between Waterhead and Ambleside:
Canon 5D mk III CZ 35 f/2 at f/8 1/40 ISO 125
Ambleside-Barn-on-a-wet-day by
singingsnapper, on Flickr