The Pinhole Experiment

Below are a few photos of, and photos taken with, my little kitset manual pinhole camera from the Natural History Museum. The quality isn't crash hot but some of the blurred results can be interesting. It's photography at its simplest: open the shutter, guess the number of seconds to expose for and slam it shut again. No worries about megapixels here!

Canterbury Cricket Ground:

Canary Wharf (barely visible) from Greenwich:

Battersea Park, London:

Christchurch College, Cambridge:

And the camera:

Cricket sixes tournament with the lads

Nottingham half marathon

A couple of photos form a solid weekend in Nottingham with a fun van ride, top apartment, lots of cricket and a spot of running.

Run times:

Frasier Wilson: 1 hour, not much (winner of the fastest man on one leg category)

Angus Burger: 1 hour and quite a bit more (winner of the fastest man with no knees category)

Hamish Wood: 1 hour a bit more than that (winner of the fastest man in a visor under 30 category)

Best greasy mow of the weekend: Stephen Fleming

Worst pricing system of the weekend: Paying 15 quid for 10 overs at Trent Bridge

Goals ticked off: 1 from 2

Yes: Visiting Trent Bridge

No: Running a half marathon like I should be able to...

South Downs Walk with Phil & Maggie

In Brief:

Rating out of 10: 10

Temperature: 25 degrees celcius (a relative heatwave in the 07 summer)

Distance Covered: 20km

Wrong turns taken: 1

Pints consumed: 4

Pairs of sunburnt legs: 4

Snakes sighted: nil

Anticipated hours of sleep tonight: 12

Energy for work tomorrow: nil

Frodo, Sam and Pippin lead the way out of the shire:

A day at the cricket in Canterbury with JJ and Fraser

Ascot, Wimbledon and Lettuces

Following on from Hamish, here are a few photos from my last month or so:

Ascot

Shane came to stay for a couple of days, and took up the vacant position on the couch. We had a fun day out at Ascot, hob-nobbing with the rich and famous - kind of! We were just in the cheap seats, but it was a fun afternoon anyway (despite the torrential down pour). I opted out of wearing a hat, but managed to keep my fascinator (otherwise known as my 'poof') securely fastened to my head for most of the day.

Sandy, Shane, G and Sarah:

Kate looking surprised, Nicky loving it:

G and Sarah (after the rain):

G, Nicky and Sarah:
Wimbledon

I decided to take an afternoon off work to go and see some tennis, and was lucky enough to choose the only non-rain affected day of the Championship. And I even managed to run into Alli while queuing :)

Saw some great games on the outside courts, and also got on to Court 1 later in the day to watch Davydenko:

My Lettuces

This photo was taken in the glory days of my lettuce horticulture - unfortunately most of them died soon after! We did manage to eat a couple, but after Hamish served them up one evening including the resident caterpillar, I was a bit turned-off!

I have a very friendly duck to help out with the watering duties:

Summer Solstice

Well, we've had a pretty neat time catching up with some old faces this summer. Dad has held the honorary flatmate title, claiming the airbed for most of the last month - it has also been great to catch up with Che and Erin, Shane, Sonya, Karl & Kim, Tala and Togs for a few pints along the way. Thanks so much for your visits.

Highlights of the last few weeks have included:

• A trip to Paris with Dad
• A roadie around Oxford, Bath and Stonehenge with Erin, Che & Dad
• A day at Ascot with Shane
• Day trips with Dad to Grenwich, HMS Belfast, the Cabinet War rooms
• Watching We Will Rock You and Spamalot in the West End
• Watching Le Tour de France kick off in Londres
• GLG being sold to Freedom Acquisition Holdings Limited and therefore soon to be listed on the NYSE
• Me now being close to broke because Dad has spent all my money on antique firearm accessories
• Powderfinger being voted the second best rock band ever (behind Guns n' Roses)

And the evidence in photos...

Paris:

West England trip:

London day-trips:

Beautiful people:

So what's next...after mucking us about for a couple of months our landlord has decided to sell and so we are on the move from Stepney Green - stay tuned...