Ken's Wanderings

  Worksop Priory The last Leica Fellowship Weekend took us to Worksop, you may not think of Worksop as somewhere to base yourself but the town has its own features, particularly the Priory Church of Our Lady and St Cuthbert and Mr Straw's House.  I'll start with the Priory.

The Achievements of  Bletchley Park Introduction. Following the most enjoyable weekend with the Leica Fellowship in Hinckley we decided to take a detour on our way home to revisit Bletchley Park, which we haven’t been to for about 15 years. This unique and fascinating museum tells the story of British intelligence gathering during World War II and is full of literally incredible stories of intellectual and organisational achievements that made a significant contribution to the Allies beating Nazi Germany.   It also set the foundations for modern intelligence operations and was the birthplace of electronic, programmable computers. This is an incredibly complex story of human endurance, mathematical and crypto-analytical brilliance and organisational development that created a large, complex operation that only came into the public domain as the rules imposed by the Official Secrets Act were relaxed with the passage of time. Many employees went to their graves holding thei...

 It's ages since I posted anything on this Blog so I'll start adding more photos to it. I'm in the Leica Fellowship, the following like will take you to our website: Leica Fellowship's website We meet up in the spring and autumn each year for a weekend of visits to an area, hear visiting lecturers and have competitions and generally have a good time with friends and fellow photographers. The last weekend was in Hinckley in Leicestershire and there were a number of interesting places to visit.  I'll start with some photographs of the Grand Union Canal at Foxton Locks

 With the latest and strongest lock down in place to try to contain the Covid 19 Pandemic I've not been able to go far.   However the recent removal of a dead tree has opened up a new vista for me close to my home.  These pictures show the landscape in different conditions in January 2021 and I've included some other photos that reflect the weather of the month.

 I recently had to take my aging Mercedes to a specialist outift in Chesterfield who sorted out the problem, AF Tuning have expertise and equipment to sort out engine tuning and other problems on any age of vehicle and as you see they can work on classic sports cars.

Over the years we have visited the Lakes many times and for a lot of that time I took film pictures.  These are a sample. Coniston Drama in the Helvellyn Landscape Kendal by the River Kent Kirkstone Pass Tarn Hows