Every thursday I go to the Museum of Science and Technology in Manchester to volunteer as a demonstator on the SSEM replica, also known as the “Manchester Baby” – the world’s first stored program computer. In 1948 this machine has only 128 bytes of non-permanent storage. Soon after they added a hard drive that had about 10 kilobytes of storage, a useful amount in 1948. Continue reading
Month: August 2019
Askrigg and Bainbridge – around Wensleydale
Another trip around Wensleydale, this time through the meadows and fields at the bottom of the valley around the villages of Bainbridge and Askrigg.
Again the fields were full of flowers and everywhere you see the pattern of drystone walls and barns that the Dales are famous for.
Right now I’m really concentrating on the Dales and I’m hoping I’ll get the chance for more overnight wild camps before the summer ends. Doesn’t look very likely with all the rain we’ve had so far.
Wensleydale
Wensleydale
Wensleydale
Wensleydale
Wensleydale
Wensleydale
A Wensleydale round
A walk around the south side of Wensleydale.
- 9 miles
- 560 metres
- View the route on plotaroute.com
Lee ND Grad Filters colour accuracy
OnLandscape magazine has had a series on neutral density graduated filters, with one part on colour accuracy. Tim Parkin, editor and author, happens to mention that his very old Lee resin filters had changed colour over the years and now had a strong colour cast. I had suspected this myself with my own set of Lee resin filters. A quick test confirms this. Here are some shots I took, the captions tell the story. Continue reading
Anthony Shaughnessy 