tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post2575471649165586738..comments2024-03-11T08:59:46.846-08:00Comments on FogBlog: Fun With Rocks (And Mist)Herman Sheephousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-73673133895760529972017-06-02T03:06:15.843-08:002017-06-02T03:06:15.843-08:00Haven't been there yet... will do one day, hop...Haven't been there yet... will do one day, hopefully this year.<br /><br />Ladybird books are very good!Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474089108788967111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-89372178484479384242017-06-02T03:02:55.499-08:002017-06-02T03:02:55.499-08:00Well, that sort of processing makes sense actually...Well, that sort of processing makes sense actually - saves huge amounts of time and maybe I should think about it as I am not getting any younger!<br /><br />Have you been to the shrine? I hope I've got the right place - it's pretty ancient and at the end of a valley.<br /><br />As for maps - can I recommend:<br /><br />Understanding Maps [Ladybird Series 671]<br /><br />It's as basic as they get, but is a very good starter and was handed out to squaddies back in the '80's to understand basic map reading prior to being shiped off to The Falklands. It worked (apparently)!Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-51778840865972206042017-06-02T02:44:59.850-08:002017-06-02T02:44:59.850-08:00Yup v. near the place you mention.
I inherited a ...Yup v. near the place you mention.<br /><br />I inherited a 5 reel Paterson tank which will take, er, 5 reels of 35mm or slightly fewer 120s. I do love the sense of jeopardy whilst mass-processing. The stakes are that much higher. As I have no sense of balance, nor a head for heights, those sorts of risks are to me as bungee jumping, tightrope walking or rock climbing are to others; film developing as an extreme sport if you will.<br /><br />Will practise my walking around in controlled conditions until I can confidently point to the map and say "I'm here." And be right!Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474089108788967111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-38910798733182126172017-06-02T00:01:32.994-08:002017-06-02T00:01:32.994-08:00Hi Julian - plastic map thingy is super important ...Hi Julian - plastic map thingy is super important - I've had mine for years and years and it has been a real boon, the only problem being how to fold a OS neatly into it . . .<br /><br />Being able to develop multiple films at once is something I have never tried - I dunno - never trusted myself actually. But you're on some classic combos with ID 11 - John Blakemore f'rinstance - everything is FP4 and ID 11, and the tones on some of his work is extraordinary, so I really hope they've all worked out OK and look the way you want them to.<br /><br />So Llangynog (just looked it up) is near Pennant Melangell? I remember seeing the shrine on a series about Britain's sacred palces a few years back and was taken aback by how beautiful and peaceful it was - the sacredness of the site virtually oozed out of the earth - something much older and deeper there methinks. But I am glad you made it back safely . . when in doubt head downwards, though in the case of the Capel Mounth (a stomping ground about 35 miles away and site of the above circumstances) if you head down the wrong bit you could well end up in a different district altogether with the only redress, around 40 miles back to where you parked your car (by road)!<br /><br />With regards to sense of direction, it really helps if you try and remain aware as you're walking. You can still be thinking about that super bag of gob-stoppers, or a nice bath, or both at the same time, but just take the time to look around as you're heading on. There's actually an awful lot of very good navigation books around ranging from the bonkers but works variety, right through to a proper 'mountain leader' this is how you do it, guide . . <br /><br />Thanks for commenting - as always, lovely to hear from you!Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-31195651480436618832017-06-01T23:31:37.532-08:002017-06-01T23:31:37.532-08:00Love the misty, wet, damp, sodden rocks.
From a v...Love the misty, wet, damp, sodden rocks.<br /><br />From a very early age my lack of sense of direction and ability to get lost were legendary and a great source of mirth to all those who witnessed my professions of complete dislocation when only a few yards from home. With greater maturity, or at least the passing of the years, I have, to a certain extent, developed coping strategies such as really making an effort to memorise turnings and where I've been.<br /><br />Often, though, my head is so full of stuff like what I had for dinner, what I'm going to eat next, what somebody said to me in 1973 and what I'd have liked to say back to them given only 44 years to think of a spontaneous witty riposte, that I find I can walk a mile and not remember how I got there. Like last week in the hills above Llangynog, inspired by your photographic examples above. I had my map, compass and waterproof coat. But it was raining, so to your list, I'd add a see-through plastic thingy to keep the map dry. <br /><br />Even given all of the above, I still managed to find my way back to the road via a completely different route from the one I'd taken on the way up. Which is amusing given that wetness was the only problem. Not so funny if there had been visibility issues. <br /><br />Anyhow, I'd taken 3 cameras, the Canadian, the Russian and the Japanese each of whom had partly used films in them, with the object of finishing them all off so I could develop them. And I was successful in that.<br /><br />Now you well know I don't practice the esoteric arts of development using the blood of a cockerel slaughtered in the light of a full moon whilst intoning Ansel's words of wisdom, but I have noticed that for the films I used (FP4, Delta 100, HP5) if you develop using ID11 at 1+3 then the recommended time for all those is 20 minutes which means you can do them all at once. And 20 mins for 4 films (HP5 in both 35mm and 120) represents quite a time saving. <br /><br />All I've got to do now is print the blighters and see if it was all worth it. Just praying for rain at the weekend so I might be spared gardening duties and disappear into the darkroom!Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474089108788967111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-76432790936364645612017-05-23T05:42:09.082-08:002017-05-23T05:42:09.082-08:00Thanks Marcus - I'll do my best - bit time poo...Thanks Marcus - I'll do my best - bit time poor at the moment . . .Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-74635623424036927282017-05-23T05:40:37.241-08:002017-05-23T05:40:37.241-08:00Great news. Keep up the writing!Great news. Keep up the writing!Marcus Peddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828640292397153550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-21097198517391076062017-05-23T00:20:33.024-08:002017-05-23T00:20:33.024-08:00Marcus - contact form now there - older blog comme...Marcus - contact form now there - older blog comments appear to have been disabled for some reason - need to go through and enable them all - that'll take time.Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-81038150299883250262017-05-22T23:14:02.706-08:002017-05-22T23:14:02.706-08:00Hi Marcus - after the sun setting is something els...Hi Marcus - after the sun setting is something else altogether, at least in mist and daylight there's the chance it might lift, but no sun . . . ! ! Bet you were all exhausted. There's that feeling of elation isn't there . . you're not dead . . yet ';0)<br /><br />As for comments, well THANK YOU (it's appreciated) if you've read back over all of that - goodness knows there's enough of it! But anyway, I shall look into the comments thing - there's no reason as to why you shouldn't be able to. And there used to be an email address somewhere on there too - no idea why that has disappeared -will try and re-add this morning. Off to work the noo . . <br />Herman Sheephousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187303211437458425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8635427135333425336.post-52123504551987933482017-05-22T21:57:41.526-08:002017-05-22T21:57:41.526-08:00Excellent post, as always. I've only once ever...Excellent post, as always. I've only once ever gotten lost in the Korean wilderness. My friends and I were up on Palgong Mountain longer than we should have been and the sun set. We struggled along a path for a few hours until we decided that just going straight down the mountain might be our best hope of reaching civilisation. So down we slid on our arses until we came to a temple where we scared the you-know-what out of the monks there who probably thought we were an ambush of tigers come to have a midnight snack. We asked them for help but they wouldn't come out of their rooms or answer us. Hrrmm. Anyway, a man in an SUV happened to come by (why, at 3:00 in the morning?) and gave us a ride back to the city. Hours of fun. A good memory.<br />I've been reading your blog back from the very beginning. I sometimes want to comment but the comments sections are closed. I can't find an email address, either. Is there an email address hiding in a place I haven't thought to look?<br />Have a great one.<br /><br />Marcus PeddleMarcus Peddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828640292397153550noreply@blogger.com