I AM AN ODD PERSON (15/06/11)

I know this as a fact. I am . Not certifiably insane, just odd. I listen to our Prime Minister………jumping this way, jumping the other and feel sympathy for him………..what his poor wife suffers I dread to think. He scrapped the Harriers and their carrier, he has virtually given the former to the USA. No problem there but paying Italians to launch strikes from airbases on their country does niggle a little, we liberated it, or my dad helped. I love Italy, I’ve only seen the shoe bit, it is fantastic………..How did I miss out on Bunga Bunga Parties. Thick I am.

On to todays topic bridges over the river Tees. This is not the best but as a river it has more than it’s fair share.

   The Abbey Bridge at Egglestone Abbey.  Seventy feet wide and almost as tall. A wee belter of a bridge and so well designed that it is the heavy goods vehicle route into Barnard Castle…….two hundred and fifty years after it was constructed! This is a perfect arch. I did not do it justice as this image is stitched from fifteen frames………And… ‘’ and eld’’

Thank David Cameron for image stabilisation. He deserves a bit of a fillip…Like hell he does. he deserves the sack.

To think a panoramic head was almost 1k four years ago……….now obsolete.

        The same or almost the same shot. A one hit wonder. Meter off green bits and knock the camera down a stop, on speed in this case but you could use ISO or aperture…………doubt there would be a difference.

Egglestone Abbey.. I will visit in winter, I dislike people in shots of ruins.

The former exposure blended……………..the later okay but lacking.

Now for regular watchers of this blog I’ll have to mention Alfie. He had a major operation on Monday……….his naughty bits removed. He is fine………………..here he is…………….twenty four hours later.

What a beauty. He has trodden on a dead wasp today which stung him…………….took his mind off more serious matters! Stung me as well removing it same effect.

Have fun.