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generic rain on window picture no. 437

variant no. 36: taken at an angle with a tree in the background…

Another Derwent Water

Derwent water from near the top of Lodore Falls. Playing with the tilt-shift mode on the camera.

Evening starts to fall on Derwent Water

The obligatory Lake District jetty looking out over the water as the evening slowly starts to appear shot.

from high up

Looking down on Derwent Water from near the Lodore Falls

Roots

Tree roots on the shore of Derwent Water

2011

It’s one of those classic interview questions ‘where do you see yourself in five years time?’ and I think i’ve finally found my stock answer, ‘no idea’.

Once again the year is drawing to a close and for something like the third or fourth year running I have found my career developing on an unexpected tangent despite still being with the same company i’ve been with for ten years.

This year’s tangent has had me once again doing something I never thought i’d be able to do or get the chance to, and i’ve had two big projects to work on, both of which are still ongoing and one of which has taken up a huge amount of time and energy, hence the total lack of updates. There has also been a lack of picturesque photos taken over the year as well, so there haven’t been many pictures to put up on the blog.

Hopefully next year will be a year of sitting back a little bit and enjoying the fruits of this year’s labours, but who knows, I’m just going to try and go with the flow and see where it takes me, it’s certainly been an interesting ride so far.

To finish off the post I thought i’d include some of the few photos that got taken over this last year, hopefully there will be more next year. As to whether the blog will get more regular updating, we’ll have to wait and see what next year brings.

picture of the week

Penguins on Stonington Island, Antarctic peninsula, february 2009

picture of the week

About five hours after this picture was taken the ship you can see to the right, the Ocean Nova, was stuck on rocks and would remain stuck for 36 hours, some of that time being battered by hurricane force winds. It was an interesting wait to say the least, with the nearest ship being 12 hours from us.

Picture of the week

It’s a bridge, but an intriguing one. In the middle of nowhere, where the river Derwent flows in to the Ladybower/Derwent/Howden reservoir system. It seems a bit grand for its setting. From what I can tell it was moved from its original place crossing the Derwent further down when the lower valley was flooded to create the reservoir system. Its new and current location being at a place called ‘Slippery Stones’.

Picture of the week

Remember the Icelandic volcano from 2010 with the really long name (Eyjafjallajokull)? Well this weeks photo was taken when a large part of Europe had closed their airspace and all sorts of chaos was occuring (which was quite enjoyable to watch from afar but i’m sure wasn’t at all enjoyable if you were caught up in it). Ladybower reservoir on a nice sunny day looking in to the Peak District along the line of the Snake Pass. Not a contrail to be seen.