View From The Campsite

Last night it poured! Even though I'm used to caravans, the noise kept me awake. The wind buffeted the caravan in what had looked like a sheltered site.

Our first job in the morning was taking down the awning which had ripped out some of its pegs in the gale. My second job was making bacon & brie butties. A favourite with the menfolk.

Still it rained!

So, to make the most of the time, The Mate showed me how to use his video camera. There is a project I have in mind ( more about that in future blips). 

Not content with seeing it being used in the caravan, he then suggested I take it out and do a trial run of my idea. The rain had eased and I was up for this. It involved climbing up to the top of a hillock behind the caravan. I found that the monopod was not only useful for panning with the camera, but also helped me get up the hill.

At this stage I didn't want to take the 7D with me so I did the walk all over again in the afternoon as the stills on the camcorder weren't as good as the raws from the 7D. Sometime I will experiment with the 7D in movie mode.

This was the view from above the campsite, towards Skiddaw, in the only bit of sunshine we got today.