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I just started playing tennis again this morning, I really feel like I'm going to regret it in the morning.
I like the new surface on the Weston park courts, but it's a bit annoying how it is quite grippy when wet, then gets a little slippy as it's drying, before going grippy again when dry
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Plane, in Sheffield? I thought the airport had closed?
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Actually now I come to think about it that is one thing I NEVER hear in Sheffield, planes! Police helicopters are a regular sound, but never planes.
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Yeah there was quite a discussion about it on the Sheffield forum as the noise was so loud. I think it was something military but as I read last night nobody quite knew what. The noise was so thunderous many of us thought something was coming down!
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I was waiting for a bus outside of the peace gardens, it was very loud
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I honestly thought a passenger plane was coming down. Not being able to see anything it was quite unnerving for a while
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@RD... do you know when the work on Weston Parks due to be completed? Every time I go over it looks worse not better!
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I was surprised to see they've stripped the Sykes gateposts down nicely, anyway.
I heard the noise vaguely, but there are roadworks outside our office and I thought at first it was that (we've got double-glazing).
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dunno, there certainly seems like a lot more work to go, but they were actually working at 7 this morning, which aint bad going, although that could just mean they do no work during the week :-)
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I'm double glazed too. Still thought me number was up lol. Mind you I think it went directly overhead here
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I never noticed a thing. But then for most of my life I've lived a few miles from Heathrow airport, had Concorde going supersonic overhead twice a day, making all of the windows rattle, so I'm pretty much immune to plane noise.
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When I was digging at Heathrow Terminal 5 in 2002, everyday we had a 'Concorde Break' - everyone dashed for the site hut so as not to be completely blown away as Concorde took off! I hated that dig.
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Definately caused a stir. What makes it more strange is (barring people discussing what it 'might' have been) theres been no confirmation anywhere. It's like it never happened....
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Oh I heard that plane too, didn't think that much to it :P It was probably a Tornado or EF doing an about turn from the North Sea.
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I can try and find out about weston park on monday, part of my job is tracking the progress of works in parks & countryside dept
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That would be good thanks alleroo. I'm tired of going over there to find nothing but stripped land! Would be good to know roughly when it's finished :)
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Eeeeek thunder
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Lightening! Double eeek!
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I thought I'd managed to avoid the rain. Walked into town and it chucked it down. Thought it had passed over....
Oh well, hopefully some rainy shots to come though quite how I managed anything with the camera covered in a carrier bag I have no idea...
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justr checked, and according to the project tracker the latest stage (not sure if it's the final one) should be finished in May-June
If I see the officer in charge of the project I'll ask him if that's likely
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OK thanks. Last time I went, about 3 weeks ago it was the worst I've seen it with absolutely loads cordoned off or being dug up. Looks a long long way off.
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it's at phase 2 of the works at the moment, but I'm not sure if it's been delayed at all
towards the end of March it was still scheduled to finish on time, but I've not been able to check today
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Anyone have a canoe....
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Jeeeeeeze so hoping I've had a lucky escape. Just dropped my camera onto a concrete surface and it literally bounced. Flash flew up, batteries flew out... quick inspection and all appears ok but need to check it out properly :(
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lucky escape indeed
but why do you need a canoe?
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lol sorry, it was bucketing down when I typed that. It had been for hours and was seemingly endless.
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ah, it makes a bit more sense now lol
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I have a habit of rambling on and expecting everyone to know what I'm on about. Of course, this is me so that is rare :D
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the rain was so bad here I had to turn the music up!
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no bad thing though eh? :)
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Hmmm more rain and I fancy a walk (well apart from the one I've just taken to the offy....)
Last couple of hours of light (if you can call it light) what to do... where to go....
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... or plan B. KFC leftovers and shit TV..
I do live it up me :D
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I went for plan C....a cuppa and a piece of cake accompanied by a documentary on the middle east on TV and half reading a book on Afghanistan. Oh and flickr of course!
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I have Flickr, forum, about to watch Corrie and lemonade
though soon a glass of wine methinks
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I've got flickr, coding on a website (making a fancy swap shop thing!) watching crap on telly and soon to have a scone and maybe even a hot chocolate.
kinda wish I was playing on no more heroes tho! or even resident evil 4...
seriously I was stuck on a bit on resi 4 at christmas and haven't been on it much since, went on it for a couple of minutes the other day and it was easy as heck!
I can't decide whether I hate it or love it when that happens?
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I'm crap at video games. Play Mario Kart on the DS every now and again but I have a serious lack of knack for them. Especially if I have to 'land' stuff on things. Like on platform games. I always totally bloomin' miss the target and fall off.
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have a couple of lagers then maybe a glass or two of wine and watch the flood thing on tv, or at least that's my plan. Then prob check flickr and write some alchohol fuelled drivel later.
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I've got the flood thing on. Trouble is the TV's behind me. Lappy powerpacks dead so can't use that. I'll just have to keep spinning round on my chair....
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Watching Who's Line Is It Anyway on Dave...i wish they remade that programme!
And then i've got some graphic design work to do for work...i wish our marketing dept was better so people didn't ask me all the time!
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I thought the 'who's line' on the BBC were new.
EDIT... thinking of the wrong show
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Yup wrong one :)
There's a film on channel 5 where Clint Eastwood plays a National Geographic photographer...just to make this post relevant to photography :)
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I'm still with the flood thing though think it's gonna give me nightmares... !
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I've got winamp on random, I've just had a big bowl of Ben and/or Jerry's ice cream and I'm cracking on with some work.
Bank Holiday Weekends are fun.. *cough*
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Doesn't feel like a BH to me. More like an extra Saturday...
i can't stand Sundays so i suspect it'll hit me tomorrow!
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well its better at the moment for me than it was a few weeks ago when I didn't really know what day of the week it was... then again time goes much faster when I've got structured work :S
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Was meant to be seing Bjork tonight :(
So went to see Happy Go lucky at t'showroom (don't know why I did that I'm not even from Sheffield!) had a glass of wine, came home and am waiting for the boy to make some kind of potato masterpiece.
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I've just watched a film... Dragonfly. What a load of complete crap.
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There, taken the dog for her last walk. How come theres birds singing at this time?! I heard them last night too singing away all night. It's so warm out there. Like a Summers evening. Humid too ugh. Kinda nice out though, if a bit surreal...
Think I'll dig out a decent film now or some music and then crash....
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How can you start watching at film at nearly 2am?? You should support Wednesday cos you really are a night owl!
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I dont do it in the week and realistically I wont bother with a film. I'll be up until gone 4am though! Weekends I do have really late nights. Weekdays are about 2am and drop off around 3am
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well so far I've managed to play tennis on saturday morning, then it's pretty much been gtaIV all the way. Looks like today I'll get some bills paid and some computer housekeeping but I don't think I'll be able to stay away from Liberty City for long :-)
OAN, re: remaking Who's line, have you watched Mock the Week? Co-written (or something) by Dan Patterson (i think that's his name) so It has a very similar feel to Whos line
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its does have a similar feel to it indeed! but its not the same!
I remember seeing some american version of who's line a few years back... pretty much the same people, tho it was hosted by drew carey I think?
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Yeah, the US version is hosted by Drew Carey. It's pretty good, not on that often though.
I was thinking just the other day that I wish they'd bring it back, I've seen most of the repeats on Dave now.
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I still laugh at that channel being called Dave, nevermind whats on it
Great for me TopGear repeat hits though...
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It's probably one of the best channels on at the mo, sweeny, professionals, red dwarf etc etc
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Final session of the snooker this evening. Ronnie just needs two frames to take it. Can't decide wether to head into town to soak up the atmosphere. It'll be busy I reckon with this weather....
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The US version of Who's Line is it Anyway is on Five US quite a bit. Its good...but i prefer Clive Anderson! I like Mock the Week too...but its not as good...especially when they have that Gina Yashere on...how is she funny?!?
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Didn't bother with the snooker (pics). Lasted all of five minutes by the sounds of it anyway. Went for a walk elsewhere only to find it was done and dusted by the time I got back.
Now I'm all out of sync. Feels like it's only about 9pm to me. Also feels so very 'Summery' and warm after such a wet cold spell so I'm feeling like it's August or something and of course it's a BH Monday so like a Sunday, but not. Gah!!!!!
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lol double uploads ahoy. Another Flickr 'hiccup' earlier. No idea why but that one really bugged me. Perhaps as I was trying to get something online pretty quick at the time...
Oh well.
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Anyone seen birds (Heron/Kingfisher etc) about the river at any particular time of the day? Do they feed at certain times for instance that anyone knows of and are more likely to be around at a certain time-ish? I'd love to see a Kingfisher. I've sod in hells chance of catching one on camera I know but I'd like to see one at least and perhaps get a few other shots... make the most of the sun while it's out too!
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I saw one in the middle of the day in July 2006 (it was very warm and sunny) on the Don from the bridge on Rutland Road (at the side of the Samuel Osborne works). There was also a heron. I took a pic of the kingfisher but even with zoom it just came out as a tiny dot!
Here he is (best viewed large ... ha ha!)
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I was on a canal boat through Rotherham the other week, and the driver (?) mentioned that they see a lot of kingfishers on that stretch. I've never seen any myself in this part of the country, but there was one lived in Wanstead Park, near my old house, which I used to watch regularly. Beautiful creatures.
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The idea came to me as I was reading the Sheffield forum earlier and someone wanted to know where they had been spotted and it seems they are a lot more common than I thought. Even some been spotted by Lady's Bridge which is where I was going to head before the sun did a disappearing act.
I've seen plenty of Heron before but never a Kingfisher. I believe there are plenty of hatchlings (is that a word?!) too on the river right now.
Nice spot evissa :)
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Kingfishers tend to hang around the Penistone Rd side of the Don cos its a bit quieter for them. But I've seen them off Ladys bridge before. Too fast to photo though! Zoom!
Theres two pair of herons with a nests next to ladys bridge and riverside development respectively, they tend to hang about around 3pm. Usually around the weir.
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Thanks I'll go down and have a look maybe tomorrow, or this week at least if it's nice again. I can always head towards Penistone road if I can figure out the route beyond where it all breaks off at Kelham Island
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Saw one at the bridge to the bottom of the car park near the cooling towers (opposite meadowhall), was a couple of months ago in the afternoon.
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A kingfisher that is
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I SAW ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely no chance of catching it on camera as it was darting up and down the stretch of river around Lady's Bridge but I SAW ONE!!!!!! A Kingfisher! Yay!
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They're like blue streaks aren't they! :D
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Yeah and this one was very noisy. It's surprised me as I'd always presumed so quiet (unless he was in a lather about something!)
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PS I think I'll be back down tomorrow now you've just pointed out I saw Heron but didn't.... lol!
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I *love* herons. I know they're not all that rare, but they are so shy that it always feels like such a privelege to see one. Again, when I lived in London I and used to take my (then) baby daughter to Wanstead Park every week, there was a posse of herons that used to hang out right in the middle of the lake, obscured by trees and islands, it was a real pleasure to get a good view of one.
I hardly ever see them in Sheffield, but on the rare occasion when I get up very early (6am-ish) and take the dog down to Crookes Valley Park, there is always one sitting at the edge of the lake. As we approach it, it slowly and irritatedly unfolds its wings, flops into the air, does a couple of flaps and the lands on the other side of the lake where it resumes its statue-like vigil.
But... there is a downside. When I was very little, my granny lived in the servants cottage adjoining an amazing 1920s mock stately home in Bowdon (near Altrincham/Manchester). They had 5 assorted goldfish & carp ponds in the gardens. Unfortunately, the herons discovered these, and when I was about 4 they all had to be covered in green netting to keep the herons off. They never seemed quite the same after that. At the time, I seem to remember cursing the Herons whenever we walked past their treetop hideout in Dunham Forest.
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I'd never seen a Heron until recent years and then one was pointed out to me at Rivelin Valley. I was absolutely amazed at the sheer size of it and when I saw it fly was in awe. They are really common between Rivelin and Hillsborough park and whenever I've seen them fly over between the two have felt like I'm being transported to so pre-historic era! It's like a strange effortless flight yet they are enormous!
I've been lucky enough to get a few shots of them now, mainly feeding or sat in tree's by Hillsborough Park (though to this day I have no idea how the bloody great awkward looking things land in tree's) and I agree it always seems such a privilege to see them.
They are indeed greedy buggers though
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Crap quality (blimey two years old this pic) but this is one at Hillsborough thinking it was hidden
How the hell did it get in there?!?! They must dive into the branch!
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Wow!
The other thing that amazes me about herons - they seem to have two states of being. They are either this tall, lanky bird with long wings, or they are a hunched up bundle of an old grey man.
The photo above looks like a heron 90% of the way towards morphing into "old man".
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haha I think at this stage (daft as it sounds) me and this bird had reached an 'understanding'. It knew I was there yet this was a totally private and quiet area of a very busy park in the Summer but no one else had seen it land here. So as I crept trying to get closer it kept an eye on me yet stayed still.... I took a few quick shots and left it be.
I now sound totally barkin' but thats how it seemed :)
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I live out at Halfway and we see Herons flying over our estate quite often and sitting perched on TV aerials. There's something of the pterodactyl about them!.
I'm wondering whether they are nesting near the lakes at Renishaw Hall?
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I don't know Halfway too well so not sure where Renishaw Hall is. Would it be a long way from the tram route? I like finding new places and now I've heard about lakes....
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This reminds me, I must go and see these guys! I first saw Herons properly last year up on Northumberland when I was driving back to our B&B from the Farne Islands - saw one flying over the car and followed it, parked up and looked out from a sand dune to the beach, where 2 adults looked like they were teaching a young one to fish... I spent a couple of ours hunkered down watching/snapping them flying around chasing seagulls and having a great old time.
I'm sure they knew I was there - flew over me a couple of times, but seemed very chilled about it...
There's apparently a heronry at Trentabank Reservoir with a hide too.
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I might go down again today or tomorrow though to be honest I stand very little chance of getting any pics in that area. I'd be better off in the open and light of a park. Can but try though eh? And nice to watch them regardless. We'll see.
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Nipped over yesterday and not a Heron in sight and couldn't make out a nest though knowing me I was probably looking straight at it and didn't 'see'
I saw plenty of Swifts darting about though. Loads.
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Saw the Kingfisher again yesterday down by the weir fishing. It stopped briefly on a branch but alas, I was about half a second behind the bugger as I'd literally just arrived when I saw it. The sunshine was lighting up it's brilliant blue back so nicely too. Gah.
Anyone any plans for the BH?
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Yes...sleeping...
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At a guess that'll be me loads too given what I'm usually like at weekends.
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For me: photo-processing
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Oh yeah, for any film fans (the ones you watch :D ) then I recommend 'walk the line' which is on C4 on Sunday night. A really good watch. I have it on DVD but I'll no doubt watch it on TV cos I'm kinda daft like that. Been looking forward to it coming on yet I have it ?!?!
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Yeah thats a great fillum! I never liked Reese Witherspoon til i saw that (and i have it on DVD too!).
I'll also no doubt be sorting out the pics from the wedding i did in Florence last weekend. I've edited down to about 400 now...and thats without rescuing any with post processing! They're all straight from camera...its just too many! I didn' teven use the 10fps burst mode that much either....
Oh and this pic of mine was shortlisted in the final 10 of Canon's 'The Assignment' competition in the sport category. I think they pick country winners on Sunday. So no doubt i'll be far more bothered about that than i should be :)
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Last wedding I did, I ended up with 400 "keep"s. I reckon that's a decent enough number: far too many for just about any other kind of job, but for the happiest day of somebody's life, better to give them too many than too few.
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Well from first edit there's 680 that are totally useable (well more but i'm employing at least some qual control :). But i need to get it down, they want to put 200 on the net somewhere (maybe flickr) and then i'll produce a book for em which will have about 100 to 150 i reckon. Then maybe get maybe 10 printed quite large.
But something i did notice, in Aperture in preview mode you can skip though them really quick, like at about 10-15fps. Well if you have all 1200 that i took in sequence it actually makes a cool little video!
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