Cryptosporidium

In several parts of the West Country in Little England, the water supply is currently contaminated with cryptosporidium waterborne parasites. So the inch high have been advised not to drink the water, even though many of them are made from resin, plastic and pewter. 

Because of this, and with moonshine being plentiful, the little people and even the horses who are normally known for common sense have replaced their intake water with the intoxicating liquor. 

Scenes like this are currently quite regular, with all sorts of crazy antics going on, and most unusually from the normally placid Hubert the conversational Latin speaking horse who’s taken a liking for driving tractors along railway lines. 

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WW2 Reenactment - Village at War (part 2 of 2)

And here we we have my second roll of freshly processed film, from 'Village at War' reenactment at The Rural Life Living Museum from Sunday 12 May 2024

Rolleicord Vb, Kodak Tri-X 400, dev'd in 510 Pyro. Click images to enlarge 

See my post from the other day here https://nevardmedia.blogspot.com/2024/05/ww2-reenactment-village-at-war.html

Inspired by Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday

 Inspired by Titfield Thunderbolt Thursday! 

Before the famous loco was called ‘Titfield’ and later on ‘Thunderbolt’ it was known an ‘Lion’. And here we see this mighty beast heading away from stormy skies over the crossing at Catcott with ‘The Bog Express’ which ran every Thursday between Evercreech Junction and Burnham on Sea and return across the Somerset Levels. 

Those in the land of the inch high love this train, even though they never travel on it, and here we witness many of our favourite chums waving the mighty sight through travelling at a groundbreaking 22 miles per hour. 

Today, with the train moving rather faster than normal, this is mainly because without a cab roof and the impending rainstorm things could get rather damp on the footplate. They say that we were tougher in olden times, which is complete nonsense, especially if you’re a cat, and whilst Bob Geeza Cat is a bit of a geezer, like all cats he hates the rain. 

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WW2 Reenactment - Village at War (part 1 of 2)

A handful of shots grabbed on Sunday at 'Village at War' at The Rural Life Living Museum near Farnham. I used Ilford Ortho 80 Plus which is an old style film not sensitive to red light, a type which was still regularly used 80 years ago. I used my Rolleicord Vb, which whilst a post-war camera has a Xenar 80mm f3.5 lens, a design which dates from 1919 based on the Tessar from 20 years before that which helps that old school vibe.

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See my second set of images here https://nevardmedia.blogspot.com/2024/05/ww2-reenactment-village-at-war-part-2.html

The Hygiene Police

Just a regular Sunday down the docks, with Nasal Nigel and Adenoidal Andrew hanging around the public lavatory showing each other their TT scale Flying Scotsman locos. Such innocent days with PC Rob Banks from the Hygiene Police passing by to check that they’ve washed their hands after using the facilities.

Not The Northern Lights

 #notthenorthernlights Dizzy Lizzie calls across to Barry Bullhead “are those the Northern Lights?”, to which Nasal Nigel buts in with his irritating know-all voice and squeaks “No, that’s a stock sunset sky dropped in using the ‘Sky Replacement Tool’ in Photoshop, everyone knows that!” 

Meanwhile Hubert the conversational Latin speaking horse mutters “omne fun te amet homunculum spolias” (you spoil all the fun you boring little man).

Counting Sheep

Wednesday morning at Combwich, and keen amateur cloud spotters Michael Storm and Freddy Fish watch the engine run around the train that recently arrived from Evercreech Junction. 

Once ready, it will form the 10am return to Evercreech Junction, which for those who don’t know is in the middle of nowhere, it serving a quiet pub and 9 sheep, none of which ever plan to travel by train, and certainly not to Combwich - the sheep that is, not the pub. 

Meanwhile the 10.02am bus to Taunton waits on the station forecourt, its passengers being mostly the recently retired without hobbies who’ve suddenly discovered that life has become rather dull. So for them, a day out in Taunton is indeed exciting, but maybe not as exciting as the prospect of morning at Evercreech Junction counting sheep in the fields around the station. 

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Watercress Line Spring Steam Gala 2024

A few photos grabbed at Ropley from the The Watercress Line spring steam gala. Saturday 27 April 2024. Click to enlarge 

Taken with a vintage Mamiya C33 (dating from 1966), 80mm f2.8 Sekor and a 1951 vintage Zeiss Nettar. Kodak Tri-X 400 (B&W film). 

Through the Square Window

Bob Geeza Cat and Grumbly Eric look at the solitary locomotive standing between the side of The Pedant and Armchair and the line into the colliery. 

Eric is the driver of the engine, but needed to get off the for a breather having rather overdone things in the pub last night. He and his pals Waving Willy, Waving Wally, Waving Wichard and Waving Weginald imbibed too much local cider whilst jumping on the tables dancing to The Footplate Stompers skiffle and jazz quartet who regularly perform at The Pedant & Archair on bank holiday weekends. 

Viewing from the fiddle/staging yard, I took this photo with a 1966 vintage Mamiya C33 twin lens reflex on good old Kodak Tri-X B&W film.