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Well done to you John, I'm glad you achieved your goal !

Thanks for sharing, that is quite neat!, and I might add a very nice part of the country to live in

Hello & welcome from south of Fuzzyedges and north of the English channel!

Well done!, The photograph is superb even if the subject is fugly

OK, just the wife and I. we leave at the start of July. I leave her to take the general holiday snaps with her fuji compact, I tend to take pictures of things that interest me, and that covers a wide range of subjects. I have enjoyed reading the contributions and suggestions, including hiring a lens. I never knew you could do that! So far it looks like the kit 18-55 ( how I would like a lens between 8 and 12! ) and the 35mm f1.8...until other suggestions turn up ...thanks all

Hmm interesting suggestions so far, I am tempted to just take the 35mm, mainly to better meself with it, No kids Chrissy, well what i mean is mine wont be there at our age

Not an option I'm afraid Leon.

I'm off for ten days in Menorca at the start of July, I want to take my camera, but on the other hand I don't want to lug a camera bag about with three lenses and a monopod in the heat. Do I just take the kit 18-55,or just stick with the 35mm prime... or will I regret not taking the sigma 70-300 along too ?

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Sorry Chris, British and Commonwealth Air Training Plan.....The aircraft differed from the original Ansons built here, the porthole style side windows being a Canadian feature. Glad to fill in the bits

Chris, I did not recognise the aircraft at first, so I asked on another forum I frequent, and it is a Canadian built Avro Anson as used in the BACATP for training aircrew.

Nice to see the RAC cap badge fuji, I was thinking of my Dad today,he went ashore with the 34th Tank Brigade as part of the 43rd Wessex. He enlisted in the Suffolk Regiment in 1940, this became part of 142 Regiment RAC. He then transferred to the 34th Tank Brigade and fought through to Germany. When they were due to return to the UK, he wangled a posting the Royal Scots Greys until 1946 before being told to demob.

That was only a small part of Operation Fortitude Chris, although a highly important one. Read Joshua Levines excellent book 'Operation Fortitude the story of the spy operation that saved d-day' The origins of the deception are explained, and how every German spy in this country was turned, and worked for us, and how we tricked the germans into actually paying for their upkeep!

Momentos like this a great to see Les. My mum told us of German POW's near to her village. One made her and her sister a pair of rope sandals each. She said they lasted for quite a few years!

Congrats Colin, although I'm not a fan of sports photos, if you are 'gonna take 'em', this is how they ought to look

Well, to me it looks like the inside of a section of keyed water main...with smoke

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A well deserved choice Colin....and a well taken, very well deserved winner this week for Paul.... congrats!

Hello & welcome, Martyn who?............

Crikey, who needs a camera if you could draw like that!

Hello from another Essex resident ...(although Hertfordshire born & bred )

Hello, good evening and welcome

Well done Colin, it is a good portrait.

...or the Pot more like Hedgehogs build a series of nests to use, all near food sources. Remove his food source and he will probably go elsewhere