I've been my son Felix's personal chauffeur today, which has opened up opportunities left, right and center for adventure. I picked him up from a sleepover he was at last night then, a drop off & pick up combo at a gig he was doing. The downtime I had allowed me to go a walk and find my 300th Geocache. Whilst we (me and dog) where honing in on the cache, we got to see a weird thing - a Sight Tower. This (a passing walker informed me) that it was built in 1901 with the purpose of helping civil engineers triangulate positions concerning the construction of a water tunnel from Roundhill Reservoir to Harrogate. I took as photo of it then got a bit carried away with the 'artsy' instrgram effect.
A quick pitstop at DragonDrop Centraal to pick up a keyboard (musical kind) and off we headed, to Knaresborough. Felix was good enough to give me a couple of hours off so I pretended to be a tourist in Knaresborough. I went to visit my old yard - from the 9 month period of my life when I was an antique restorer. My shed was the one next to the green shed. The green shed was used by two guys to build coffins.
My old shedSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
After this, I went to the castle to admire one of the best views in Yorkshire - the view down Nidd Gorge from the castle in Knaresborough. Here's a snap I took of said view.
Michael The Artists | 100 Strangers 8/100See this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
Whilst I was there, I spotted a chap sketching. I'd been looking for someone to photograph for a./ The 100 Strangers Project and b./ To try further practice The Brenizer Method that I've been wittering on about these last few days. I was quite pleased with this - an unusual view of the erstwhile 'done to death' photo opportunity.
Knaresborough from the CastleSee this and more of my photos on Flickr ›
Next up thing on my Sunday of joy involves making a red wine reduction gravy. As a bi product, I'll have a cracking joint of topside beef and the best part of a bottle of wine to play with. May as well do some Yorkshire Puddings and roast spuds to soak it all up with.
UPDATE : Michael the Artist has been in touch on Flickr! he's shared his illustration from this : http://www.flickr.com/photos/97447894@N08/9028229278/in/photostream/
I love it when stuff like this happens.
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