Duxford Concorde Evening Visit

Yesterday evening, I accompanied Phil to Duxford where he was helping entertain a corporate group from Rolls Royce with a Concorde Nose Droop. Here he is in the First Officer seat operating the controls with 'Captain' Simon. After the demonstration, they turned off the main lighting giving great photographic opportunities. The group had their dinner under the wings of the various central aeroplanes such as the Sunderland. 

CCC Outing to Eddington, Cambridge

Some of the newer (and more established!!) members of Cambridge Camera Club explored the West side of Cambridge yesterday including Eddington which is a new sustainable development to the west of Cambridge that normally is only noticed when using the Madingley Park and Ride or visiting Sainsbury's. 

The architecture from a distance is very uniform and potentially very uninteresting to photograph but closer it becomes apparent that a lot of effort has gone into giving each building individuality - for instance the 'randomly' staggered windows in the first image and the different window shapes and sizes in the second. I did not spend as long as I intended on the buildings as we decided to head to the lake while the light was good. The meshwork tower near the lake in the bright sunlight was an intriguing subject  (Sony RX100 converted to 720nm infrared).

Penzance in the Rain

On Wednesday, we took the local bus from St Ives to Penzance and spent a few hours exploring the town. The High street has a lot of empty shops but also some attractive side alleys and houses. There are a couple of very attractive parks and the Jubilee Pool, the UK's largest art deco sea water lido, originally opened in 1935. It was the first to have a geothermally heated pool at 30-35 degrees from an underground well. The rain cleared in the afternoon and we made our way to Marazion

 

Tate St Ives

One of the reasons I chose  St Ives area of Cornwall for our shortbreak was to visit the Tate St Ives Gallery with its impressive architecture.

"It is built on the site of a former gasworks overlooking Porthmeor Beach and the Atlantic Ocean. Originally opening in 1993, architects Eldred Evans and David Shalev building echoes the shapes of the former gasworks, including the ‘rotunda’ that forms the heart of the gallery.  In 2017 architect Jamie Fobert designed a major extension with a new gallery sunk deep into the cliffs. The exterior responds to the natural forms of the coastline and their clay is pale sandy yellow, with blue and green glazes that capture the ever-changing Cornish weather and blend into the hues of the sea beyond."

Exploring St Ives

A beautiful warm sunny October Day to explore St Ives and take some photos. Here a few view - some with alternative treatments, exposures or taken at different times of day. The Church has a very unusual Rerebos screen made of alabaster and the public toilets look like a small chapel. I like all the small alleyways and steps, many of them with plants and pots decorating them.