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Amongst other places, Tilly and I visited Flatford Mill today. A pleasant spot.

It's famous for being the place where John Constable painted the Hay Wain:

He did so, I expect, because he knew that I would one day take a photo in just that location:

I thought about taking out my easel and oils, but decided his results might still have been better, because he would have had a couple of unfair advantages.

Firstly, he visited when the temperature was above freezing. Secondly, he did so during daylight hours. It's an issue of exposure, you see -- I had to use an 8-second one, and I also nearly died of it :-)

Trumpington Meadows is a large new housing development on the southern edge of Cambridge. The houses are, well, modern houses. Perhaps a bit better than some. But the developers have done a nice job of gentle landscaping on the big field between the housing estate and Byron's Pool. It's become a favourite dog-walking area.

Last night, a combination of fog and sunset made it look particularly beautiful. One of those times when I kicked myself for not having a proper camera with me: these are iPhone shots.

And if you look carefully (or click for the larger version) you'll see that this is actually a photo of the M11:

I'm not often grateful to housing developers, so I feel I should give them credit when it's due!

Hunstanton cliffs, on Monday

My brother sent me a nice picture of my niece and nephew yesterday, with the title, "All that really changes is the technology."

Some late-night photographic fun. It seems amazing now that I thought some of my previous cars were good, despite a total absence of blue LEDs.

Grantchester Meadows this morning

I seem to be doing a lot of this at present. This was sunset over Fenstanton as I was setting out for the Sunday afternoon dog-walk. These days I regularly find myself in a pitch-black wood looking for a pitch-black dog, but it's usually a wood I know well. This, on the other hand, became a longish walk in a pitch-black wood that I'd never visited before.

Seemed quite nice, though. Must go back in daylight sometime and see what it actually looks like.