Did you really need that red-eye-reduction lamp Mike? I was already dazzled by the sun! Andrew.

On Tuesday 5th June a reasonable crowd gathered for the second summer walk of 2007. We were blessed with good light but it was a bit chilly and quite breezy. The first four thumbnails are mine. Thanks, Michael.

I have added some of my photos from the evening. There certainly was some good light but Dave was not content with it and just had to use his reflector! Ed

I've added three snaps. I'm trying to roll back all the advances of modern years by getting my digital photos to look like they were taken on an Ensign in the 1950's, so the pub ones were taken at 1600 ISO. In Photoshop I've taken to adding a duplicate layer which I convert to black-and-white, and set a reduced opacity (eg the Andrew photo). It's just a phase I'm going through. I should grow out of it soon. Rod.

That really was me under that hat, shows you how tall the barley grew! Amazing that I managed to find three poppies in a cluster, and Ed could only find two. Many thanks to Michael for organising the walk, and for arranging suitable weather for the evening. By the way, what on earth is an Ensign, Rod? Dave.

A real camera. Oh, ask your Dad. Rod

Some strange things happened on this walk. Firstly Ed & Dave said that they had not got me lost, they were just considering the options as they turned their maps round for ten minutes, looking vacant. Luckily Ed had emergency chocolate rations in his rucksack in case we got stranded. By the way, why does he carry round a pair of scissors in his rucksack?

Looking at the pictures of the poppies already posted, it seems a third poppy appeared by magic when my back was turned, and only Dave manged to take a photo of it. Why do these two insist on still being out trying to take photos when it is pitch black, while everyone else is sensibly drinking in a nice cosy pub? Worryingly, people tell me that you are only as strange as the company you keep. Very disturbing indeed. Lovely evening out though. June

I've added one more snap, of Joe and Bob Keene. It demonstrates a clever new technique I'm working on, called "leaving your thumb over the flash". It's a bit tricky to get right, but it's worth perfecting I think you'll agree. Rod