Pengenffordd, Wales

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Thanks Andy!
I have been a bit inactive lately - I did a bit of an injury to my back, and so haven't been able to walk properly... getting back to mobility soon though, I hope. It's been a bit too hot to haul cameras about the countryside...

Hi Jim,
Sorry about your back; hope it's better v soon!
I went on one climbing trip in The Lake District when at uni (about 1977 I guess) where I took my trusty old Pentax ME SLR.
Never again!! it wasn't the weight but the sheer awkwardness of trying to scramble up and down rocks with it and a couple of lenses. I vowed never again. When I resumed photography in 2011, I stuck to camera phones and/or smart phones and/or small pocket digitals and was very pleased to have done so. Yes, I can look enviously at the results taken with superior equipment by others on ipernity and I enjoy them very much but I have struck the right balance for me between bodily maneuverability and taking passable shots!
Have a good week!
Best wishes,
Andy

Thanks Andy - it has been a tough month - life gets pretty awkward when you can't bend over to put your own socks on...

Yes, my main camera kit is a bit insane - a Mamiya 645 with 3 lenses and a hefty Manfrotto tripod - way too heavy. I have reverted to the Pentax K7 for a while, which feels tiny by comparison! I always fancied one of those tiny Fuji X series :)

Hope you're enjoying the summer... a bit warm over here. Cheers, jim

YES, A BUMMER!
I once read that the first sign of middle age was having to sit down to put your socks on and the first sign of old age was having to sit down to put your trousers on!
I have been hopping around the bedroom and falling over and breaking things, ever since! :o)
I have a Fuji digipic something or other, I daren't risk hopping across the floor to get it out and reminding myself of it's correct name! But it's pretty old; yet I know that it was the bees knees of digital cameras in about 2007.
Warm here I guess 95F and only dropping to 80F at night.
Yours, oozing sweat from every pore,
Andy

Gorgeous landscape!*****