Nice to see everybody lined up in the traditional way. Are you back home now, Alan? It was great to meet you, maintaining the 100% record of good people I've met from the PDML.
The most fun to be had at Fountains Abbey is scattering your parents' ashes without the authorities finding out. Smuggling the urn past the ticket office is quite a challenge. One word of warning though, don't sprinkle ashes on the surface of the ornamental lake... > On 3 Oct 2017, at 10:05, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 17th Sept. Ann & I travelled to Fountains Abbey with our hosts, Keith & Mo > Marshall (former residents of Phalaborwa) to meet Mike Wilson, wife Kath & > daughter Katie. It was a memorable day with very changeable weather. Mike was > very confident of the Pentax WR capabilities but I was no so sure yet. I was > trying out my newly acquired K5 (ex Mark Cassino). The group shot shows Ann, > me, Mike, Kath & Katie. As you can see, Mike is a large customer who could > easily have been a famous front row forward. The river Skell flows right > under the Abbey & would have been far better than a well as a water source. > Building of the Abbey began in the 11th century & was ultimately sacked by > Henry VIII's thugs in the 16th century. It was obviously very well built, the > walls still being in excellent condition but stripped of anything of value. > At it's peak, close to 1000 monks were in residence making a good living out > of agricultural activities. Today the grounds are a huge estate managed by > the Na tional Trust, very popular with recreational visitors & home to herds of deer. Beautiful gardens and water features too. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/albums/72157687405823164 > > Mostly with the K5 & DA18-55 > > I you would like more info, go here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountains_Abbey > > We then travelled to the Marshall's home in Healy for tea before the Wilsons > drove home to Washington > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
