Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan wrote: >Very nice, Alex. So your car goes on the barge too, or do you have >to go back by train to retrieve it from the starting point of the >cruise? Thanks Nathan. You have to take the train, which actually was no great hassle. The boat hire people do have a facility where they'll deliver your car to your destination base on a recovery truck, but this is a lot more expensive than train ticket. If you haven't done it, it's an experience I'd recommend. Best of light. Alex > > > > >On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Alex Hurst wrote: > >> Hi all - sent this earlier, but it never turned up in my inbox. >>Sorry if I've repeated myself: >> >> Hi all from Ireland, where it's pouring, despite England having a >>heatwave next door. >> >> We're just back from a month touring France, where we took in a >>week's cruise on one of the miracles of French 17th century >>engineering, the Canal du Midi. This was the brainchild of of a >>wealthy salt tax collector, Riquet. He poured his entire fortune >>into it, and died broke six months before the project was completed. >> >> Point your browsers at: >> >> http://corkflor.smugmug.com >> >> to see what we got up to. >> >> Shots taken mostly with an M8 and my favourite pre-ASPH 35/1.4 >>Summilux, and with a Nikon D200. >> >> C&C welcome as always. >> >> Alex >> >> >> >> -- >> Alex & Carmel Hurst >> Waterfall >> Near Cork >> Ireland >> >> Tel: +353 21 454 3328 >> Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A) >> +353 87 988 9927 (C) >> >> email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us) >> email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com> >> Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally) >> UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk >> Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor >> Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Alex & Carmel Hurst Waterfall Near Cork Ireland Tel: +353 21 454 3328 Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A) +353 87 988 9927 (C) email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us) email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com> Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally) UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com