Day 10/365

A totally thrilling day waiting in for the gas boiler repair man.  Like the local buses, nothing for hours on end then two come at once!  Only discovered that the 'condenser' part of the central heating boiler was leaking water onto the mains electrical switch!!!  Anyway, they managed to repair everything and now, with predicted night-time temperatures of -14ºC possible over the next week, I have heat again and not a moment too soon.

If there was any doubt that temperatures were beginning to fall rapidly, this was the view of the freezing fog that came down this evening...

Preston at night

In the city centre, from the steps of the Minster Church of St. John...

And down at the Marina (Preston Docks)...

'A Night Drive'

With DSLR securely strapped to the dashboard with duct tape, intervalometer set to take a six second shot every 30 seconds, at f11 and 17-85mm zoom set at around 20mm, the camera was prefocused and the LCD back display covered with a black scarf (to avoid the temptation to 'take a peek' whilst driving) and I set off for a 10 minute drive round the block.

This was one of the better shots.

Not a very interesting photograph of the car park outside my Flat at 01:00, other than it was at taken at ISO 200, f=2.8 and 1/4 second - Handheld!!!

My Freeview TV receiver literally exploded on Tuesday and of the 5 terrestrial stations normally available without it, this was the only station I have been able to pick up - until I went to buy a new unit this morning.