Boats at Grovehill Lock on Beverley Beck

Week 4 Beverley Beck

Still sticking with the canal theme! I love this part of Beverley. It is on the eastern side of the town and on a spur of canal called the Beverley Beck. The 'canal' is only about three quarters of a mile long and was built to enable boats to bring produce to and from the town. Grovehill Lock is where the canal meets with the river Hull (tidal at this point), which is on a lower level and flows into the Humber at Hull. Produce is no longer transported on the canal, it is now given over to leisure craft. Rain was in the air when I took this shot, just before the sun disappeared.

Canal Basin, Driffield

Week 3 Driffield Canal

I think I am getting the hang of blogging now. At least I am starting to remember to put an image on before the last day of the week!

This is Canal Head, the end of the five mile Driffield Canal which links the town to the river Hull and the Humber. The canal was opened in 1770 to enable farm produce to be transported to Hull and the West Riding via the Humber. The canal was last used commercially in the 1940's and it is hoped that it will be opened again in the not too distant future for pleasure crafts. The superb building on the right is Bradshaw's warehouse and those on the left Mortimer's warehouses. There are two cranes alongside the canal, this one and the other at Canal Head.
Good to get a beautiful sunny morning in January.

Old Lighthouse Flamborough

Week 2 Flamborough Head

I still need to focus on how long a week is!
The last day of week 2 and I remembered that my blog needs updating again. Good job I managed to get out for a cliff top walk to Flamborough Head before the weekend and in good weather.
This is the old Lighthouse on the headland, it was built in 1674 for Sir John Clayton and is octaganol in design. The idea was that a fire would be lit in the top to warn shipping of the dangerous coastal headland and that Clayton would collect money from ships sailing past. Just how the money was to be collected is not known, that could be why Clayton went bankrupt before it was used. It is the oldest surviving lighthouse in the country and is Grade 2 listed.
The lighthouse is positioned within the Flamborough Golf Club, next to the 5th tee!
I love this building, the chalk rubble tower has stood up to many gale force winds at this location for over 340 years which is testament to the builders. The sea is just visible in the distance, the Trig point to the left and the golf course all around. Just a pleasant record shot 1/100th second at f11.

Groynes at Hornsea

Week 1 Groynes at Hornsea.

The weather forecast was not good and with only one day to go to the end of week one (not a good start), I had to get out and take a picture! I decided to head for the east coast at Hornsea. I had seen this 'double groyne' before and thought it would make a good 'avenue' shot on a slow shutter speed, with the breaking waves giving milky highlights and the wooden groynes the darks. The tide was going out so there was not a lot of wave activity. To my surprise, it was beautiful and sunny, not the ideal conditions for a long exposure. I settled on a 4 second exposure at f22 with a neutral density filter and a neutral grad to give me as long an exposure as possible. The shot was okay in colour, but the waves brought up the sand and gave the middle of the shot a muddy brown hue. To give it a bit of mood I went for black and white.

My very first blog and my first attempt at a 52 week photoblog. Having finally taken the plunge and opened a blog, I suddenly realized it was the 5th January and I had not taken an image for the first week - not good. I must be more focused and disciplined!