Minor Midhurst Moments

[snaarman]

Our family gathering in Midhurst coincided with the Goodwood festival of speed (old blokes with stupid fast cars) and cloudbursts (folks forced into charity shops by the rain buying nik naks out of embarrassment).

We retreated to the splendid Spread Eagle pub for afternoon tea* and a grumble at the world courtesy of the Daily Mail



I quite liked this window with its needless bottle glass panes



The family do had the house and garden overflowing with guests: Fortunately they have an Outside Dunnie.




:-)


Pete


*Two coffees and a Tea, £12.75
Itemised bill.
First item: "Welcome: £0.00"

[snaarman]

Re: Minor Midhurst Moments

Oh, and another thing:

I'm quite tempted to buy a walking stick. Not to hold me up, you understand...

No, I would use it to point at stuff and say loudly in a matter of fact Yorkshire accent "I don't like that" or "Those are too dear" or "Four pound twenty five fer a cup of tea?"...

[StephenL]

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HOW much? !

Is the spade for holding the door shut when the dunnie is occupied? If so, I see a fatal flaw ....

[Willom]

Re: Minor Midhurst Moments

[quote=StephenL;300148]
Is the spade for holding the door shut when the dunnie is occupied? If so, I see a fatal flaw ....[/quote]

Maybe it is for "flushing" with sawdust.

Or perhaps, seeing as Midhurst isn't far from many Roman remains, it has a sponge on the end....

[StephenL]

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Or perhaps, seeing as Midhurst isn't far from many Roman remains, it has a sponge on the end....

Good point. However, the length of the handle would suggest the involvement of a third-party ...

[David M]

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As a Scooby driver it should be a treking stick/monopod combo.

[snaarman]

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So, here's another moment, and a lesson in context...

We had lunch in a restaurant that is in the old Town Hall, and I suspect was part of the Police station. I was much intrigued by the two thick wood cell doors facing me. They certainly looked genuine, with wrought iron hinges, spy holes and locks all set into a stout wall, so I took a picture of part of one of them.



A typical little details picture - I rather liked the keys.

However, there.s no context to the picture. It doesn't tell you that this is in the wall of a small restaurant.. So I took another one (that 12mm lens is great wide open. You can have wide angle and narrow DoF if you get close enough).

I think this tells the story and shows the context, though I would have liked more time and better lighting.



Pete

[StephenL]

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I think shallow dof and detail was invented for you - and you've kept the patent.