Up to the edge!

Alderley Edge is a little place in Cheshire just outside of Manchester and it is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. A lot of footballers and stars live there as it's not too far from Manchester. It does however have a national trust place and so myself and my girlfriend went there for a little walk and to take some photos! We had been before, but it was extremely busy as it was a bank holiday weekend and we couldn't find anywhere to park so we went back home to the pub, just as good! But this time it was a normal monday and so it was empty, success!
So we started our walk up to the edge, and spotting things to shoot on the way. When we got to the top, it really is an edge, as you will see from the photos! Pretty impressive view though! Just as we reached the top, the battery on my camera died, nightmare! so I resorted to using my iPhone for a few snaps, but it's just not the same!

Now here is a little side story for those of you interested in my antics:

When we were leaving the top an old lady asked us if we could shout 'Izzy' at the top of our voices as she had lost her dog! So we spent a few minutes shouting it and listening out, but she was nowhere to be seen! However just as we were turning to go back, I spotted something white running around right at the bottom below the edge, and it was the dog! No amount of shouting could stop her from having the time of her life down there, so I offered to go down and get her. After making my way down the hill, slipping numerous times on the way, I finally got to the bottom where I hearded her up the hill back to her owner, however I was still stuck at the bottom of the hill! It took me a good ten minutes and all my energy to get back up, when the dog did it as quick as a flash! Finally, as I made it to the top, they had the dog and all was well, except for me who was completely knackered, but it was a little adventure all the least! Moral of the story is, keep hold of your dog if it runs off so nice people like me don't have to go chasing after it! Thanks!


anyway, here are the snaps from the day:

Wrapped up warm, poser!

 someone planning on staying the night?

 Woodland shots...

The edge! Awful shot as the light was terrible, but I had no time to set it up as the battery was dying!

 In one of the crevasses...

A panorama shot from my iPhone

For some of these photos I used my Gorilla Pod! Don't forget to enter my competition where you can win one for yourself!

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Woahhhhh we're halfway there!

Woahhh-oh! Living on a prayer!

Okay I'll stop. Just a quick shout out to say that I am halfway there to the 100 followers, and so the competition hopefully will soon be under way!

Don't forget to enter the actual giveaway on the rafflecopter widget, once you have followed/shared/posted. Also don't forget that you can do all 4 options to get all 26 entries into the raffle!

A big thanks to those who have already followed and entered. Get your friends to follow and blog about it and we can reach the 100 quicker so hopefully the winner can have the stand before Christmas! Yay for extra presents!

And for those of you who have absolutely no idea what I am on about, here is the competition:

Camera Stand - 100 Follower Giveaway!

 First of all I am going to review/show you my gorilla pod camera stand, and then one of you lucky folk can win one!

 So... Those of you who know anything about cameras will hopefully have seen these Gorillapod stands as they have become pretty popular these days. I bought mine on that little known site called eBay! I got it pretty cheap compared to what they can go for so I was happy with that! They have different weight limits for different types of cameras, but I went for the heavy duty DSLR version just to make sure my camera was never dropped! I must admit that using it at first was a little bit scary. Putting your faith into something that has your camera holding onto a tree was pretty scary, but it really does hold on well!

Now I take it everywhere with me when I go out shooting as it's light and can really be used anywhere. Plus if I'm doing some macro shots of things on the ground I just whack my camera onto self timer on the stand and there is zero wobble in the photo, brilliant! Also if out and about with nowhere to put the camera, I can still take photos of me and my girlfriend. I actually did this on holiday with the camera resting on a steep hill in the middle of a bush, it actually worked!

One issue with the stand is that it isn't very tall so obviously if you want to have an eye level stand this isn't the one for you unless you find something high up to hang it on, but if you want to go exploring in the woods or on some walks then it is ideal as it is reasonably small and light, and can be used anywhere!

It comes with a 1/4" adaptor so for most modern cameras it fits, and can fit compacts aswell as DSLRs. If you have a camera with a 3/8" mount an adaptor has been supplied with it so yours can fit on too! yay!

Here are some photos showing you what it can do. Now, I apologise for the quality, these have just been taken on my iPhone in my dark bedroom, so they are grainy and rubbish, but they do show what the stand is capable of!

And now for the competition!

Rules:

1. All you have to do is enter the competition below to get your name in the hat! Once I reach 100 followers I will give it 2 weeks for the competition to close, to give the new followers a chance to enter themselves!

2. There are 4 ways to enter the competition -
a) Follow me on Bloglovin for 3 entries
b) Follow me on Google Friend Connect for 3 entries
c) Grab my button and share it on your blog for 10 entries! Yes, TEN! Also if you let me know, I will share your button on mine too! Buttons must be shared until the competition closes, you can keep it on there longer if you want!
d) Write a post about the competition for 10 entries! Yes, another TEN! Simply write a post about the competition and include either a link to this post or include the rafflecopter competition widget itself by following this link: Rafflecopter Widget and pasting the HTML into your post.

3. The winning entry will be checked before the prize can be awarded. If the winner is found to have entered without completing the entry rules, for how they entered the competition, they will be disqualified and the prize will be awarded to someone else. Let's be fair folks!

4. I will send the prize to ANYWHERE in the world! Once you are announced the winner, we can have a chat and I can get your address and I will post it as soon as I can!

5. Once posted I will inform the winner and all responsibilty for the item shall then be theirs. Should it not arrive for any reason, a new stand will not be re-sent, I only have the one!

6. Good luck!

Any questions then just post a comment or email me!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Beacon Hill

Here in Loughborough there is a hill called Beacon Hill, which at the top surprisingly has a beacon. Funnily enough back in Halifax, my home town, we also have a Beacon Hill! When my girlfriend came down to visit a couple of weeks ago I took her up there so we could attempt to take some photos!

Now for those of you who don't know, a beacon is a large basket on top of a pole which was lit when there was danger or for towns to communicate with each other. They're pretty old, but they are a part of the country's history so it's nice that they are still around. Unfortunately they aren't as cool as the ones you see in films like Lord of the Rings, but it's the same idea!

It was bitterly cold when we got to the top of the hillS so much so that we struggled to take photos as our fingers were so cold!

But here are some of the ones I managed to take!

Beautiful skies...

My little photography buddy...

 On top of the hill is a small stone with this brass plate on top showing the different locations of towns and cities...

Amazing how some plants can retain such bright greens when others turn to brown...

This is part of a statue at the top of the hill carved out of wood...

And the beacon itself, told you it wasn't as impressive as in the films...

For some of these photos I used my Gorilla Pod, so don't forget to enter my competition where you can win one for yourself!

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Camera Stand - 100 Follower Giveaway!

Howdy everyone! 

As you can see from the title, this post involves a giveaway! Yay for free stuff!

 First of all I am going to review/show you my gorilla pod camera stand, and then one of you lucky folk can win one!

 So... Those of you who know anything about cameras will hopefully have seen these Gorillapod stands as they have become pretty popular these days. I bought mine on that little known site called eBay! I got it pretty cheap compared to what they can go for so I was happy with that! They have different weight limits for different types of cameras, but I went for the heavy duty DSLR version just to make sure my camera was never dropped! I must admit that using it at first was a little bit scary. Putting your faith into something that has your camera holding onto a tree was pretty scary, but it really does hold on well!

Now I take it everywhere with me when I go out shooting as it's light and can really be used anywhere. Plus if I'm doing some macro shots of things on the ground I just whack my camera onto self timer on the stand and there is zero wobble in the photo, brilliant! Also if out and about with nowhere to put the camera, I can still take photos of me and my girlfriend. I actually did this on holiday with the camera resting on a steep hill in the middle of a bush, it actually worked!

One issue with the stand is that it isn't very tall so obviously if you want to have an eye level stand this isn't the one for you unless you find something high up to hang it on, but if you want to go exploring in the woods or on some walks then it is ideal as it is reasonably small and light, and can be used anywhere!

It comes with a 1/4" adaptor so for most modern cameras it fits, and can fit compacts aswell as DSLRs. If you have a camera with a 3/8" mount an adaptor has been supplied with it so yours can fit on too! yay!

Here are some photos showing you what it can do. Now, I apologise for the quality, these have just been taken on my iPhone in my dark bedroom, so they are grainy and rubbish, but they do show what the stand is capable of!

And now for the competition!

Rules:

1. All you have to do is enter the competition below to get your name in the hat! Once I reach 100 followers I will give it 2 weeks for the competition to close, to give the new followers a chance to enter themselves!

2. There are 4 ways to enter the competition -
a) Follow me on Bloglovin for 3 entries
b) Follow me on Google Friend Connect for 3 entries
c) Grab my button and share it on your blog for 10 entries! Yes, TEN! Also if you let me know, I will share your button on mine too! Buttons must be shared until the competition closes, you can keep it on there longer if you want!
d) Write a post about the competition for 10 entries! Yes, another TEN! Simply write a post about the competition and include either a link to this post or include the rafflecopter competition widget itself by following this link: Rafflecopter Widget and pasting the HTML into your post.

3. The winning entry will be checked before the prize can be awarded. If the winner is found to have entered without completing the entry rules, for how they entered the competition, they will be disqualified and the prize will be awarded to someone else. Let's be fair folks!

4. I will send the prize to ANYWHERE in the world! Once you are announced the winner, we can have a chat and I can get your address and I will post it as soon as I can!

5. Once posted I will inform the winner and all responsibilty for the item shall then be theirs. Should it not arrive for any reason, a new stand will not be re-sent, I only have the one!

6. Good luck!

Any questions then just post a comment or email me!

a Rafflecopter giveaway