Framedlight

Last weekend we visited the Lodge in Sandy, the RSPB headquarters. We had not been there before and I was surprised that there was such a large area of heathland in Bedfordshire. We were lucky to see a couple of firecrests, but not close enough to photograph. The day was the last of autumn with some glorious sunshine falling on the remains of the leaves.

The next and last morning we left at 6.00am again to try for another sunrise at Pett Level. This time dawn was a much gentler occasion and the sky soon became overcast again. We went back to the hotel for breakfast, where I noticed that a lot more people were having the 'full English' rather than the abstemious continental breakfast. There was a little conference room which we used for some image reviews and discussion before going out for the final outing of the day. Back to another set of groynes on the beach to obtain some different compositions. We finally all went our separate ways around 3.30pm. It had been a very well organised workshop with a good mix of locations, and a little classwork stuff with image discussion which is always very useful. Lizzie and Alex did a good job of coping with a wide range of experience within our small group. But first just a couple of views from the hotel itself, The Lodge at Winchelsea and then down to some more groynes.