Sir Walter Raleigh's 'Waterfall'...

A dull morning at Sherborne Castle, built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594 on their Autumn Weekend Special deal, with reduced entry around the grounds and lake.

Capability Brown's landscaped Gardens are very fine with some lovely views across the lake to the Castle but the dull weather and relatively un-autumn like colours made these all rather drab and boring. The Castle and Grounds close completely for the winter at the end of October so this is the last weekend it is open so next weekend, when the colours would be better, they'll be closed.

Not living in Wales any more, I don't get to see waterfalls, let alone to photograph them. This affair, is just a dammed-up bit of the lake and so totally man-made and compared to proper waterfalls, is a bit lame.

No tripod - but the Gorilla-pod packed in the rucksack was a Godsend, though nestling in the leaves is a long way down for me to be scuttling about on hands and knees in the damp, for my six foot two frame. Felt dizzy getting up and nearly fell in the ravine, er, I mean, ditch.

LARGE

As I use the Mirror Lock-up on the camera when using the GPod, it was a full 30 secs waiting for the exposure to be made and a couple of people have walked into the far top left of the frame. The red-painted lookout is called "Pope's Seat"; the poet Alexander Pope, rather than anyone from the Vatican. It is where posh people would take a rest after the clamber up the hill.

Finally, added some warm-up filter to make it a bit more attractive.

Lens is Nikkor 16-85mm (without using the VR!

Apologise for lack of anything from me, of late. Had letter from Council on Friday to say that proceedings are being taken against me, so much for them saying otherwise. Obviously sweetening me up whilst in their presence. I did write this in my update and change to Friday's Blip, to include my image from Salisbury Carnival. But as it was too much like a rant then, I deleted that bit.

Father has his CT scan in the morning and my concentration/energy/enthusiasm levels are near zero. So, please bear with me.