Whilst we were in Northumberland back in August, we ticked another one off the bucket list, and visited the former priory on Holy Island. Luckily we had a nice day for it, and whilst the museum was very interesting (especially for Amy, who'd studied this period of history), the ruins themselves were what we felt was worth seeing.
One problem reared it's head though; it was lens-flare city with the camera. This is a side-effect of having foster children... though they swear blind they never touched the camera, after a day out the week before the lens became mysteriously smeared with a jam-like substance... which necessitated swapping the filter ring for the back-up which flared like nobodies business. Definitely something to replace before any of the upcoming night shoots in the summer, but proof why a tenners-worth of filter ring is a wise investment on several hundreds quid worth of lens.
There's only so many ways you can photograph a set of ruins, so we took to doing some abstract shots too.
All in all, a nice place to visit, helped of course by the presence of a shop selling a great selection of locally-produced spiced mead. Very nice.
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