Narrow boat entering a lock. In the early 20th century, facing steep competition from railways, the Grand Union Canal rebuilt its locks to take two boats. One is already in the lock. You can see the mouth of the old single lock, paved over. Of course, the investment failed.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 28mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #Kentmere100 at EI 200, home dev in HC110 dilution B (1+31) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Mottisfont Abbey, from a brief visit in June. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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The unkempt graveyard at St Nick's. This year the grass had been allowed to grow and dry out.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Twisty trees.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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In the garden.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Thatched cottage.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Leckford Water Garden 1.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Leckford Water Garden 2. EDIT: I see this is actually called Longstock Park Water Garden.

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Longstock Park Water Garden 3. Water plants.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 4..

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 5. The summer house. The founder of the John Lewis department store had a telephone installed here, so he could manage the business from these gardens.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 6. That's your lot from these gardens. I guess you can tell, I loved them!

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Eel traps on the River Test. The Test is famous as a chalk stream for fly fishing. We saw these structures from a bridge and couldn't work out what they were, but apparently these are eel traps, now disused as eels are protected.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC-110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park Water Gardens 7. I forgot I also had my pocket #OlympusMju2 loaded with Kodak Gold 200, and took a few frames in the gardens. This is the nicest, although I do prefer the black and white...

Devved by Polyfilm Labs, who also did my Scala. Scanned by me with Vuescan. The colours were all over the place; I've done my (limited) best with them!

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The runner. It's the nature of pocket cameras that films can cover a long period. This was the first on this roll.

#OlympusMju2, #KodakGold200, dev by Polyfilmlabs, home scanned.

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Castle Green.

#OlympusMju2, #KodakGold200, dev by Polyfilmlabs, home scanned.

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Thistle or teasel?

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Lilies.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Doorway with roses. #DoorsDay

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Footbridge. A nice shape! I think this river is the Test, a famous chalk stream, at Mottisfont Abbey.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Austin Seven. Just randomly sat on a lawn at Mottisfont Abbey!

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Bracken.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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A parliament of rooks (raucous and ill-disciplined as ever!).

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Clouds and Castle.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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The lunch cruise: a restaurant boat on the River Avon at Stratford.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Benches. These benches are in front of the local leisure centre.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Film comparison: Adox HR-50 versus Scala (reversal processed). These steps to the side door of St Nick's Church were taken at around the same time, but the light changed slightly.

1) #Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #AdoxHR50, home dev in HC-110 dilution E (1+47) nominal 6:30, home scanned.

2) #Pentax LX, SMC Pentax-A 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #AdoxScala, reversal processed by PolyFilmLab, home scanned.

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Yesterday was the local charity fireworks display, in a field in front of Kenilworth Castle. It's years since we went; crammed with 10,000 people in a muddy field for an hour is not fun. I meant to take my camera out & get reflections of fireworks in the local lake; didn't work out, for "life" reasons. So then I thought I'd post an older fireworks photo for Silent Sunday, but no, d'oh! So here's that photo instead.

#Pentax MX, Agfa Vista 400

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Kenilworth Castle keep.

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Stairs to the battlements.

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Through the arches.

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The Keep from the Elizabethan Garden.

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Mansion for Elizabeth 1.

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #AdoxHR50, home dev in HC-110 dilution E (1+47) nominal 6:30, home scanned.

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The postern gate.

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Fountain and Keep. Taken from the Elizabethan Garden looking up to the Keep on #AdoxScala reversal/slide film.

#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax-A 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, Adox Scala 50, reversal processed by PolyFilmLabs, home scanned.

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Up the stone tower. This is one of the corner towers of Kenilworth Castle.

#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax-A 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #AdoxScala 50, reversal processed by PolyFilmLabs, home scanned.

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The Elizabethan Garden from the Keep.

#Pentax LX, SMC Pentax-A 35mm f/2 lens, yellow filter, #AdoxScala 50, reversal processed by PolyFilmLabs, home scanned.

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Mottisfont Abbey, from a brief visit in June. #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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The unkempt graveyard at St Nick's. This year the grass had been allowed to grow and dry out.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Twisty trees.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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In the garden.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Thatched cottage.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Leckford Water Garden 1.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Leckford Water Garden 2. EDIT: I see this is actually called Longstock Park Water Garden.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park Water Garden 3. Water plants.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 4..

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 5. The summer house. The founder of the John Lewis department store had a telephone installed here, so he could manage the business from these gardens.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park water gardens 6. That's your lot from these gardens. I guess you can tell, I loved them!

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Eel traps on the River Test. The Test is famous as a chalk stream for fly fishing. We saw these structures from a bridge and couldn't work out what they were, but apparently these are eel traps, now disused as eels are protected.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, orange filter, #Kentmere200 home dev in HC-110 dilution E (1+47) for nominal 8:00, home scanned.

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Longstock Park Water Gardens 7. I forgot I also had my pocket #OlympusMju2 loaded with Kodak Gold 200, and took a few frames in the gardens. This is the nicest, although I do prefer the black and white...

Devved by Polyfilm Labs, who also did my Scala. Scanned by me with Vuescan. The colours were all over the place; I've done my (limited) best with them!

#BelieveInFilm
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The runner. It's the nature of pocket cameras that films can cover a long period. This was the first on this roll.

#OlympusMju2, #KodakGold200, dev by Polyfilmlabs, home scanned.

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Castle Green.

#OlympusMju2, #KodakGold200, dev by Polyfilmlabs, home scanned.

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Thistle or teasel?

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Lilies.

#Pentax MX, SMC Pentax (K) 55mm f/1.8 lens, yellow filter, #IlfordFP4, home dev in HC-110 dilution B (1+31), home scanned.

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Doorway with roses. #DoorsDay

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@carusb it looks like a teasel to me.
@Stormwitch Yes. It doesn't look much like the wild teasels round here (they tend to be thinner, longer stemmed) which is why I started with thistle, but even as I was typing it I was thinking, is that right?
@carusb Lovely. And the little Olympus/Gold combination might the best portable kit I know of.
@jbaty Thanks. The Oly sits in my jacket pocket just under the emergency supermarket pocket bag! The only annoying thing is the auto flash, which is fiddly to turn off.
@carusb Ugh yeah, the resetting flash thing is something I'd love to change. Otherwise, it nails just about everything.