828 at Night

What a week that was!   I'm already looking forward to SSSIV - whether that will be in 2014, 2015 or even further in the future remains to be seen, but whenever it is, I shall certainly be going.

I certainly had plenty of time to learn what my new Canon EOS 5D Mk III was capable of, and I have also come to appreciate its weather sealing, which is certainly better than that of my 50D.   To illustrate its amazing capabilities, the image above was taken at 9pm on Saturday, using only the available light from the signalbox and crossing lamps.   Yes, I had to push the camera to 25600 ISO and use a fairly slow shutter speed, but I got the shot.   My 50D would have had no chance.

As soon as the gala dates were announced last September I was on the net looking for accommodation, and when I saw that the Station House at Glyndyfrdwy was available for the full week of the gala from Monday 23rd, I snapped it up.   Not only is it ideally located and reasonably priced, it proved to be a very well equipped and comfortable holiday let and as it had a broadband connection, I was able to post regular updates to this site as the week progressed.   For anyone else who may be interested in staying on the Llangollen Railway's doorstep, the Station House website address is http://stationholiday.co.uk/index.html

The only negative point about the past week was that the weather was a far cry from the warm sunshine of my previous visits to the area.   Conditions on Sunday morning were bad enough to encourage an early departure on the long journey home.