| What | Summer Photowalk 4 |
| When |
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
6:30pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
Stanton Country Park (map)
The Avenue, Stanton Fitzwarren, Swindon SN6 7SD
Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom SN6 7SD The location is the Country Park not the Hotel |
| Other Info | Remnants of ancient woodlands, hedgerows, wild flower meadows, a lake and series of restored ponds, sculptures, mix of mature and specimen hardwoods. Varied habitat for wildlife |
Category Archives: Club Nights
Summer Photowalk #3 – July 26th 2022
The weather gods smiled upon us as the overcast sky cleared and a magnificent evening greeted us as we embarked upon one of our more vigorous and demanding photowalks in Alton Barnes. An intrepid group met at the roadside car park before scaling Knap Hill and taking in the magnificent views it afforded over the rolling Wiltshire countryside, bathed in golden sunlight. With hopefully some pleasing images captured, we returned to the car park and tackled Walkers Hill and Adams Grave, the most dramatically located Neolithic long barrow in Wiltshire and the site of battles in 592 and 715.
The area surrounding Walker’s Hill is pitted with barrows and ditches of many sizes and shapes and a grazing area for a herd of cows searching for green vegetation in the sun scorched fields. We never made it on foot to the Alton Barnes white horse as our previous exertions had created a thirst that we urgently needed to satisfy by a visit to The Barge Inn, by the Kennet & Avon canal in Honey Street and the perfect way to conclude our evenings photowalk.
Summer Photowalk 3 – Alton Barnes/Honey Street – 26/07/22
| What | Summer Photowalk 3 |
| When |
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
6:30pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
Alton Barnes/Honey Street (map)
Honey Street, Wiltshire SN9 5PS
Alton Barnes is en route to Honey Street and affords views of a white horse and Knap Hill with views of the Vale of Pewsey to the south. |
| Other Info | Alton Barnes is en route to Honey Street and affords views of a white horse and Knap Hill with views of the Vale of Pewsey to the south. Alton Barnes is also a popular acrea to view crop circles. Honey Street has a historic canalside pub - the Barge Inn For those able to make the steep climb, meet at the Alton Barnes car park at 6.30. For others carry on to Honey Street and walk the canal path |
Summer Photowalk 2 – The Washpool, Chiseldon – 12/07/22
| What | Summer Photowalk 2 |
| When |
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
6:30pm
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All Ages
|
| Where |
The Washpool, Chiseldon (map)
Chiseldon
There are streams and a small pond area with boardwalks. Great views from the top of the Washpool and hopefully some large raptors. Fields with horses, sheep, etc. It is a main cyclist route as well. |
| Other Info | There are streams and a small pond area with boardwalks. Great views from the top of the Washpool and hopefully some large raptors. Fields with horses, sheep, etc. It is a main cyclist route as well. |
Summer Outing – Oxford – 10/07/22
| What | Summer Outing |
| When |
Sunday, July 10, 2022
9:30am
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All Ages
|
| Where |
Oxford City Centre (map)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Historic university city with 38 colleges in its medieval city centre. |
| Other Info | Annual outing to Oxford city centre with attendees making their own way using own transport arrangements. Depending on numbers attending it may be posible to obtain group rates to visit certain attractions. Day at leisure to wander the city and enjoy its attractions. |
Summer Photowalk 1 – Lechlade-on-Thames – 28/06/22
| What | Summer Photowalk 1 |
| When |
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
6:30pm
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All Ages
|
| Where |
Lechlade-on-Thames (map)
Lechlade, Gloucestershire
A pleasant town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds which lies on the Thames and has riverside walks as well as a small centre with traditional Cotswold stone buildings |
| Other Info | We will meet at The Riverside car park (by the Riverside pub) at 6.30 pm before exploring the town and walking the footpath by the Thames |
Awards Presentation Evening – June 14th 2022
The recently elected Mayor of Royal Wootton Bassett, Councillor Pat Farrow was the guest of honour to present the awards to the winners of our Annual Competition for prints and projected images which spanned three categories; Action; Portrait and Open subject. This is the first year that prints have been included since 2019 due to the pandemic and attracted a pleasing number of entries. The winning entrants were as follows:
Action Print – Nigel Walkley “Shake those feathers”
Portrait Print – Nigel Walkley “Smile please”
Open Print – Paddy Bohan “Wild flower”
The projected image section attracted a healthy response with over 60 images which were evenly distributed between the three categories and dominated by one member’s entries
Action Projected – Robert Slade “Splash down”
Portrait Projected – Robert Slade “Hamster portrait”
Open Projected – Robert Slade “Christchurch college”
The best overall print was judged to be “Shake those feathers” and the best overall projected image was “Splash down”.
Best Print – N Walkley
In addition to the Annual Competition, our Mayors Cup competition for projected images, which comprises four competitions throughout the season, was awarded to Robert Slade who received the trophy.
Mayors Cup DPI – R Slade
Finally, Honorary Life Membership was conferred to Bob Nunns for his long-standing contribution of service to the club in various capacities and a certificate presented.
Bob Nunns HLM Award
After the formalities were over, members socialised with some refreshments and took the opportunity to chat with the Mayor who expressed a genuine interest in photography and enthusiastically explored members approaches to both seeing and successfully capturing images.
Awards Presentation – The Angel Hotel Ballroom – 14/06/22
| What | Awards Presentation |
| When |
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
7:30pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
The Angel Hotel Function Room (map)
47 High Street
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire SN4 7AQ The Function Room is located on the first floor at the hotel. It can be accesssed either through the front entrance and up the stairs by the bar or through the rear courtyard where there is a set of metal stairs on the left hand side. |
| Other Info | Presentation of awards and social evening |
Annual Competition – June 7th 2022
Our Annual Competition was judged by Ralph Snook from Bristol PS and featured prints after a two year absence due to covid restrictions, as well as projected images. Entries were received in three subject categories namely Action, Portrait and Open with each member limited to three entries for each category.
Print entries were judged first and attracted a good input with the Open category being the most populated. Once again some creative interpretation was used in the Portrait section which was well handled by the judge. After a short interval, the projected images were viewed and not surprisingly attracted a very healthy number of entries which added to the challenge for the judge. The evening concluded with selection of the best overall print which was “Shake those feathers ” by Nigel Walkley and the best overall projected image was “Splashdown” by Robert Slade with both winners featuring bird images.
Presentation of trophies for all the winning entries will take place at an Awards Ceremony on June 14th at the Angel Hotel by Councillor Pat Farrow, the Mayor of Royal Wootton Bassett.
Annual Competition Prints and DPIs – The Angel Hotel Ballroom – 07/06/22
| What | Annual Competition Prints and DPIs |
| When |
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
7:30pm
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All Ages
|
| Where |
The Angel Hotel Function Room (map)
47 High Street
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire SN4 7AQ The Function Room is located on the first floor at the hotel. It can be accesssed either through the front entrance and up the stairs by the bar or through the rear courtyard where there is a set of metal stairs on the left hand side. |
| Other Info | Annual competition comprised of three categories - Action: Open and Portrait for various trophies |