Eindhoven – fraggle ~ rocking a camera across the Universe

The Fraggle Report ~ Eindhoven part 3

October 22, 2015October 22, 2015Posted in Adventures, Fuji, Holland, TravelTagged Calais, driving, Eindhoven, ferry, fraggle, Fuji XT1, photography, sailing, scale models, sea15 Comments

Part 1 Part 2

So winding up the Eindhoven trip today, and after my walk in the woods (in part 2) I went and joined Phil in the model show.

There were some excellent models in the show..

one of my favourites… saw the movie 🙂

and Phil had his figures in the competition..

and he won a silver medal

which he was dead chuffed with.

I took some more photo’s in the stained glass room

In the evening we went and had dinner in the posh restaurant..

and a drink in the bar

and saw the sun go down on our terrace

and the next day we travelled home.

we got to the ferry and saw police checking the vehicles

and then we got on the ferry

The weather changed as we got into the channel

Phil drove some of the way home so I got to take some shots from the window..

an Arsenal football fan I think..

and that was the end of our journey, a fab adventure and we’ll definitely be returning next year. But by airplane next time, a 13 hr journey home was quite tiring!

laters gaters

😉

The Fraggle report ~ Eindhoven part 2

October 18, 2015Posted in autumn, Fuji, Holland, nature, photography, uncategorised, UncategorizedTagged autumn, Eindhoven, fall, fraggle, Fuji XT1, Holland, woodland23 Comments

Part 1

On the morning of the model show, after I’d had a quick shufty around and taken some shots of the models, I went for a walk with my camera in the surrounding woodlands while Phil perused the models and did some shopping and chatted on with his fellow modeller friends. It was a bright crisp day so nice to catch some sunlight in the autumn leaves. Lots of goodies to see and record.

There were some industrial buildings nearby the hotel, but not sure what kind of industry.

wooden posts lining the pathway..

and lots of leaves everywhere..

and a bumper crop of mushrooms..

I found a woodland hut..

and a woodpile

and a bench to sit on

and another path to follow

the light through the leaves was lovely

then I came across a different type of forest

Next time I’ll show some of the models, and the journey home, but that’s enough pretty pictures for this post. Back to work tomorrow, isn’t it horrid going back after a holiday?!

laters gaters

😉

The Fraggle Report~ Eindhoven part 1

October 16, 2015October 16, 2015Posted in Fuji, hipstamatic, Holland, Iphoneography, photography, Travel, uncategorisedTagged Dover, Eindhoven, Folkestone, fraggle, Fuji XT1, Holland, Hop Kweng, hotels, NH Koningshof, photography, SMC14 Comments

Last weekend we went off to Eindhoven in Holland for a scale model show, which Phil wanted to attend and put some of his models into the competition there. There’s no quick and easy way to get there from Newcastle, so we drove down to Folkestone and stayed overnight in our fave hotel, The Relish.

our room was on the right in the middle, and our view was..

We had a lovely Chinese meal at our fave restaurant

before setting off early in the morning to catch the ferry from Dover to Calais.

I didn’t take any photo’s on the journey through France & Belgium as I was doing the driving. The model show was at NH Koningshof conference centre, which was huge, and set in a lush forest next to a national park, which was a nice surprise for me and my camera!