The Cliffony photowalk of furious thunder, September 10-11

Fenster

Update 10/08: Bump!

Update #2 30/07: Payment information.

Update #1 30/07: Food information.



When: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September, 2011.

Where: Cliffony, Co. Sligo, Ireland. We are situated beside the N15 road right on the outskirts of Cliffony as you approach the village from Sligo town. (54.428231,-8.458785)

Cost: €10, payable by Monday September 5 2011.

How do I reserve my place? Pay the deposit fee or let me know either here or via email

What should I bring? A sleeping bag, a tent, weather-appropriate clothing and your camera gear.

Tell me more...

This grand adventure began as a humble one-day photowalk, but the extreme location (travel across Ireland until you run out of Ireland to travel across. That's where I am) and the promise of nighttime photography prompted me to extend it overnight. So there you go, a two-day event.

And there you have it, another photowalk organized by myself. This one is being held in celebration of my family and I moving home from Galway to Sligo and starting school.

But wait, there's more! You do not need to be a photographer to attend, no sir, no ma'am. Any geek is welcome to come up to our house over the weekend. You are welcome to sit on our couch, welcome to use our Internet and welcome to eat our food. This wonderful caveat comes courtesy of the hackers at Galway's 091 Labs who jumped at the idea of food and couches, but were put off by the lack of a camera.

Final details of the actual walk route will have to wait until I actually move to the area and get a feel for good routes, but I want you all to to mark your calendars and book time away from work and spouses now!

Dinner

The €10 is to cover food and other expenses that might be incurred during the camp out. My wife is an excellent cook and promises a three-course dinner, full lunch and breakfast on the Sunday morning:

I will probably do a pulled pork or a rolled roast and some roasted chicken with roasted potatoes, vegetable salad and bread for dinner. Brownies and ice cream for dessert. Lunch will be green salad cheeses, cold cuts, fresh bread and pasta salad. Breakfast on Sunday will be cheese omelet with sides of crumbled bacon ham, sautéed mushrooms, bell peppers, spring onions and sour cream. They can build their own with whatever toppings and we will have waffles with syrup, sausages, bacon, toast, jam, coffee, tea, juice, water and soda.

Please alert me in advance if you have food or animal allergies, or require a special diet.

The schedule

The draft schedule for the weekend is as follows:

• Saturday lunchtime: Everyone arrives, sets up their tents, has a light lunch and then departs toward Mullaghmore/Cliffony beach for a photowalk.
• Saturday evening time: We return to the house, unload our photographs, have dinner and chill out for a few hours.
• Saturday night: If the weather permits, I want to return to Cliffony beach for night time shooting. I plan to give an impromptu class on long-exposure, star trails and interesting bits and bobs in the sky.
• Sunday morning: Breakfast, tidying up and departure.

Fine details of the route and any workshops will be made available as we get closer to the weekend It's safe to say that we will be spending a fair bit of time on the Saturday down on the beach.

Email mark@bhalash.com for more information or with your own suggestions for activities over the weekend.

pullandbang

Count myself and MissusP&B in. Think this will be our tent photowalk this year

sineadw

Ah ****sticks! I just realised i have a feckin wedding that weekend! Any chance you could do the weekend after? I miss sligo

Bats eyelids, etc. Etc...

Fenster wrote: »

When: Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 September.

Where: Cliffony, Co. Sligo, Ireland. (54.428231,-8.458785)

What do I need...? A tent, a sleeping bag, a camera and a toothbrush.

Cost: €10 (see below)

Hmm, okay. Another photowalk organized by myself. This one is being held in celebration of my family and I moving home from Galway to Sligo and starting school.

The €10 is to cover food and other expenses that might be incurred during the camp out. My wife is an excellent cook and promises a three-course dinner, full lunch and breakfast on the Sunday morning. (And we take requests. We will also have parking for five cars, a charging station, toilet and shower, camping space (and a patio floor if you lack a tent) and Internet access for comers.

Final details of the actual walk route will have to wait until I actually move to the area and get a feel for good routes, but I want you all to start marking your calendars and booking time off now. The rough schedule for the day and night is this:

Saturday 1pm: Everyone arrives, sets up their tents, has a light lunch and then departs toward the beach for a photowalk.
Saturday later-than-1pm: We return to the house, unload photos, have dinner and take a break.
Saturday much-later-than-1pm-and-in-fact-after-sunset: We leave the house once again to hit the beach for long-exposure photography. Star trails, star-spotting and ISS-spotting, if the weather permits it..

Email mark@bhalash.com for more information.

Fenster

Changed. Again.

No more!

dakar

Fenster wrote: »

Changed. Again.

Many thanks. In like Flynn!

sineadw

And I am in there like swimwear. Will paypal you the money as soon as I've paid for today's workshop..

Fenster wrote: »

Changed. Again.

No more!

Fenster

Received, cheers Sinead!

pullandbang

Paid! Just found out that if I pay with paypal as a "Living Expense" rather than a gift, then there are no charges for me or the recipient! #WIN

ThOnda

Is the date fixed now? I would like to attend, but will be enjoying the lovely night drive back home. After dinner, of course

Fenster

It's fixed!

ThOnda

The link opens blank event for me, so it looks I am not going anywhere...

Fenster

I'm working on that. If all else fails I'll just put out an uploadable .ical event.

Fenster

The event only displays correctly if an account from within my organization (I'm an apps customer).

I will edit the event: If you wish to reserve your place, specify here and then try to have your ten euro to me before September 5.

ShaneM

Fenster wrote: »

Update #2 30/07: If you are serious about attending then we would like you to pay for your place no later than Monday September 5. You can Paypal the money to mark@bhalash.com. Please include a short note explaining who you are so we have names.

Update 30/07:

The Wife wrote:

Inquire about food restrictions to see if there are any allergies or vegetarians.

I will probably do a pulled pork or a rolled roast and some roasted chicken with roasted potatoes, vegetable salad and bread for dinner. Brownies and ice cream for dessert. Lunch will be green salad cheeses, cold cuts, fresh bread and pasta salad. Breakfast on Sunday will be cheese omelet with sides of crumbled bacon ham, sautéed mushrooms, bell peppers, spring onions and sour cream. They can build their own with whatever toppings and we will have sausages, bacon, toast, jam, coffee, tea, juice, water and soda.

When: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 September, 2011.

Where: Cliffony, Co. Sligo, Ireland. (54.428231,-8.458785)

How do I reserve my place? Follow this link to the Google Calendar event.

What should I bring? A sleeping bag, a tent, weather-appropriate clothing and your camera gear.

Cost: €10 (see below)

Hmm, okay. Another photowalk organized by myself. This one is being held in celebration of my family and I moving home from Galway to Sligo and starting school.

The €10 is to cover food and other expenses that might be incurred during the camp out. My wife is an excellent cook and promises a three-course dinner, full lunch and breakfast on the Sunday morning. (And we take requests. We will also have parking for five cars, a charging station, toilet and shower, camping space (and a patio floor if you lack a tent) and Internet access for comers.

Final details of the actual walk route will have to wait until I actually move to the area and get a feel for good routes, but I want you all to start marking your calendars and booking time off now. The rough schedule for the day and night is this:

Saturday 1pm: Everyone arrives, sets up their tents, has a light lunch and then departs toward the beach for a photowalk.
Saturday later-than-1pm: We return to the house, unload photos, have dinner and take a break.
Saturday much-later-than-1pm-and-in-fact-after-sunset: We leave the house once again to hit the beach for long-exposure photography. Star trails, star-spotting and ISS-spotting, if the weather permits it..

Email mark@bhalash.com for more information.

Count me in. This should be fun.

Fenster

Bump. There's a big update coming into the original post up above.

sNarah

Updated.

Fenster

Thanks for the update, Sarah! I have been adding on, adding on and adding on to the main post, so I felt the moment was ripe for an update.

GristlyEnd

I had confirmed on Facebook my attendance but that has changed. I won't be making it. Enjoy.

xia

@darren

Having said that I still don't know if I can join. Bought a bigger tent than for Charleville nonetheless and should know before 5th.

Fenster

Damn, Darren.

Fenster

Details, details, details!

We have room in our front and back (it's all gravel) for at most five cars and ten-fifteen tents if you don't mine cramming in. If you do not have a tent, don't worry: We have a spare bunk bed, futon bed and couch, as well as ample floor space in our living room for any takers who don't mind children or cats.

Our day and night route will probably take us down and along the beach and back to the house. I'm going with the same route on both occasions for the sake of familiarization.

Please pack warm clothes if you intend to come for the night walk. We will be on the beach or sand dunes for some time and it is important that you remain comfortably warm through this. Hats, gloves, boots and a jacket are recommended.

The weather has been very changeable and will probably remain so by the time of the walk. Short of the sky pouring down buckets of water on us we will be going ahead as dramatic cloudy skies are equally good on a walk.

Fenster

Twoooooooooooooooo weeks!

I've been pondering routes for the photowalk, and rather than hit the beach twice (day and night), we might instead bundle into cars and drive up into the Grange mountains near my home. There are a few great spots and viewpoints in the locale.

How many people will have cars (consider this a poll for parking spots needed)? We'll have some coming by bus who will need carrying.

ThOnda

One car here (as far as I can trust the future) coming from Dublin in the morning. No passengers acquired yet.

picaaf

my+1 wants to go camping and i can come along. now...how to find that paypal thingy. you can count on the rusty trusty laro plus us. oh, and a tent

Fenster

Received, thank you!

Fenster

This comes to us mere food mortals from the statuesque Olympian that is my wife:

If there are any food allergies or requests please let me know in advance - I can easily prepare vegetarian, dairy or gluten free if needed.

Accompanying this is a request for me to poll those of you who are coming for the photowalk: Do you want the chicken or pork main dish? This is important. Please let me know before Wednesday.

Saturday Lunch
Green salad and bread rolls.
Assorted cheeses and deli meats.
Creamy pasta salad with feta, peppers, red onion and garlic.

Saturday Dinner
Slow roasted pulled pork with American BBQ, Mexican salsa or apple onion gravy.
Honey herb roasted chicken.
Roasted mixed vegetable with potatoes, parsnip, carrot, red onion.
Green salad and assorted bread.

Saturday Dessert
Fudge brownies.
Vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate chip cookies.

Sunday Breakfast
Omelet bar with cheese or plain omelet, and sides of crumbled bacon, diced ham, sautéed mushrooms, diced bell peppers, spring onions and sour cream.
Belgian waffles.
Oatmeal.
Sausages and bacon.
Toast.

Beverages
Coffee, tea, juice, water all provided.
Please bring your own soda or adult beverages.

picaaf

the +1 one and me are waiting for ideas for own tonights dinner,
for saturday we both go for the pulled pork, alsjeblieft
(oh and we'll bring koekjes)

Fenster

Noted.

ShaneM

Chicken or pork is fine by me. At a push, I'd go for chicken. But seriously, you guys are doing too much. Honestly.

pullandbang

Pork sounds good to me.... getting hungry now reading that menu!

dakar

Oink!

artyeva

the pork sounds good. and i'll bring my own soya milk to save ye buying it for one.

Fenster

All menu choices so far have been noted.

If the current bad weather persists, then this whole event may be remembered as the "phototalk of furious thunder". We have room aplenty for everyone to sleep inside the house if the ground is too wet or the weather on the night is too windy.

I still plan to visit Truskmore on the day if possible, but I have fallback plans in place that bring us to locations much closer to home.

Please bring your own cutlery!! This is a last-minute oh siht realization on our part, sorry guys.

picaaf

Fenster wrote: »

Please bring your own cutlery!! This is a last-minute oh siht realization on our part, sorry guys.

plates, cups, mugs etc. too methinks.

anything else?

ThOnda

Potatoes and veg for me. If I pay, of course :-)

pullandbang

ThOnda wrote: »

Potatoes and veg for me. If I pay, of course :-)

You need a good blue steak along with those potatoes and veg!

xia

Thought potatoes are vegs??
#hidesincorner

ThOnda

Potatoes are carbs, I don't count them among vegetable.
So, cutlery, tripod and knife. And ducktape. Shovel and black bin liners. Anything else?

pullandbang

ThOnda wrote: »

So, cutlery, tripod and knife. And ducktape. Shovel and black bin liners. Anything else?

Camera?

ThOnda

Why camera? I am going there to eat I don't want to get any dust or rain on my precious (camera) gear

ThOnda

The best photowalk ever!!!!

ThOnda

Clinking on the picture of the main culprit, you will get to the Flickr set from the walk.

Fenster

My epic ~1600 word blog post is online:

http://www.bhalash.com/archives/1466602642

pullandbang

Trespass.......



Click through for more......

DK32

My photos now uploaded.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dk400d/sets/72157627669338516/
http://pix.ie/dk1974/album/421568

Fenster

Lots of fun images so far. I will have a post up later collating links to galleries.