Gedling Country Park Lagoon

This is Gedling Country Park, Nottingham.

We went for an early morning walk around the park. It takes just over an hour to do a circuit.

The park is set on the site of the former Gedling Colliery. The pit shut in 1991.

Elsie was able to be "off lead" for large parts of the walk.

She came back a bit muddy, so we had to wash her legs and tummy !

Sony RX100VII

We went on another walk after dinner, Woodthorpe Park and then into Sherwood. I bought a fabulous vintage lens (attached to a Praktica camera too) from a charity shop. a meyer-optik görlitz 30mm f3.5 lydith in M42 mount. The East German lens, manufactured in 1971, gets good reviews on the geek forums I frequent.

[Peter Dulis]

so lovely

[Mags]

Beautiful layers!

[Carole Sandford]

Sounds like you’ve had a great day Phil! This looks like a lovely place to walk.

[Phil Howcroft]

@carole_sandford thanks Carole the park has been open a few years now , it's very hilly , and many trees have been planted too

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam thanks mags good shout

@pdulis many thanks Peter

[Corinne C]

Wonderful capture. Nottingham has a lot to offer! I bet Elsie was tired at the end of the day :-)
You seem to have found a wonderful lens.

[Phil Howcroft]

@corinnec she has slept well tonight corinne

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[LManning (Laura)]

This is so pretty with the swathes of colour.

[KWind]

Lovely shot!

[Boxplayer]

Beautiful scene with added coots

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful peaceful scene, and another lens and camera. What's not to like?!

[Hazel]

Something else you cannot stop, Phil - buying enticing vintage lenses! Lovely scene with autumn colurs of blue and burnt orange. I bet Elsie had a whale of a time (wonder where that expression originated?!)

[Dione Giorgio]

Very nice shot and scene. I like the trail of the duck on the water. It must have been a lovely day out.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is very beautiful! I imagine Elsie had a lot of fun!

[Judith Johnson]

Fabulous composition, a big fav. Well done on sniffing out another great camera

[Philippa R]

That looks a lovely spot Phil, the colours are so intense, composition excellent and it's great to see Elsie enjoying herself!

[Kathy Burzynski]

beautiful peaceful scene

[Phil Howcroft]

@quietpurplehaze haze , thank you very much , yes I keep adding lenses to my collection , I did have a clear out a few weeks ago and re-gifted some back to charity shops