…of the University of Durham is beautifully placed in the valley. While going there for the training, you should not switch off your eyes…
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The Almshouses café in Durham has one of the best locations anybody could wish for, in Durham: just betwen the Cathedral and the Castle, built in a clearly historic building and internally decorated soberly and nicely.
It is a pity that, once at the table, the windows are so high that no outside view is possible. On the other hand, there is really little reason for entering, since - along the most common English tradition – the coffee is bad and the cakes uninspiring. Thanks God, tea is easily made well.
This venue, in most other European Countries, could not even excercise the business, since there are no toilets for customers.
Q: Have you ever tried to commit suicide?
A: No (however, I quit facebook).
Another nice place to enjoy a hot drink in Durham is the Vennel’s Café. Better if the drink is a tea, because the coffee is poor, and better still if without any accompanying cakes, uninspiring. However the rooms are cosy, the outdoor tables even more so and, more importantly, they are heated during cool weather (that is, 99% of the times). Weird to say, but it is an unusual custom here in Rainland.
Picture taken with Olympus XA camera and Agfa B&W film.
It often happen today that, instead of choosing digital imagery for what it has good to offer – that is cleanliness -, “filters” to add digital film grain are popular. I, for once, believe that shooting with an Ilford Delta 3200 not only is great fun, but also yields great results in terms of tones and (if the scanner is a good scanner, like the Coolscan, capable of rendering a nice fine grain) nice and real grain.
Just like the example above (an air vent shot in the beautiful Bow Lane in Durham), I have several other pretty examples of images shot in B&W film on iStock, here.