As predicted, the rain stopped, so no problem to take the Panoscan out and about today. Given that I planned to take it along the narrow city wall walkways (where the caddy would block people coming by) and other places that don't have easy access, I put the batteries and iBook in a backpack and carried the pano head mounted on the tripod in hand and on shoulder. I figured that 12 pounds of battery plus 5 pounds of laptop plus some 17 pounds of tripod and camera weren't that big a deal compared to what soldiers have to hump around, so no sense bellyaching over it.

Anyway, got to town, walked miles of walls, climbed up and down many sets of stairs both straight and winding, went up and along the parapets, squeezed through little trapdoors at the tops and bottoms of very steep steps, blah, blah, blah. Ended up with ten whole panoramas! Woo. Spent several hours this evening post-processing them, and expect to post them before leaving town.

Panos: two gatehouses; two of the walls; two more of the dig; one of a medieval building and its courtyard; two in Clifford's Tower; one by the River Ouse.

Prolly my spine ain't too happy about the day's activities, and the large red welts on neck and shoulder are mostly gone, but hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. Where's my lovely assistant and personal masseuse when I need her?

Carrying the camera around, taking it into places like this, and sometimes sitting and waiting for the right clouds or light often leads to long conversations that would not happen otherwise, and you get to meet some people, both local and tourists.



My little helper for today: PPD (Purple Pano Dragon) who came in the care package.




Possibly better than even ice wine!