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Ciutadella backwhacks

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I had a very pleasant time wandering around these narrow residential streets in Ciutadella, what my wife would call “backwhacks”- a word she uses to refer to places in towns that are off the beaten track, or warrens of narrow alleyways.

I’m not sure if backwhacks is local vernacular only used in Sheffield or something used everywhere. Despite having lived in Sheffield my entire life, it’s not a description I tended to use until I met her. It’s a good word though.

It was nice to find these streets almost completely empty of other pedestrians, and very few vehicles (assuming they would even fit!), perhaps as a result of it being the afternoon siesta time when I ambled up and down them. I really enjoy these types of location when I find them. It’s rare to find anything similar in the UK.

What's behind the wooden door?
Straight down
Thataway
Thisaway

Olympus 35 RC & Fuji Superia 100 (expired 2008). Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken on 2 October 2025

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Spending the day playing games instead of going out

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I was supposed to be visiting Newark Air Museum today with my dad but, as is often the case, the weather let us down. The forecast yesterday evening stated that it would be cloudy, but with some occasional sunshine in the afternoon. However, when I got up this morning the forecast had changed and was now claiming drizzly rain throughout the day. As a lot of the museum’s exhibits are outside, we decided to postpone the visit to a day with better conditions.

It annoys me a lot that weather forecasts change overnight so often. The whole purpose of a forecast is to allow people to plan activities accordingly and, while I appreciate predicting the weather is an extremely complex task, it is frustrating that in 2024 it sometimes feels that I would be better off with a pine-cone or bit of seaweed or something.

So, instead of looking at a load of old aeroplanes, I spent a lot of the day playing Astro Bot on the PlayStation. Not my initial plan for the day, but a lot of fun nevertheless.

The picture below has nothing to do with aircraft of PlayStations, but I guess it loosely ties into the gaming link.

Basketball court

Canon Sure Shot Z135 & Kodak Gold. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken 29 May 2024.

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Au Village

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Nice light and strong colours are an obvious draw when shooting colour film and the reds and whites of the shutters on this African bar and restaurant caught my attention on the morning I took this photo. I also like the way the shadow of the out-of-shot street-sign is cast into the centre of the white shutter.

Au Village

Canon Sure Shot Supreme & Fujifilm Superia X-tra 400. Lab Developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.

Taken 5 February 2023.