Long way to Keswick

With a few people off on long distance walks, I was wondering how do people go about deciding of what route to take.  Maybe it's just a matter of joining the "know" long distance paths together in some way.

Messing with my iPod touch and using the maps apps it lets you plan route either by car, train or by foot,  This is what the map app came up with from Lymm to Keswick.

Out with the new in with the old..

I've always been intrigued by Rangefinder type cameras; how ever, the only digital ones that I know of are Lecia M's, and believe it or not Epson did/do make one. All very nice but cost far too much.
Cosina make film Rangefinder still, but that still worked out at about £600 for just the camera.

One night reading about these cameras I came across information about the rangefinder cameras of the 60s and 70s. Funny really as this type and style of camera is what "they" say people want today: Small prime lens camera with large sensor(35mm film)

So off i surfed to eBay just to have a look to see what was out there.  And now three weeks later I now have 3 which cost £6 at the lowest and £30.  There might be a forth, those Olympus RC do look nice.

First thing I noticed about these cameras are they are very well made, this is 60s and 70s tech here and yet they still function (photos to come ..when I develop them) all I've had to do is replace the light seats. 30+ year and they have turned in to a sticky mess. I had to buy some batteries too, zinc air batteries seem to be the best, as you can't get hold of the Mercury batteries anymore.

These are 99% metal cameras so aren't light weight, the one on the right, Canonet QL19 I'm sure could have been used to club baby seal in its days.  Must say the Konica cameras is okay weight wise, turns out that this little camera has a great lens from what I've read in the camera forums.

This is the first time I have ever used eBay, been a bit cynical about it.  But turns out I was too hasty in my judgement.