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Prince Edward County Part Two

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Summer was very dry and sunny except for the one day on our three day stay in the County, thankfully I packed some rolls of Rollei RPX 400 in my bag for this adventure. We had mostly sunshine for August save for that one day. While at dinner at Flame and Smith, the heavens just opened up with rain, which was desperately needed, the county was on high alert for potential wildfires. The Following morning, felt like a taste of early fall but that wasn't to last.  Camera: Olympus OM-4Ti, MC Zuiko lenses.  Film: Rollei RPX 400, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 

Prince Edward County Part One

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  Jo-Anne and I got out of town for a few days at the end of August, sort of an early birthday trip for me. I've been to Prince Edward County twice before a decade ago but they were day trips and hauling across Toronto just added to a long day. This time around we stayed in Bloomfield at the Walter Motel part of Angeline's Inn, can't recommend them enough.  We drove in on Loyalist Parkway through Hillier stopping by Norman Hardie Winery for lunch, their pizzas are delicious, the wine, something else but I prefer Stanners for their Pinot Noir, we visited on the way out a few days later on our way home.  I packed my Olympus OM-4Ti as my camera of choice with a three lens kit and only ran with black and white film. The trip would have been all Adox CHS 100 II but mother nature had other ideas.  It was the second day I had to go to Rollei RPX 400, I prefered black and white on this trip, and we go back next year, it will be black and white film too.  The one time I ...