I carried the 5x7 monorail around to Kings Head early one morning before I came to realise that I was really making a rod for my own back using a monorail.
After this exercise I started using a 5x4 Linhof field camera when I had to walk a far away from the car as I I could carry the Linhof in a back pack.
Suddenly I was serious. I wanted to start doing large format photography along the coastal zone. I had restored the equipment and I wanted to use it. So I carried an 8x10 monorail and associated equipment along the cliff top path down to the coastal rocks.
It was a struggle to carry the gear in the early morning. The poodles tracked me when they were walking with Suzanne.
Made on the same early morning photoshoot as the previous image
I has scoped it on a poodle walk and so I knew what was there. It was just a question of getting the gear down the cliff face.
This is basically where I started exploring the coastal zone in a serious manner. I used a medium format camera, tripod and slow film in the early morning. I climbed down and up the cliffs with all the equipment to reach the foot of the cliff,
The foot of the cliff was right on the edge of the sea at high tide. The dogs came with me on that occasion. I had to help them climb up the slippery waterfall section of the cliff face.