Older, but no wiser

I had a completely different post all lined up, but couldn't bring myself to subject the world to yet more self-pitying, self-loathing navel gazing. So since I can't find anything much worth saying, and not having taken a photo in weeks, here's an offering from the slide archives, dating back to 1996:



Amazing what a bit of touching up can do. In absolute terms it may not look much, but relative to the original, wouldn't you say there's a worthwhile improvement?

Here's the original scan of the 10 year old slide:



I think this is taken from Green Gable, looking along Ennerdale.