Don't look too closely

Last weekend was busy - another trip over to Oxford to install Missy in her new Halls.  We should have probably flown over on the Thursday, given that we had to get up at 3am Friday morning to catch the 7 o'clock flight from Belfast to Birmingham but I was counting pennies.  This way saved a night in a hotel for the three of us but it made Friday very long and extremely tiring so in hindsight it was probably a poor decision.  Hopefully this will be the last 'move' for a while - until June at least, when it is likely Missy will have to vacate her room for the summer.  We'll deal with that issue closer to the time.  Logistically this is all very challenging for us, as when we are in Oxford we are car-less, so are reliant on public transport (which is very good) and taxis (also good, but expensive).

I was intending to take an old 'doesn't matter if it gets bashed about a bit' Pentax P30 with a 28-80 zoom but as usual we were tight on space so at the last minute I changed my mind and took the Yashica T4 instead, which is much smaller and lighter.  The downside is that it's auto-everything and I kept forgetting to make sure the focus patch was where I wanted it.  So I missed a lot of shots.  This one, taken on the Saturday as we had a dander around town, isn't too bad (provided you don't look too closely):

Irish girl in Gloucester Green outdoor market, Oxford, Jan 2022.  Cropped to square from 35mm.  Yashica T4, HP5+ in HC-110, on Ilford Cooltone RC paper.  I'm not a huge fan of the Cooltone paper, especially on skin tones, which is why I've still half a box full which has been sitting around for a few years.  I'm trying to use it up while thinking about what to order next as a general purpose paper.