| climbing out of Couvin up a heavy arterial road,
        then coming into the wooded lanes of the Ardennes, I came across this
        wayside  statue of Mary. That was the last picture I was
        to take. The camera stuck up a message, internal memory full, which
        I could not understand, as it was supposed to take 420 pics,
        guaranteed. I found out when I got back that I had been confused by
        something called a 'memory stick' and after
        puzzling over it had put it aside, not noticing the 1gb memory card
        alongside it, and so failed to  install it. How stupid can you get. However, as
        I say in the text, the pictures in your head are better, and it saved me
        continually having to drag the camera out - lame excuse. |