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It was with great pleasure that I visited St Augustine’s Family Farm in Arlingham on the 23rd July to open their Camera Obscura. Visiting the farm is a lovely fun day out; the activities available increasing all the time and there’s always a wonderful welcome.
A camera obscura is a fascinating concept, I used to visit the one on Bristol Downs as a child with my parents. Imagine being in a very dark room on a bright day. There is only a small hole of light, but if you then look at the opposite wall to the small hole you see the beautiful world outside as if by magic!
At St Augustine's Farm the light comes through the roof and shines the picture on a table. The camera can turn 360 degrees so visitors will be able to see all the surrounding countryside. It was such a shame that on Thursday the sun did not shine, but I shall visit St Augustine’s Farm again soon.
Reproduced from the website of David Drew MP 25 Jul 2009
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