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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marmot" data-source="post: 4098344" data-attributes="member: 5194">Your memory card reminds me of our visit to Gibraltar to see the Apes, this was back in the days of cameras that needed film.  Ian thought I was incapable of putting film in my camera [which I had always managed to do before I met him] well off we went to Gibraltar and  was merrily snapping away at the Apes and took about 20 photos, our next place was somewhere scenic in Spain so I continued snapping and the counter got to 27 [at this point I should have realised I only normally got 24 exposure films - but for some reason I must have thought I got a 36 one instead] well off I went and it got to over 36 and then it suddenly dawned on me that something was very wrong.  Ian was adamant he had put a film in, so I told him to open the back and sure enough no film...so never had any photos of the Apes [ just the one I married]. Meggies photos are great, the scenery looks wonderful...I think I will sit there until the next blog comes along.</blockquote>