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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pris Ris Scott" data-source="post: 3357704" data-attributes="member: 132000">worst thing for me fortunalty doesn't involve personal injury, guns or anything life threatening... hopefully it'll stay that waylast summer, my first visit to the camargueI had treated myself to an upgrade of lens for my scope, for the trip - a nice baader hyperion lens - may not be in the region of the price of some peoples equipment but it was an extravagance for my budget - the very first morning of the first day of the visit, I set my scope up next to a sign saying 'welcome to the camargue' and as I stepped back to take the photo a gust of the famous wind mistral wind blew the tripod over right in front of me and in slow motion, crashing to the ground directly on the lens sending bits of the it rolling across the road. the scope survived with only a slight dent and a scratch to the body of it - which makes a nice reminder now that I'm well and truly over it.needless to say the lens was destroyed, but so was my bank account when I shelled out again for a replacement on my return home - thus an extravagant purchase ended up being an obscenity!</blockquote>