[robski]

It was a good learning curve and fun at the time but I would not want to go back to it. I never had a proper darkroom. Trying to blank out light during the summer evening was a pain. After a while you would still see a chink of light shining through.

To load the film into the drum I would do this with the bedroom curtains closed under a thick duvet. Pitch dark under there. Develop and dry the film during the day and make the prints in the evening.

Remember the fun of making contact prints and test exposures. It was only last year I carted all my darkroom books down the charity shop.