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I’ve just got home and found that my latest Amazon purchase has arrived… a Joby Gorillapod (Original). If you haven’t seen the Gorillapod – it’s a small and incredibly lightweight tripod made up of lots of ball and socket joints so it can be twisted into a variety of shapes to stand up or to wrap around something (e.g. a fence, or a signpost). This one is too small for an SLR (there are other models available for larger cameras) but it’s great for my Canon Digital Ixus 70 – the camera that I’ll take out with me to the type of places where I might actually want to be in the picture myself with some friends or family.