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Galway Hookers racing at Roundstone, July 2004 High quality version for sale » "The Galway Hooker is a traditional sailing boat used in Galway Bay off the west coast of Ireland. The hooker was developed for the strong seas there. It is identified by the sail formation, which is extremely distinctive and quite beautiful. It consisted of a single mast with a main sail and two foresails. Traditionally, the boat is black (being coated in pitch) and the sails are a dark red-brown." Read more about Galway Hookers on Wikipedia » The Galway Hooker » Galway Hooker Association » See also: "A Currach or Curach is a type of boat with a wooden frame, over which is stretched animal skins or hides. It is sometimes anglicised as "Curragh". The construction and design of the currach is unique to the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, with variations in size and shape by region. It is referred to as a naomhóg in counties Cork and Kerry and as a "canoe" in West Clare. It is related to the Welsh coracle, but can in fact cover far larger craft than the Welsh version. The traditional all wooden rowing boat found on the west coast of Connacht is also called a Currach or Currach Adhmaid "wooden Currach" Its style of construction is very similar to the canvas covered Currach. A larger version of this is known as a Bád Iomartha." Wikipedia: The Currach » Currachs and Currach Building »]]> At the pier in Roundstone: Galway Hooker. High resolution version » Racing currachs at Roundstone. High resolution version » Racing currachs at Roundstone. High resolution version » Galway Hooker. Galway Hooker High resolution version » Galway Hookers Galway Hooker High resolution version » Galway Hookers racing at Roundstone, July 2004 Galway Hooker High resolution version »]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2006:/photoblog//1.46 2006-12-13T18:05:27Z 2007-04-11T21:48:29Z

Brouwerij Brewery windmill, Amsterdam Buy this photo...

Brouwerij Brewery windmill, Amsterdam Buy this photo ]]> Buy this photograph » ]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2006:/photoblog//1.45 2006-12-13T18:01:32Z 2007-04-11T21:45:14Z

Groenburgwal canal with draw bridge, Amsterdam Buy this photo »]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2006:/photoblog//1.44 2006-12-13T17:51:51Z 2007-04-11T20:41:30Z

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Boat on the Prinsengracht, Amsterdam Buy this photo » ]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2006:/photoblog//1.42 2006-12-13T17:31:19Z 2007-07-30T16:21:28Z

The Holland Casino, Amsterdam Buy this photograph » This photo was published by Schmap!! Worldwide Travel Guides]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2006:/photoblog//1.41 2006-12-13T16:44:02Z 2007-04-11T21:39:56Z

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The Southern Inner Circle, Avebury...

The Southern Inner Circle, Avebury

]]> Mark, Alyssa, Damien and Neil to Avebury - a marvellous National Trust village in Wiltshire, UK. It's the site of an enormous henge - a 5000 stone circle actually surrounds Avebury village, and vistors can go wandering around the stones, and the megalithic monuments that scatter the rolling landscape. Avebury on Wikipedia » 3rd Rock Magazine » Excellent Avebury Site » The pagan shrine on the River Kennet » Download print-quality versions of the Avebury photographs from topfoto.co.uk » The Cove

The Outer Circle

The Outer Circle:

The Outer Circle

The Outer Circle

The Barber's Stone

The Outer Circle

The Southern Inner Circle

The Southern Inner Circle

Standing Stone, Avebury

The Avenue

The Avenue

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill as seen from West Kennet Long Barrow

Silbury Hill as seen from West Kennet Long Barrow

Inside West Kennet Long Barrow

Inside West Kennet Long Barrow

Inside West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill

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Our trip to Avebury brought us to the source of the River Kennet - and this strange collection of new-age tat......

Our trip to Avebury brought us to the source of the River Kennet - and this strange collection of new-age tat...]]> St. Brigit's Well in Ireland - just a lot of stuff left as votive offerings, rotting away in the open. The River Kennet, in ancient times regarded as a symbol the source of life, is tiny stream, running between Silbury Hill and West Kennet Long Barrow. Both sites both of which attract a fair bit of new-agey traffic, so it's no surprise that there would be some kind of neo-pagan shrine nearby. The objects themselves are quite odd. A pumpkin, several pentagrams made from twigs. A Tibetan-style prayer flag, and a little knick-knack which reads 'Create the life you love'. There's a mouldy venetian mask hanging from a treet. Most bizarre is the slip of fabric fastened to a tree trunk, reading 'fear, shame, guilt, attachment, depression' - and lots of other nasty things. Incidentally, the word 'kennet' has been connected with the word 'cunt':More on Kennet/Cunt »























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There's the second lot of the Lewes Bonfire night - these are from the early part of the evening, the public parade in the centre of Lewes. Here's the later part of the night...

There's the second lot of the Lewes Bonfire night - these are from the early part of the evening, the public parade in the centre of Lewes. Here's the later part of the night]]> Download High Resolution copies of these photographs » Torchlit Procession in Lewes

The crowd, packed tight on the streets of Lewes

The sinister Foxes

Flares light up the street

Fireworks exploding

More fireworks

Crosses for the 17 martyrs

Guy Fawkes is lead to his death

Guy Fawkes effigy

Fireman with fire

Burning crosses

Guy Fawkes on the move

The fire engine

The high street aglow

More torchlit processions

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Somone throws fireworks into a fire barrel November 5th 2005 was the 400th anniversary of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot - when Catholic extremist had a go at blowing up Westminster (now part of London, in England) in...

Somone throws fireworks into a fire barrel

November 5th 2005 was the 400th anniversary of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot - when Catholic extremist had a go at blowing up Westminster (now part of London, in England) in an attempt to kill James I, but were thwarted before the big bang. Strange as it may seem, the denizens of Albion celebrate this non-event.]]> Read more about Lewes Bonfire Night ». The photos below are from the later part of the night - from the official bonfire of the Cliffe Bonfire Society and the 'late' parade - one that goes on in the streets after all the visitors have left. I've posted these first as they came out better than the official parade photographs - mainly due to the smaller crowd. I'll post more photographs as I process them, as well as links to high-resolution versions. The Cliffe bonfire had a garden shed on the top, covered in slogans ('fuck the pope' etc.), and alongside were massive effigies of Home Secretary (with an 'ID' stamp in his hand, poised to stamp someone's arse), the pope and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators - all of which were, well, blown up - completely using fireworks, launched from inside the sculptures. While this was going on, three men dressed as the archbishop and clergymen stood on a platform, surrounded by flaming crucifixes, while the crowd launched fireworks at them. These men, presumably, were volunteers. Or they had done, terrible, terrible things. They stood there for a good half-hour, almost being set on fire. After the chaos died down, and people had sat by the fire for a while, it was time for the late parade - where the members of the bonfire societies can go crazy on the streets, now that those of a gentler disposition have left Lewes. Some of had earplugs in - firecrackers were going off around our feet, and the streets were full of orange paper from inside the bangers. We left at 1:30am, and the noises and flames were only showing the barest signs of abating. ... "In what was perhaps Britain's last great outpouring of historical religious hatred before the Government's new Bill outlaws it, the nation last night burnt thousands of effigies of a Catholic terrorist, and at least one John Prescott. The Guys were traditional, the John was not. Not yet, anyway." The Independent » "On the night itself the societies march through the steep streets of Lewes carrying paraffin-soaked torches and crosses and parading effigies of Guy Fawkes, the Pope of 1605, and other "enemies of the bonfire". The marchers wear fabulous costumes - Vikings, Zulus (faces blacked up), Elizabethans and Red Indians and are trailed by noisy marching bands. Bonfire Boys run with burning tar barrels to Cliffe Bridge where they toss them, flaming, into the River Ouse. Later the societies reconvene at sites around the town to light mountainous bonfires. Members dressed as bishops conduct bonfire prayers and repeatedly ask the crowd: "What'll we do with him?". The answer, of course, is "Burn him!" at which point the Pope and Guy Fawkes go up in flames and the firework displays begin." Financial Times: No popes or parking attendants » The Cliffe Bonfire Society Fireworks Download High Resolution copies of these photographs » Home Secretary Charles Clarke effigy

Home Secretary Charles Clarke effigy

Home Secretary Charles Clarke effigy

"FCUK the ban" - presumably referring to the upcoming ban





The Archbishop and cronies - "Burn Him!"



Archbishop & Fireworks









The lens wasn't wide enough



Hanging out by the bonfire



Sparklers - what are they trying to spell?



The Late Parade Fire barrels out on the move

Bonfire Society singing Auld Langs Iyne



Like a scene from The Prisoner

Banger goes off, police with earplugs in!

No Popery!

Fire barrels

Climbing the sidestreets





Heading down the High Street

Someone sets off fireworks in the crowd

An explosion in the colonies

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Millbank Park, House of Commons, Westminster, London, photographed in the early morning, October 19th. That's the houses of Parliament etc. in the background. High resolution version »]]> tag:www.deadlyphoto.com,2005:/photoblog//1.31 2005-11-03T19:31:19Z 2008-04-09T09:29:05Z

Photographed in the Hellfire Club Woods, near Dublin, Ireland....

Photographed in the Hellfire Club Woods, near Dublin, Ireland.]]>







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