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Month: August 2010

London / Places / railways

Olympic stadium walk – Mile End to Victoria Park and Bow along the canal

Mon 30th August, 2010Mon 30th August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

On Saturday we caught the tube to Mile End for a six mile walk through east London to check out progress on the 2012 Olympic site. It’s a lovely walk …

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London / Places

The Counter cafe, Hackney Wick, E3 – another great London coffee house

Sun 29th August, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

I love it when we stumble across a fine coffee in an unlikely place, and we definitely came up trumps on Saturday when we visited the Counter cafe in east …

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London / Places

Umbrellas in London: a rainy summer afternoon in the capital

Fri 27th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I like rain (although not at festivals!), so grabbed a few photos on my Lumix LX3 compact camera when I wandered around town on a wet summer afternoon in August.

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Places / Wales

Coney Beach amusement park, south Wales: 90 years old

Fri 27th August, 2010Fri 27th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Built on an old ballast tip, the amusement park at Coney Beach in Porthcawl, south Wales, dates back to to April 1920, when its first attraction arrived in the shape …

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festivals

Beautiful Days festival 2010 – photos

Thu 26th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve just posted up 180 photos from last weekend’s fabulous Beautiful Days festival in Devon. We had a great time, but my run of three festivals in three weekends is …

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Brixton / Places

The Goodbench – another independent Brixton coffee bar opens!

Tue 24th August, 2010Sat 1st June, 2013 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Caffeine freaks are getting very spoilt in Brixton, with another independent coffee shop opening up in SW9 this week.

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festivals

Levellers at Beautiful Days festival

Mon 23rd August, 2010Mon 23rd August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Just got back from the excellent Beautiful Days festival in Devon after a weekend of drinking, dancing, falling over and more.

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Clubs & Nightlife / festivals / music

Sunday at Vintage at Goodwood – photos from the festival

Wed 18th August, 2010Wed 18th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s the final instalment of photos from our fab weekend at Vintage at Goodwood festival in Sussex. I really hadn’t expected it to be as good as it was – …

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Clubs & Nightlife / festivals / music

Vintage at Goodwood – photos from Saturday’s events

Tue 17th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

There was so much interesting stuff going on at Vintage at Goodwood that I ended up taking hundreds of photos. I’ve just posted up around 130 of the better snaps …

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Clubs & Nightlife / festivals / music

Vintage at Goodwood- Friday photos

Tue 17th August, 2010Tue 17th August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

I’m slowly working my way through a vast pile of photos from the weekend – here’s some from Friday at the Vintage at Goodwood festival.

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Clubs & Nightlife / festivals / music

Vintage in Goodwood festival proves a monster hit!

Mon 16th August, 2010Mon 16th August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Against all my cynical expectations, Vintage in Goodwood proved a fantastic weekend – we all had a heap of fun!

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festivals / photos

Endorse It festival 2010 – photos galore!

Wed 11th August, 2010Wed 11th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We had anther magnificent time at the Endorse It Festival last weekend. Here’s a few photos – click on the links at the bottom to see the whole photo feature.

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photos

I’m loving the HTC Desire and Android Vignette app combo!

Wed 11th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Apologies for copying this article over from my Wirefresh tech blog, but I’ve been asked a fair bit about what effects I’ve been using on some of my recent uploads, …

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New York / photos / Places

Coney Island archive photos: 1986 and 1999

Fri 6th August, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Dug up from my photo archives is this series of photos of the faded seaside town of Coney Island, Brooklyn, which I visited in 1986 and 1999. I was terrified …

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Brixton / Places

A stunning rainbow over Crystal Palace, south London

Wed 4th August, 2010Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We’ve just been treated to a stunning scene over south London, with a beautiful rainbow filling the skies.

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London / photos / Places

Greenwich photos, south London

Wed 4th August, 2010Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Greenwich is stuffed full of history, has a good market, ace pubs, loads of interesting shops and a fantastic park with great views making  it a great cheap day out …

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London / photos / Places

A walk through the Greenwich foot tunnel

Wed 4th August, 2010Sat 11th September, 2010 - by editor - 4 Comments.

I love walking through tunnels, so here’s a few photos of my wander through the 1902 foot tunnel under the Thames. Running from Greenwich to the Isle of Dogs, the …

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Brixton / London / Places

Brixton Station Road car park to become ice rink

Tue 3rd August, 2010Thu 5th August, 2010 - by editor - 8 Comments.

There should be much rejoicing on the streets of Brixton soon as one of its ugliest buildings looks set to be pulled down and replaced by a temporary ice rink.

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photos / Places / stuff

A bleak view of Spray View Ave/Beach 35th St, Rockaway, Queens NYC

Mon 2nd August, 2010Mon 2nd August, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

My Ramones-inspired pilgrimage to Rockaway Beach in 1986 disappointed on several levels – where were the punk rockers? Where were the rock’n’roll bars? – but, undaunted, a took a stroll …

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Brixton / festivals / London / Places

Brixton Splash street festival, 2010

Sun 1st August, 2010Sun 1st August, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Now in its fifth year, Brixton Splash is a one day free street festival in the heart of Brixton. The weather was good, the beer tasted fine and the bass …

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festivals / London / Places

Croydon Summer Festival 2010 – photos

Sun 1st August, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Here’s a few pics from the Croydon Summer Festival yesterday. The weather was perfect, the location pleasant, the beer flowed and the Damned put in a top set. Result all …

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Brixton / Places

The Brixton Heron Weathervane, Coldharbour Lane/Brixton Road

Sun 1st August, 2010Sun 1st August, 2010 - by editor - 5 Comments.

Currently dividing opinion on our bulletin boards is this new addition to the central Brixton skyline. ‘The Brixton Heron’ is a weathervane sculpture created by artist Maggi Hambling and sits …

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