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| Tuesday, 16-Sep-2003 00:00 |
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Vimy Ridge Memorial - Northern France
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Vimy Ridge
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The stunning monument to all the Canadian soldiers killed during World War One fighting in Northern France. The picture doesn't really do it justice
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| Friday, 29-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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An emotional day
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The end-of-day cheer
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Private flying is a selfish hobby. It uses up disproportionate amounts of the earth's resources, has very little point and can cause noise intrusion to others.
We are always conscious of this and try to do things that benefit the wider community wherever possible.
Yesterday was the second time that a group of private pilots gathered together at Bourn airfield in Cambridgeshire to donate pleasure flights to a group of badly burned children who attend a nearby lakeside camp.
Some of the children do not make comfortable viewing. Many of the worst cases wouldn't join the group photograph above, being conscious of their looks. However it was very rewarding for all of us. Each of them got at least one flight in a fixed wing aircraft and one in a helicopter. Most enjoyed it enormously 
I'm away for a while now. Back in mid-September
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| Tuesday, 26-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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Riverside Cambridge
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Riverboat Georgina. The captain talks to some passengers
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The trip starts and finishes at this lock near the centre of the
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Riverside pubs are very popular, especially in the summer
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Lunch cruise down the River Cam as it winds its way out of the famous university city. Only two hours but an amazing variety of sights.
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| Thursday, 21-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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Old-fashioned jeweller closes on Thursdays. As he always has
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Angel Hotel. Charles Dickens stayed here
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Even an old town can't avoid mobile (cell) phone shops
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Just some contrasts in retail architecture as I walked to the sandwich shop, here in Bury St Edmunds, for lunch
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| Wednesday, 20-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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A Norfolk field
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| Monday, 18-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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My little Ford Puma outside the house
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The road as I leave the house
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The pub (bar) in the next village
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My journey to work. I cleaned the windscreen but it is quite heavily tinted so some of the shots look a little blue.
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| Friday, 15-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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He wasn't for moving off the bed. In the end, I left him there
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Just for Harvey's fan club
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| Wednesday, 13-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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Aviation - Last evening and this morning
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At the end of the day, the Colt viewed from the hangar
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The other end of the aviation food chain
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Got a chance to use my aircraft to travel to a client meeting yesterday. Nice to have the tax man paying for some flying for a change. Then this morning, on my way to the office I just had to stop and snap the huge C5 freighter taking off from my friendly local USAF base
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| Sunday, 10-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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Cropredy Festival 2003 - The Pit Crew's view
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The main stage as the audience see it
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And the same stage as we see it from our encampment
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The sound tower and Simon's fan club
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Cropredy is a music festival for ageing folkies in the middle of Oxfordshire, England. Myself and a few friends work there as security between the audience and the stage.
Here's a few images from a scorching hot weekend.
It is just a pity that the music isn't actually to my taste. The ear defenders we wear come in useful 
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| Monday, 4-Aug-2003 00:00 |
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Day trip - Knettishall in Suffolk to Le Touquet Paris-Plage
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Climbing out of our home field, on course Le Touquet
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The White Cliffs, and not a bluebird in sight
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Base leg for Le Touquet.
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Chris had never flown the aircraft across the Channel, so I sat in with him for a totally enjoyable day trip.
Perfect weather, left at 9:00am, back at 6:00pm with a rucksack full of Sancerre and a slightly overfed feeling
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