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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Summer
Two o’clock on a Tuesday in June: steady rain preceeds a violent thunderstorm; the trumpeter playes George Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’. Photo: Sidney Street, Cambridge, 28th June 2011
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One for sorrow
The first ‘Remains’ post for some time. Original taken on G11, desaturated in Lightroom, sepia preset applied then various other tweaks. This is more the effect I have been looking for. Photo: Magpie, Cambridge, 26th June 2011
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7.15 p.m.
The Cambridge to King’s Cross service is fast and usually reliable. Not that that makes standing or sitting on the floor for 50 minutes any more enjoyable or justifiable.
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Sparta
Sparta: little archaeology; only the name conjures up its heroic past. Photo: Starta, Greece, May 2011
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Githio
An Aladdin’s cave like antique shop trades along the harbourside at Githio. Photo: Giyhio, Mani, May 2011
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Langada
Remains of olive presses are found throughout the Mani, from a derelict factory in Kardamyli to single stones leaning against village walls. Photo: Olive Press, Langada, Mani, Greece, May 2011
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Kardamyli
Ownership disputes are often at the heart of the neglect of old buildings in the Mani. Photo: Gate, Kardamyli, Mani, Greece, May 2011
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Kardamyli
The sun rising over the Taygetus Mountains illuminates Kardamyli. The coast of the Messinia Peninsular emerges faintly in the distance. Photo: Kardamyli from Petrovouni, Mani, Greece, May 2011
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Proastio
Is white lining in the Mani a green alternative to street lighting? Photo: Proastio, Mani, Greece, May 2011
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Proastio
Proastio has at least 30 churches and chapels of all sizes and ages. It is a village of churches and swifts. Photo: Proastio, Mani, Greece, May 2011
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Pyrgos Driou
There is a single grave in the cemetery of the church that sits behind the Sklavounakos War Tower. Photo: Pyrgos Driou, Mani, May 2011
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Kalamata
Models on display in the main shopping street in Kalamata, Greece, manage to look neither modern, nor fashionable nor even Greek. Photo: Kalamata, Greece, 13th May 2011
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