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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All Is Known

Photo: Rustat Road, Cambridge, 6th June 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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