Late Christmas presents

Another winter of discontent?

I can't say I support the violent actions but it is good to see that Britons have not lost their ability to show dismay with the government.

Andy Irons 24.7.78 - 2.11.10

Google Searching

Long before Surfing magazines' Google Earth Reader Challenge I, like countless others were scouring the globe looking for fantasy set-ups in remote places far from the frothing masses. It started off locally, examining the coast around my home break looking for those secret spots that you never commit to checking on a good swell, then it moved further a field. It has become my number one way of procrastinating. I have no doubt that many "secret" or at least quiet spots have been exposed to people like me through satellite imagery. People can grumble that "in my day you had to put the miles in get out there and look", even I rather hypocritically long for a day before all the maps were drawn. But remembering that Google Earth provides only a mere snap shot of tide, wind and swell -there is still a lot of searching to be done.

Some of my latest finds:

The Pass

Late Summer/Early Autumn

taken with my phone en route to the pub

R Kenyon on a superbank

spring

65propaganda

we were exploding anyway

25/04/10

What do you do when your pesky government won't let you party at night?

The Himalayan Times : 300 students caught in disco raid - Detail News : Nepal News Portal
KATHMANDU: Nearly 300 students were arrested in Babylon Disco of Sundhara on Friday morning at 10 am in a series of raids on dance bars, discos and restaurants of the capital. The raids were carried out two days after the police swooped down on X Bar in Sundhara and other dance bars on Wednesday.

last days of winter?

Boy & Bear

been walking around with a grin on my face all week, this song is just one reason why.

Ten minutes down the road from work...

Mogwai Live Film "Burning" Teaser from Nathanaël Le Scouarnec on Vimeo.

domestic bliss

2 reasons to stay sane

photography 101: make sure your horizons are straight!