Bristol Aerospace Museum – May 2019

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A few shots from our first trip to the Bristol Aerospace Museum - we'd been to see Concorde when it was on display out in the open, back in 2009 (see Previous Concorde post). Lots of really interesting exhibits to see, plus of course the incomparable Concorde - now safely under cover.Plus of course a few photos of the area - I'm a sucker for warehouses and suchlike. See also http://www.shendy.co.uk/2019/03/concorde-2/ - photos from when that Concorde last landed in Bristol....
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Haynes Motor Museum

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Earlier in the year, the organisers of British Naturism's Nudefest event arranged a clothes-optional visit to the Haynes International Motor Museum, so I took an afternoon off and headed down to Yeovil. It's a pretty good collection, broken down into broad themes - British marques, American classics, Motorsport, Supercars, Vintage, a whole room of red sportscars, and more - well worth a visit if you're in the area. Technical note - pics taken on my compact camera (Canon S120), not the big Nikon....
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London

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A few photos from the weekend's trip to London - we spent most of the time in the V&A and I think we covered most of it! There's also a brief detour into the Natural History Museum, which I think is just a fantastic building. And then there was the Status Quo concert - a second reunion tour for the original lineup, playing just their classic old material. Regardless of what it's currently known as, the venue will always be the Hammersmith Odeon to me. Eventim Apollo my arse! All of the photos were taken on my little Panasonic compact, which explains why they're not quite as pin sharp a usual - the SLR kit would have been too much of a back-killer, as I discovered when we did a similar weekend last year......
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Cornwall 2012

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SWMBO and I had a break down in Cornwall a couple of weeks ago, staying at the rather lovely Gurnard's Head, just beyond St Ives. A couple of really excellent meals. It was also a good excuse to actually take some photos - I'll warn you now that if you're not interested in photos of waves then there's not going to be much here for you! After we arrived on the Friday, we took a stroll down to the actual Gurnard's Head - quite pleasant, and rather odd with the cloud level somewhere about the height we were at. Saturday morning was spent at Sennen - we had originally planned to walk round to Land's End but couldn't be bothered in the end. The seas were really spectacular, and combined with a blue sky and sunshine to make brilliant weather for photographing the waves. I like this sequence - it gives you a good idea of how big the seas were. In the afternoon we...
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