Thank You – Everyone – Updated

Thank You to everyone who has visited my blog, in just under one year I have had just over 20,500 visitors.

I never expected this, I have tried to display as many interesting images as possible, I think I may have done this.

Longing for the days of summer…………………….

Submerged Trees, Welsh Coast

Looking Back 10 Years At Some Of My Favourite Images and Places

As Christmas this year (2009) was a let down by peoples administration (or lack of it). I decided to post some of my favourite images of the last 10 years, there are many.
Some are the places we have been, some are the art I have drawn here on the computer, others are ones I have taken and they got put into folders on other hard drives I have, about 5 in all, they are all linked together on a neat little server and shared between 4 computers.
So as 2010 starts have a look at some of what we have done and where we have been.

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Cairngorms, Scotland, Winter Snow

Inverness, Scotland

near Loch Leven, SCOTLAND

Snow and Lots Of It

Sunset Over Snow-Scotland

Birmingham, UK - 2008

Empire State and Chrysler Buildings - NYC 2007

Botallack, West Cornwall

Rinsey, West Cornwall

Not Usually Good With Birds-This Robin was a Poser

Ashness, Keswick

Flat Iron from Empire State Building, NYC

Overlooking Derwent Water, Lake District

Autmn Wood

ITV Emmerdale Set

My Computer drawings

Heikos Art Drawing

Computer Art Drawing (Willow)named by my grandaughter

Computer Art Drawing (Relaxed)

Green Glass Computer Art

Shattered Art

Twist Film_1024

Heiko at 8 years old

Well I Was Only 11 Years Old

Are You Ready,I`m Off

Brandenburg Gate,Berlin

Gold Hill, Dorset

Kynance Cove, The Lizard,Cornwall

River Elbe,Dresden,Germany

Stogumber,Somerset,UK

Winter Horses

So Cold

Early 2009

Hudson River looking to New Jersey, from New York

Snowy Flatiron District, New York City

City Hall, New York City

Chrysler Building-New York

Niagra Falls - Niagra Water

Burrow Mump, on Somerset Levels

Early Evening-Tower Bridge,London

Oil Depot Fire near London 2006, I was about 5 miles away

PLACE C. DE GAULLE, PARIS

Christmas Day-West Cornwall

I have made note on here that I am not a Christmas person but this year as we decided to have some time away in West Cornwall I was going to enjoy it and do something different, the different thing I wantd to do was to stand on the beach at Porthcurno, Why!!, not for any reason but that I love the place and I thougt we would be on our own, what a shock, there were many people there, bit like a summers day and we had the weather to boot, there were even two guys actually in the sea.
I was out to get some decent images, I think I did, then the sea decided I needed a dip, I fell over a rock then a wave gently washed over me and that was me `soaked`. What an eventful afternoon, Lisa was a little sad as she does not like the wind to much, but when I got a soaking, that more than made her laugh.

Porthcurno - Can You Believe Its Christmas

Porthcurno Beach- and Logans Rock-Christmas Day-2009

Porthcurno West Cornwall

Porthcurno Beach, Christmas Day, part of this group actuall went in the sea.

Porthcurno - Christmas Day - Lisa

Porthcurno - Christmas Day - Lisa Does Not Like The Wind

Porthcurno - Christmas Day - Who Put That Rock There

Happy Christmas - LISA

Christmas at West Cornwall-2009

We arrived in West Cornwall at 15.30 after waiting for many weeks, cold-Yes but not nearly as cold as it is in Somerset, maybe the children will get their White Christmas after all, including the adults.

In all my years I have never seen a white Christmas and quite honestly I really don`t want to see one, I am not a snow lover, I am not really one for Christmas but this one I have been looking forward to and I am gong to enjoy it.

I could not resist, Lisa did the unpacking while I just had to get an image just before sundown, not my best but I had to get one off to get it all started, so just one for now, we have two weeks so there will be many.

Its good to be in the place you enjoy the most and hopefully get chance to meet the people you know, especially in West Cornwall.

Nearly Sundown At Marazion

A view From Abbey Slip

The Boats Out For The Winter-St Michaels Mount in Background

Scillonian III Berthed For The Winter

The Wet Dock- Closed

Mousehole

Mousehole-2

Mousehole- The Pudding and the Children

The Mousehole Cat

Judging by the latest images I have uploaded I felt like I was having one of those days, there was either not enough light for the darker scenes and not really enough light for the scenes at the harbour at Penzance.
We did manage to spend a fortune on presents for each other.
So, message to myself, stop spending money and concentrate on the job in hand.
I did have a telephone conversation from my daughter to say it was “Freezing” at home in Somerset, well I have to say it is anything but cold in Penzance.

Pondlife-Performing in Penzance

Penzance Dock Christmas Eve - More Like A Summmers Day-

Last Image I saw Of -Oky Doky-It was Underwater

he Fishing Fleet Rest for Christmas - Newlyn

Newlyn - Christmas Eve

Newlyn Harbour

The Gaps At Newlyn, the Anglian Princess Sits Offshore

More From My Archive

Some more images from my archive that really should have been up here, but for some unknown reason I stored them. So until we start our holiday in Cornwall over Christmas and New Year we will not be doing very much, but, upon reaching Cornwall will the weather be any better, that we will have to see.

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Cold Mist

London-Westminster Bridge

Parliament - Where rules are made and broken

The London Eye-On the Thames

The Very Busy M25 Motorway

A Buzzard from our short summer

As The Winter Sets In

Supplying The Scilly Isles

If you have seen most of my blog you will have noticed a very large amount of space is given to Cornwall, you may think I live there, I should, but unfortunately I don`t, I do live in Somerset, so its not to far away, we do spend quite a lot of our free time in Cornwall. We have been to the county three times in 2009 and will be spending Christmas and New Year in Cornwall.

This is a Dedication to the crew of the ship, Gry Maritha.

Lying 28 miles of the coast of Cornwall the Isles Of Scilly with a population of 2,100 inhabitants covering an area of 6.2 square miles. There are 5 islands inhabted and 140 others.

The major islands are St Mary`s, Tresco, St Martins, Bryher and St Agnes.

The islands have to be supplied from the mainland of England and 90 per cent of it`s supplies are delivered by one main ship the Gry Maritha, she delivers some three times per week in just about any weather, just recently during November 2009 the islands were running short of food and beer for the pubs but the Gry Maritha was on hand in some foul weather to make the journey across the 28 miles into the Atlantic Ocean to supply the islanders with what they needed.

There are other means of supply by small aircraft and helicopters, during the summer months until the beginning of November the ship Scillonian III will also deliver supplies to the Scilly Isles as well as visitors and holiday makers.

Gry Maritha Loading in the wet dock at Penzance

GRY_MARITHA On her way to the Scillies

This image is copyright to Robin Mawer ©

Gry Maritha- Looking At The Bow at Penzance

The Scillonian III berthing at the Albert Dock in Penzance after her journey from the Scilly Isles.

Scillonian III arrives from the Scilly Isles

Oasis Of The Seas

Oasis Of The Seas

Oasis Of The Sea next to US Warship

 

Oasis Of The Sea - Sea King Helicopter making A Low Flypast

--Oasis Of The Seas in Southampton Water--

We made a special journey to the South Coast to the see the worlds largest passenger liner drop off 2/300 or so shipbuilders at Portsmouth, these are the the men and women who helped build this giant ocean going cruise liner.

Today it arrived in Fort Lauderdale in Florida which will be its new home and the home of its`s sister ship still being build in Finland.

The picture I took Dwarves the Isle Of Wight ferry. It actually looks like a 14 story hotel, read on,

In the images this vessel looks very big, but to see it on the ocean it is so big I had to re-adjust what my eyes and brain were seeing, any word I write as to its actual size just seems out of proportion to anything, just how big can something be built without it being too big.

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37 bars, 50 tons of ice: Incredible facts about the leviathan of luxury which is the world’s largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas

Taller than Nelson’s Column, longer than four football pitches – the Oasis Of The Seas, now preparing for her maiden voyage, is the world’s largest cruise ship.

It has every imaginable facility, from basketball courts to a wedding chapel, not to mention a spa offering Botox treatment.

0.43 miles is the length of the onboard running track. It’s found in the Spa and Fitness Centre, alongside kickboxing classes, tooth-whitening treatments and 24-carat gold facials.

3 years is how long the boss of STX Europe shipyard in Turku, Finland was given to build this mammoth ship. His brief was very particular: a ship large enough for 8,000 passengers and crew, complete with a landscaped park, whopping theatres, casinos and ice rinks, even an onboard hospital. All to be completed in 1,095 days.

6 weeks is how long it took to carve each of the 18 wooden animals on the fairground carousel to include zebras, giraffes and even lions as well as

7 is the number of ‘districts’ the ship is split into. In the middle is Central Park, a 350ft-long grassy spot with plants, trees and bamboo. The Boardwalk houses a carousel, carnival games and even a fake tattoo parlour. There’s also the Royal Promenade, or shopping street; a Pool and Sport Zone; an Entertainment Place and a Youth Zone.

17.9 feet is the depth of the swimming pool in the AquaTheatre. It was built with a 750-seater arena, two surf machines and fountains. Suspended above it are two climbing walls, diving towers and even a trapeze.

32 inches is the size of the screen of the smallest television set onboard. In fact, every cabin (both staff and passenger’s) has a highdefinition set that you can use not only to watch films and programmes – but to book spa treatments and on-shore excursions.

22.6 knots is Oasis Of The Sea’s cruising speed – not easy given that she often has to change course rapidly and, on occasion, perform the maritime equivalent of a handbrake turn.

50 tonnes of ice are produced onboard every day by special ice machines for 37 bars and more than 20 cafes and restaurants.

208 feet is the width of the ship – wider than the wingspan of a Boeing 747.

72 different types of sweets are for sale at the onboard sweetshop, Candy Beach, enough to keep even the most sweet-toothed passenger happy.

300 is the number of workers given a sneak preview and short ride on the Oasis Of The Seas last week after putting the finishing touches to the onboard luxuries.

82 feet is the length of the zip wire course suspended over nine decks of the ship. It runs through the Pool and Sports Zone, which also houses four swimming pools (complete with water-spouting sea creatures), two 43-foot-high rock climbing walls and even a beach-themed nightclub.

93 different plant varieties are to be found on the ship. There is even an onboard nature guide for botanically inclined passengers.

37 bars, 50 tons of ice: incredible facts about the leviathan of luxury

130 square feet of real gold leaf gilding were used to make the decadent carousel on the Boardwalk.

131 is the number of feet above sea level of the four Jacuzzis, suspended high above the ocean on either side of the ship.

150 miles of pipework run through the ship – and that’s not even counting the 3,300 miles of electrical cabling and 100,000 lighting points that all have to be rigged up.

460 slot machines are found in the casino – where better to blow all that holiday cash burning a hole in your pocket?

1,187 feet is the ship’s length from bow to stern. That’s one and a half times the length of Tower Bridge – 800ft – or equivalent to four football pitches. At 240ft, the ship is taller than Nelson’s Column.

6,360 is the maximum number of passengers that can fit onboard at any one time – that’s more people than can fit in the Royal Albert Hall,which has a comparatively meagre 5,544 seats.

7,500 is the horsepower of each of the four bow thrusters that manoeuvre the ship. Each of them has ten times the horsepower of Jenson Button’s Formula 1 racing car.

8,000 man years of labour were painstakingly ploughed into building this ship – which is more like a mini country than a boat. But with the combined effort of 3,200 hard-grafting shipyard workers, it only took three years to complete – amazingly on schedule.

10,000 is the square footage of the onboard shops. From Italian jewellers and organic T-shirt companies, to computer game shops and designer boutiques. Oh, and some duty-free, of course.

50,000 pieces of cutlery are kept in the hotel’s main dining room, Opus. No doubt, they’re all needed – after all, there are more than 500 tables, which can seat 3,056 guests at any one time, so there’s plenty of call for the 550 dining room staff too.

60,000 is the number of napkins that guests are expected to use on every voyage.

75,000 is the number of telephone calls that Royal Caribbean Cruises are inundated with every day – from people interested in booking a trip.

600,000 litres of paint were used to decorate the ship. After all, there were 2,706 guest staterooms (that’s bedrooms to you and me) to paint, not to mention the shops, bars, swimming pools and entertainment spots.

1,700,000 is the number of hours it took to complete the design and engineering plans alone. And that’s before you even think about building the thing.

2,350,000 LITRES of water will be used by passengers and crew, every day of sailing. It is stored in 31 huge tanks.

Towering above the seas and dwarfing the ferry passing by, this is the world’s largest cruise ship on its stately progress through the Solent.

The South Coast was given a sneak preview of the just-completed Oasis of the Seas yesterday as it prepared to cross the Atlantic, stopping briefly to drop off 300 workers who have been putting the finishing touches to its on-board luxuries.

Bridgwater Carnival

Ellie Barker -- ITV News Presenter

Peter Rowell and Ellie Barker

 

Poor Way To Look After Others Safety

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Peasant

Great Make up and Costume

Gremlins - Joust

Gremlins Carnival Club - Joust

Griffens Carnival Club

Harp Player - King William

Helloween - Gorgons Carnival Club-Wells

Indian Spirit

Indian Spirit - Close Up

King William Carnival Club - Front

KW Carnival Club Kingdom Of Heaven

KWCC - Glastonbury

KWCC - Kingdom Of Heaven

Lime Kiln Inn - Carnival Club

Marketeers - Scarecrows

Marketeers Carnival Club - ScareCrows

Masqueraders - Burlesque Cabreret

Masqueraders - Burlesque Cabreret2

Masquerders - Close Up

Masquerders - Close Up2

Masquerders Carnival Club

Pentathlon Canival Club with Generater Trouble

Phoenix - Parade-Coming To America

Rollin On The River - Sid Vale CC

Rollin On The River - Sid Vale CC

Sid Vale Carnival - Rolling On The River

Tango Juvenile Carnival Club - Sidmouth

Terrorway Train - Cobra Carnival Club

Vagabonds Carnival Club - Caribbean

Weston Zoyland Carnival Club

WILLS CC

YMCA -CC close up

This is the man who brought you the pictures on ITV West from Bridgwater

A Few Days In Scotland

On our return from spending a week in our favourite county of Cornwall we decided to take a trip northwards across the border into Scotland, we thought as we had spent a week in the Southern most county then why not.

The weather was half decent for Scotland so we took the chance, we new the Carnival season was about to get underway so we filled in a few days as we new we were going to photograph the Carnival, we are not normally the type of people who sit at home.
Not knowing much about Scotland we spent four nights in Ullapool, at a price, but what the heck.

We are going to have a Christmas holiday in Cornwall, but more of that after Christmas.

A Masterpiece Of Set Design

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After the first set of images published here on my blog I was commended for the outcome of the quality and lighting and faithful reproduction.

The set designers, members of the Ilminster in Somerset based “Gemini Carnival Club”  submitted as their entry to this years Carnival, their float named “TO THE TREES” “ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES” with music from the film Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves by Michael Kaman.

I was said to me that I faithfully reproduced the images of the float which was entered in the “Tableaux” section of all the processions, the word Tableaux means all participants aboard the float have to stand statue like and not move in anyway, which I would imagine takes a lot of concentration.

The float was designed with Trees, small thatched buildings, quite a few horses (models of course) including foliage, period costumes and a lot of armoury like swords, axes, bows and arrows, and of course a lot of stage blood.

The lighting was its crowning glory and earned it the heading “A MASTER OF SET DESIGN” I personally have worked in Television and the sets have to be as good as the actors and actresses who appear in them, this I am sure is what the team at Gemini Carnival Club set out to achieve and they succeeded, it made me feel so proud as a photographer to produce the images I did.

THE IMAGES

The Front On View

Gemini Carnival Club - Horseman

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees -A Stunning Costume

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Axeman

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Horse and Rider Shot With Arrows

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Horseman

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Friar Tuck

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Girl With Sword

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Prepare to meet thy maker

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Swordsman

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Defender

Gemini Carnival Club - Sophie- Pierced By An Arrow, Hanging By A Rope

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Bow Woman

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Mother and Child

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Girl Bow Person

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees-Shot By An Arrow

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - More Arrows

Gemini Carnival Club - Little John

Gemini Carnival Club - Quivver Full Of Arrows

 

ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THEIVES 1991……….. Original Film Crew

Produced by
Gary Barber …. executive producer
Pen Densham …. producer
Michael J. Kagan …. co-producer
Richard Barton Lewis… producer
David Nicksay …. executive producer
James G. Robinson…. executive producer
John Watson …. producer
Kevin Costner …. producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Michael Kamen

Cinematography by
Douglas Milsome

Film Editing by
Peter Boyle

Casting by
Noel Davis
Ilene Starger
Jeremy Zimmerman

Production Design by
John Graysmark

Art Direction by
Fred Carter

Costume Design by
John Bloomfield

Makeup Department
Christine Allsopp …. makeup artist
Lynda Armstrong …. makeup artist
Daniel Parker …. makeup artist
Lisa Tomblin …. hair stylist

Production Management
Malcolm J. Christopher …. production supervisor (as Malcolm Christopher)
Michael Hartman …. production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lee Cleary …. key second assistant director
Jamie Fowlds …. trainee assistant director
Marios Hamboulides …. trainee assistant director
Nick Heckstall-Smith …. second assistant director: second unit
Peter Heslop …. second second assistant director
Mark Illsley …. second unit director
Max Kleven …. second unit director: action sequence
Adam Somner …. third assistant director
David Tringham …. first assistant director

Art Department
Alan Cheevers …. plasterer
John Chisholm …. property master
Dominique Coste …. art department
Patricia Johnson …. draughtsman
Gwendolyn Margetson …. draftsperson
Giles Masters …. assistant art director
Mark Reynolds …. stand-by props: second unit
Bill Stallion …. storyboard artist

Sound Department
Anna Behlmer …. sound re-recording mixer
Joe Dorn …. adr editor
Robert Grieve …. supervising sound editor
Steve Mann …. sound effects editor
Courtenay Marvin …. assistant sound editor
James Matheny …. dialogue editor
Chris Munro …. sound mixer
Greg Orloff …. foley mixer
Judy Oseransky …. assistant sound editor
Roy Seeger …. assistant adr editor
Frank Smathers …. dialogue editor
Mark Smith …. sound re-recording mixer
Otto Snel …. sound re-recording mixer
Lionel Strutt …. adr mixer
David Williams …. dialogue editor
David W. Alstadter …. foley mixer (uncredited)
Carmen Flores De Tanis …. assistant sound editor (uncredited)
David R. Finkelstein …. assistant foley editor (uncredited)
Dennis Leonard …. additional sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
John Roesch …. foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp …. foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Steve Hamilton …. senior special effects technician
Barry Whitrod …. special effects

Visual Effects by
Craig Barron …. visual effects supervisor: Matte World
Rob Burton …. visual effects
Krystyna Demkowicz …. executive in charge of production: Matte World
Joel Hladecek …. motion control camera
Rich McKay …. camera assistant
Michael Pangrazio …. matte artist supervisor

This in no way implies that any other Carnival Club does their best THEY DO-ALL OF THEM, I have just been asked to write this and add my images.

©Heikoworld   Wednesday 21 October 2009      ©  All Rights Reserved

Somerset Carnival Season – Taunton Carnival

Its the turn this week of the County Town of Somerset, Taunton Carnival

©    Please remember all images are copyright of Heikoworld®

Taunton Carnival Queen - Gemma Taunton

Taunton Carnival Princesss

Taunton Carnival Attendants

Dominoe Carnival Club - Zombie

Eclipse - Icequerade

Eric - 1+1 Carnival

Extreme Carnival Club

Nunsford Nutters - General Clean Up

Nunsford Nutters - Love The Marigolds

Phoenix Carnival Club - Coming To America

Phoenix Carnival Club - Parade

Poppe Inn Carnival Club

Poppe Inn Carnival Club - Close Up

Sid vale - Front

Sid Vale Carnival Club - Rolling On The River

Sid Vale Carnival Club - Rolling On The River 2

St Peters Carnival Club - Seaside Special

Staplegrove Scouts from Taunton

Wheddon Cross Carnival Club

Wiveliscombe Young Farmers - Thriller

Young Rascals Carnival Club

Genesis Youth Theatre

Candy Land

Close Up - Phoenix Carnival Club

Close Up Member Of Dominoe - Zombie

Clowns In A Round

Dave Arney - Walking Entry

Club 2000

Close Up - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 2 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 3 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 4 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 5 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 6 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 7 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Close Up 8 - Motiv8 Carnival Club

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees 2

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Close Up

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees Sophie

Harlequins Carnival Club - Incantations

Harlequins Carnival Club - Incantations 2

Harlequins Carnival Club - Incantations 3

Harlequins - Incantations - Close Up

Harlequins - Incantations - Close Up 2

Somerset Carnival Season Continues-Chard Carnival

We are onto our third Carnival of the South Somerset Circuit, this week it is the turn of Chard.
The town of Chard usually put on a good show, the usual floats will be there including some locals, they get into the spirit of carnival.
I have been covering Carnival for many years and each town has its own way of celebrating with their own style, if as is usual at Chard there are some locals we will have the pictures here(recession permitting), yes the recession is even hitting the Carnival parades, so lets see what Chard has in store for us.
As you will have noticed I have removed the weather map but I have again contacted the Meteorological Office and the weather is still FINE for tomorrow evening 10 October.

The weather was exceptional and the Carnival started on time 7.30pm, there were quite a few entries in the parade but all did not go as planned, well, the Carnival did until there was a hold up just after the last float `Gemini Carnival Club` started their tour round the town, after they got some 200 yards everything came to a stand still, apparently one of the early floats reached the centre of the town, I cannot say who as I was not told but their float snagged a power line in the middle of the town, this brought the procession to a standstill, we managed to potograph all the entries but the police, fire and I assume the electricity company had to free the occupants from the float then the float itself for safetys sake.

The Carnival was meant to do a second tour of the town , a double helping for the crowds but everything had to stop, we got back to our car but all roads were closed for safety so we had to wait an hour before being admitted out, we were going on a different route to where the cable was down so we were let go, we managed to reach home at midnight, other must have been later, I presume the large floats would return the day after. No-one was hurt and everyone showed a lot of patience for the sake of safety.

I am on this occasion going to put the Gemini Canival Club on a seperate post as there are so many pictures, not for any reason other than we had time to photograph the whole float.

Miss Chard (Claire Down) Carnival Princess (Karen Salter)

Chard Town Cryer

Chard Majorettes

Ilminster Carnival Queen

Karizma Majorettes

Karizma Majorettes2

Karizma Majorettes3

Motiv8 - Yeovil

Motiv8 - Yeovil close up

Motiv8 - Yeovil close up 2

Motiv8 - Yeovil Leopards Under Control

Motiv8 - Yeovil-At The Rear

1+1 Carnival Club

Club 2000

Eclipse Carnival Club - Icequerade

Icequerade

Entry 35

St Peters - Yeovil

St Peters Yeovil - Dedication

Phoenix Carnival Club - Parade

Poppe Inn Carnival Club

The Witches Curse

Young Rascal

Young Rascals Carnival Club

Harlequins Carnival Club - Ilminster

Dean and Eddie- Supporting Stardust Majorettes

Members Of Gemini Carnival Club

Alecia Grant

DSCF0001

Generation Carnival Club - Love Train

Majorettes with a Million Bubbles

Precision Dance and good costumes

The Devil - Walking Entry

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees

Gemini Carnival Club - Horseman

Gemini Carnival Club - Sophie- Shot By An Arrow

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees2

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Axeman

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Bow man

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Bow Woman

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Defender

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Girl Bow Person

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Girl With Sword

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Horse and Rider Shot

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Horseman

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Monk

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - More Arrows

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Mother and Child

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Prepare to meet thy maker

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees - Swordsman

Gemini carnival Club - To The Trees-Shot By An Arrow

Gemini Carnival Club Shot By An Arrow

Gemini Carnival Club - To The Trees - Sophie Ramsay

Somerset Carnival Season – Ilminster

This is the second Carnival in the Somerset circuit, Ilminster is a small market town South of Taunton.

Ilminster always have some good organisation and put on a well organised show with more entries than most towns. There are prizes for 1st, 2nd and third in their different classes, there is a cup for “Spirit of Carnival” the results don`t show here as they are not announced until late and we like to get back after a full day at the Carnival, thats from 2.00pm until 10.00pm, a full day but very enjoyable, I met lots of people I had not seen since my Television days.

Next Week  Saturday 10 October 2009 — Myself and Lisa will be joining everyone at Chard Carnival-Join Us Here For All The Pictures

Ilminster Carnival Queen

Miss Taunton Carnival Queen-Ironically her name is Gemma Taunton

Wellington Carnival Queen

Chloe - Champagne Party

Brimgrovers Carnival Club

Eclipse Carnival Club - Icequerade

Fairy Queen

Gemini Carnival Club

Gemini Carnival Club - Robin Hood Prince Of Theives

Gemini Carnival Club - Robin Hood Prince Of Theives

Generations Canival Club

George Brimacombe-British Empire Medal Holder

GRrrrr

Harlequins

Harlequins 2

Harlequins 3

Harlequins Carnival Club

Ilmnster Young Farmers Club

Love Train

Lyme Regis Majorettes

Motiv8 - Enchanted Parade

Motiv8-Own Trumpet

One +One Carnival Club- The Rex Factor

Part Of Lady Luck

Part Of The Crowd watching a Great Show

Phoenix Carnival Club -Parade

Robot Man

Ship Ahoy

Vegas

Young Rascals Carnival Club

Young Rascals - 2

Somerset Carnival Season

Today Saturday 26 September saw the start of the Somerset Carnival Season, whats it all about, it celebrates Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot from 1604, in all there are 12 towns around Somerset who celebrate this with their own Carnival, the towns being, Wellington-Ilminster-Chard-Taunton-Yeovil, thats the South Somerset circuit.
On the closest Friday to November 5th its the turn of the North Somerset circuit, joined by the South Somerset clubs starting at the largest Carnival at Bridgwater then North Petherton-Burnham On Sea-Shepton Mallet-Wells-Glastonbury with the grand finale at Weston Super Mare.
There are many walking entries to hand pushed carts, the larger clubs well thats a different story, let me explain.
The largest float is 11 foot wide, 17 foot tall and 100 foot long, it will consist of a generator producing 400 watts to 1 megawatt and the average number of light bulbs can reach the region of about 25,000 including several electric motors for all the moving parts, thats no mean feat as it takes a whole year to build one of these gigantic floats.
Over the years they have got a lot smaller as less and less young people don`t want to join these activities, which is a shame as this culture could end one day, lets face it, the more young people who are involved not only keep the Carnival culture alive but it keeps them busy and not out on the streets causing trouble. One thing I have not mentioned which is important, throughout the Carnival parade in every town there is a constant collection of money which goes to local charities, now that has to be good.

Next Week 3 October 2009 …… ILMINSTER CARNIVAL …….

Miss Wellington Carnival Princess

liquorice Allsorts

Sweets Galore

Eclipse Carnival Club- Driver

Gemini Carnival Club-Ilminster

Gemini Carnival Club-Ilminster 2

Harlequins Carnival Club - Ilminster

Motive8 Carnival Club - Yeovil

Phoenix Carnival Club- Honiton

St Peters Carnival Club-Yeovil

Zombies

Zombie Dancer

Motiv8 Carnival Club2 - Yeovil

Next Week 3 October 2009 See ILMINSTER CARNIVAL ** HERE

Cornwall 2009 – 2

An over view of our photographic journey (holiday) to Cornwall, its rather an understatement to say Cornwall is my favourite county, no matter how many times I visit there is always something I will have missed, more time is needed, every time.
I was born in Manchester and was, several years ago, given the opportunity to move to the West country, I grabbed that opportunity and have never looked back, it gave me the chance to further my career and move from, in my opinion, the humdrum life I was living, am I happy about this, Oh Yes Indeed!
Thank You to Keith and Julie for adding to my knowledge of Cornwall see there blog http://keithhargreaves.blogspot.com
also to Ednovean Farm for letting us drop in unannounced at http://ednoveanfarm.blogspot.com
Also to Sue who we did not get to meet but supplied me with some good information and visits my blog http://aroundperranuthnoe.blogspot.com
Also to The Abbot for re-naming our holiday to “Photographic Journey” http://abbeyofastoend.blogspot.com
Now we have to go back to Somerset but we are armed with knowledge we did not have before we came.

Managed to uploadd the Scillonian III image to www.shipspotting.com Rather pleased with myself
See Here http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo-992717-SCILLONIAN+III

Anglian Princess - Coastguard - Penzance

Lisa at the Minack Theatre-Logan Rock in the background

I See THIS VIEW everyday I switch on the computer Live from the Minack

Longships Light At Lands End

Looking West From Lands End

Porthcurno

Sennan Lifeboat - Norman Salveson - Soon To Be Replaced

One Of The Many Ruins At Botallack

Botallack, North Cornwall Coast

Botallack-3

A Perilous Position At Botallack

Botallack

Botallack, Cornwall

St Enadox Church, Polzeath

Grave of John Betjeman at St Enadox, Polzeath

Old Tin Mine and out to sea

Crantock, Cornwall

Crantock2, Cornwall

Panorama-Porthcurno to Logans Rock Fom The Minack Theatre

Chycarne Farm Cottages-Where we stayed

Mermaid II - What An Afternoon That Was

Misty and Louby High And Dry

Old Lifeboat Station At Porthlevan

St Ives Harbour

Mending Nets at Newlyn

Front Row Seat at the Minack Theatre

Lisa Spending Money At Lands End

St Michaels Mount from Perronothnoe

Scillonian III-Berthed at Penzance

Feasible-Lowestoft at Penzance

The Kings Arms-Marazion

Did I Catch A Grebe at Marazion

Image of Penzance and Newlyn From The Edge Of St Michaels Mount

Looking Back To Marazion From St Michaels Mount

The Causway to walk across to St Michaels Mount - When we came over we took shoes and socks off

The Gate House to the Castle-St Michaels Mount

The Harbour At St Michaels Mount

Lovely Mousehole Fishing Village from the Mermaid II

Seagull Sanctuary On The Island Off Mousehole

The Scillonian III Dock - Waiting For Her Arrival

Adrian of Mermaid II

St Michaels Mount

Marcela Lady, been berthed here for days

Gry Maritha loading, underway at 20.00

Leaving Penzance

Cornish Coastline

Cave Along The Coast

Caves along the Coastline

Cornish Coastline

Newlyn Harbour from Mermaid II

Entrance to Mousehole

Donkey In The Stable Cave

Entrance to Lamorna Cove

Two young men fishing off the rocks at Lamorna Cove

Just before Logans Rock

Wake Of The Mermaid II

Did myself a mischief here just to grab some Scollop Shells, got very wet but saved the camera-Newlyn

Reminder To Self, Anything With Green Slime Is Very Slippery-Newlyn

The William Harvey PZ75, with a large catch of crabs-Newlyn

William Harvey PZ75 and Sarah Beth-Crabs Galore-Newlyn

Harvest Reaper PZ329, engines running, ready to get underway, Newlyn

The Parish Church at St Just

The Town Square - St Just

St Just