Saturday, 5 November 2011

Day 312 - Robert Vox

Day 312 - Robert Vox by magirob
Day 312 - Robert Vox, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

8/11/11 - Here is another shot from a shoot I did a while ago for the Vox Brothers, This weekend the Vox Brothers are performing the most dangerous trick in the world for the Portsmouth and District Magic Circle.

Day 311 - Clint Vox

Day 311 - Clint Vox by magirob
Day 311 - Clint Vox, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

7/11/11 - This weekend the Vox Brothers will be performing at the Portsmouth and District Magic Circle Jumbo Day, here are a few new Vox photos I have been working on.

Friday, 4 November 2011

Day 310 - Three Strikes And Your Out

6/11/11 - I caught these Lightning strikes off the Coast of Spain a while ago and felt it needed an outing, the storms in the Med are awesome, hope to see more sometime.

Day 309 - St Mary's Church

Day 309 - St Mary's Church by magirob
Day 309 - St Mary's Church, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

5/11/11 - Just below this church in 1897 the Russian schooner Demeter crashed into the pier with its dead captain lashed to the helm, A great black dog then leapt onto English soil and raced up the hill past this very church, Count Dracula had arrived in England.
Yes this is the very church featured in Bram Stokers Dracula and although there was a ship wreck in the area at the time it IS just a story . . . . . . . or is it?

Day 308 - Redcar Beach

Day 308 - Redcar Beach by magirob
Day 308 - Redcar Beach, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

4/11/11 - Redcar is a nice seaside town surrounded by a whole world of industry, it has beautiful sandy beaches and lots of happy memories.

Day 307 - The Indian Ocean

Day 307 - The Indian Ocean by magirob
Day 307 - The Indian Ocean, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

3/11/11 - Another Sunset but this one is on the other side of the world, This was taken on Cottesloe Beach in Perth and it was just here a couple of weeks ago there was a Great White Shark Attack, scary stuff.

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Day 306 - Kings Park

Day 306 - Kings Park by magirob
Day 306 - Kings Park, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

2/11/11 - This field of flowers was in Kings Park in Perth. Kings Park was my first experience of Perth and we visited it several times on out stay in Australia.

Day 305 - Cities In The Sky

Day 305 - Cities In The Sky by magirob
Day 305 - Cities In The Sky, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

1/11/11 - This is Perth in Australia, such a lovely city, its all shiny, clean and rather sophisticated, I have been having some happy memories of Perth recently, its an amazing place.

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Day 304 - Cornish Sunset

Day 304 - Cornish Sunset by magirob
Day 304 - Cornish Sunset, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

31/10/11 - The Sunsets in Cornwall are often totally awesome, this was taken from a place called Gunwalloe which has a tiny little church built onto the side of a rock.

Day 303 - Saltburn By The Sea

Day 303 - Saltburn By The Sea by magirob
Day 303 - Saltburn By The Sea, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

30/10/11 - Here is the Pier in the Town of Saltburn By The Sea near Redcar, Its a lovely little place full of history and memories of friends.

Day 302 - The Cutty Sark

Day 302 - The Cutty Sark by magirob
Day 302 - The Cutty Sark, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

29/10/11 - The Cutty Sark, was built in 1869, she IS a beautiful ship, this was her in September 2006, the next time I saw her she was on fire and surrounded by firemen trying to save her - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cutty_Sark_fire.jpg

Thankfully she is well on the way to full restoration and is due to open in Spring 2012 - www.cuttysark.org.uk/index.cfm

Day 301 - Grand Turk

Day 301 - Grand Turk by magirob
Day 301 - Grand Turk, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

28/10/11 - Another trip back in time, here is the Grand Turk on her visit to Portsmouth for the Trafalgar celebrations in June 2006, It is also a very rare occurrence of both a Wight Link AND a Red Funnel ferry in the same photo.

Day 300 - In The Firing Line

Day 300 - In The Firing Line by magirob
Day 300 - In The Firing Line, a photo by magirob on Flickr.

27/10/11 - Having spent the past week in and around Portsmouth Harbour I thought I would share a few older related photos, this is HMS Glasgow which is sadly no longer with us, she was broken up during the first half of 2009.

Saturday, 29 October 2011

Day 299 - Another Day at the Office

26/10/11 - Spent my fourth day and last day working at the top of the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, am I bored with views out of the window like this? NO.