Easter 2015, Bristol

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Catching up on some photos that I took over Easter, pretty much the first photos I've taken in about 6 months. First up I went to Coombe Dingle at the bottom end of the Blaise Estate for some slightly dark and slightly depressing landscapes. Then on the Sunday I had a wander along the river at Avonmeads. Not the most picturesque bit of the river by any means and I wasn't looking for beauty - more like urban gritty, which I found to a certain degree with plenty of graffiti. Following that I went in to Arnos Vale Cemetery, somewhere I've not been for years. They have done a lot of work on clearing it up, although there is still an awful lot of it that is badly overgrown - but that's the appeal to me! " order_by="sortorder"]...
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Bristol WNBR 2014

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Saturday was the 2014 Bristol World Naked Bike Ride - part of a worldwide series of rides to raise awareness of oil dependency, cyclist vulnerability and body image. And it's an unmissable change to ride round the centre of town stark naked... For the first time in my three rides we actually had nice weather - lovely and warm with plenty of sun. A couple of drops of rain, but no more. The ride itself was great - there must have been about 100 people taking part (including one couple who joined in as we waited at traffic lights!), and the reaction of the shoppers in Broadmead and Cabot Circus was fantastic. ...
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Toyah

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I went to see Toyah in concert the other day, playing at The Fleece in Bristol. "Anthem" was the second album I ever bought, back in 1981, but I've never see her play live before. I was in two minds about whether to go but a couple of colleagues saw her last year and said she was really good - and they were right, it was an excellent show. I took a some photos, just with the compact camera, some of which came out pretty well. I reckon I could have taken some pretty good shots with the SLR but venues don't like you using them. I also took some of one of the support acts (Alexa de Strange) as their guitarist was throwing some rock and roll shapes in front of me. ...
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Bristol Harbourside and Suspension bridge

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I forgot to post these with the others - we also had a wander round the harbourside at Cumberland Basin and then went up to the Suspension Bridge and the Camera Obscura - something I've managed not to visit in the 17 years I've lived in Bristol. The Camera Obscura, not the Bridge. The Camera Obscura is for sale if you've got a couple of million quid to spare. There may be some overlap with  the harbourside shots I took in March, so apologies for that....
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