Mainly Mousehole

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I've been a bit behind on things - these photos are from a few days we had down in Cornwall in the middle of June. We stayed at the rather lovely Old Coastguard in Mousehole, which is thoroughly recommended. I would advise driving into Mousehole from the Newlyn side as it's a bit hairy coming the other way - steep and narrow! The photos were mainly taken in Mousehole, with a few at the start from the Minack Theatre and a couple at the end from the Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens (a bit disappointing if I'm honest - we should have gone to the Barbara Hepworth museum in St. Ives). We've got all of my usual checkpoints - a bit of black & white and some long exposures. And dolphins! They swam past the hotel when I had my camera with me - never seen any before. ...
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Alton Towers

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I spent the weekend at Alton Towers - the theme park is closed for their winter maintenance, but we were at the Splash Landings Hotel which has an indoor water park attached. "We" were British Naturism, running their 7th Alton Towers weekend (Friday evening through to Sunday lunchtime), although it's the first one I've been to. It was pretty much sold out, with approaching 400 naturists staying. Strangely, Alton Towers don't allow their name to be used in advertising the event, and it can only be marketed to BN members - so they're happy to take our money (what's known as the buff pound) but not to be publicly associated with naturists. Would their regular clientele be completely freaked out? The waterpark was great fun, with a couple of good water slides - one of them was long, fast and dark. A real blast! As well as various activities (yoga, tai-chi, paper plane making, a portrait photography workshop (not by me) and evening musical...
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National Memorial Arboretum

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Some photos from a trip to the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield - the national services memorial. An interesting place, with several moving memorials. Worth a visit. By the way, do please tell me if you think I'm overdoing the black and white. For some reason the photos from the new camera just seem to work really well - crisp and sharp and well suited to contrasty b&w....
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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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