Photography by Leigh

Donnington Castle - Newbury Berkshire

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnington_Castle

Mist

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Old derelict farm buildings

Frosty Flower

Web

Bridge

Webbed Pillars

Bridge Across Misty Lake

Broken House

Golfer

My Tattoo

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These are a couple of photos Dave took of my tattoo.

It is a small Dolphin on my right shoulder blade.
I had it done in 2000 at Skin Graphics Tattoo Studio in Gisbourne, New Zealand while my boyfriend at the time was in a hairdressing salon getting dreadlocks. He had really long hair and the dreads were going to take up to 8 hours so I wandered around town and ended up with a tattoo.

I was always changing my body back then, I constantly dyed my hair, all sorts of colours and had multiple piercings. Mum and Dad especially were against tattoos and no one in my family had any except my Grandad.
I said I would take out all my piercings if Mum let me get a tattoo, but by the time I got it I was old enough to make my own decisions and was quite far from home so they really had no say.

It was not as sore as I expected, only a slight burning feeling which didn't last long. After living in Tropical North Queensland and spending a lot of time in the sun my tattoo faded quite a bit I so decided to get it recoloured. I was at my hairdressers chatting to her another hairdresser showed me a new tattoo she had done at a new shop in town. She said the tattoo girl was really lovely and made her feel at ease.
So I popped down, made an appointment and looked on the internet at different dolphins, colours and shading.
It took around 20 minutes and she did a wonderful job, it is now more shaded and a lot brighter and will hopefully stay that way for a long time.

I have now designed another tattoo I will get soon. This one is of a Lotus flower which is said to represent 'new beginnings', I want it on my lower back.

NEW ZEALAND - October 2008 (continued)

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Shotover Canyon
Queenstown - South Island
This place holds a lot of memories for me from my childhood and today.
My first memory of the Shotover Canyon was on a day trip to Queenstown from Hawea where we were staying while Dad was playing at the Hotel in the band. We went on the famous Shotover Jet which was probably a lot cheaper that the $160.00 is is now. I don't really remember a lot about the trip but I do remember Mum being very scared for us.
Years later my Uncle Alan worked as a mechanic at the nearby Stotover Jet/Raft complex. My cousins and I used to wait at the top of the hill beside the road in the mornings with our skis for the ski bus to take us up to Coronet Peak. I remember standing on the Shotover bridge as kids watching the jet go underneath and one of my cousins nearly got hit by a car running from one side to the other. And now, this photo was taken in October of 2008 and I am quite certain I will look at this wonderful view again.

Lake Wakitipu Crown Range Road
Queenstown - South Island
The Crown Range runs from just out of Arrowtown over the range to Wanaka, it is steep, windy and isolated. You do not want to have car trouble on this road, especially in the harsh winters.
My cousins and I used to go rabbit shooting up here with my Grandad. We used to shine the spotlight into the bushes and Grandad would aim. I always hoped he would miss, I felt sorry for the rabbits. We used to go this way to Ski at Cardrona, which is on the Wanaka side across from the cross country ski field where I spent a week in a snow cave we made for year 12 P.E camp. The road can get very dangerous during the winter and has chain bays every few metres. This view is from the very top of the Queenstown side, over the rolling green hills is Lake Hayes and further on from that is Lake Wakatipu stretching beyond the hills up to Paradise.

NEW ZEALAND - October 2008

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Mitchells Cottage - Fruitlands

Old Truck - Portobello

Lake Wanaka

Wharf - Otago Peninsula

Victory Beach - Otago Peninsula

Newbury Summer 2

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Newbury Lock

Swing Bridge

Kennet - Avon Canal

The Bacon Arms

Newbury in Summer

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Church in Newbury

Rose in Churchyard

Church Gates

Bridge near Newbury Lock

Kennet - Avon Canal

Newbury Lock

Pink Flower

Shots from around Newbury

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Canal Bridge Near Business Park

Bridges near Newbury Manor Hotel

Glastonbury Festival 2008

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The 'Other' Stage

Looking to the Heavens

The Pyramid Stage

The Rabbit Hole tent

Brighton Shots

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West Pier after the storm

Brighton beach huts

Pavillion

West Pier

Church in Newbury

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London

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Hyde Park Corner Tube station

Paddington train station

Westminister Abbey

St James's park

New Zealand

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Sunset, Gisbourne, NZ

Waka, NZ

Sunset, Gisbourne, NZ

Mt Cook, NZ

Milford Sound, NZ

Panoramic - Newbury

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Church in Newbury High Street

Games at Newbury Funfair

Toadstools outside our flat

Looking across the park near our flat

Panoramics - Australia & NZ

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My Grandad's boatshed, Dunedin NZ

Sky Tower, Auckland, NZ 2005

Lake MacKenzie, Fraser Island, Australia 2006

Brisbane, Australia 2004

Verticals - Spain

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Sculpture, Barcelona 2006
Park Guell, Barcelona 2006
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Panoramics - Spain

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Monserrat Monestery, Barceloana 2006

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona 2006

Park Guell, Barcelona 2006

Panoramics - Italy

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Cityscape, Rome 2007

Games Practise, Pompeii 2007

Vesuvius, Naples 2007

St Peters Square, Vatican City 2007

Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa 2007

Portugal

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All these photos were taken around the Grottos of Lagos, Portugal 2007

Black & White

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Ponte Rialto Bridge, Venice 2007
Stonehenge, England 2006

Fountain, Vatican City, Rome 2007

Wembley Stadium Arch, London 2007

Old town, Barcelona 2007

Natural Earth

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Bracon Beacons, Wales 2007

Mountain Pass, Wales 2007

River near Glen Shiel, Scotland 2007

River near Loch Ness, Scotland 2007