31 August, 2003
I’ve put up a gallery of pictures from the day on my PhotoBlog at:
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=5440
past gay event piccys at:
http://tash.gn.apc.org/gayintro1.htm
were I’ve included piccys from past manchester, leicester, and nottingham dos.
and more sets at:
http://tash.dns2go.com/projects_gallery/Gay_Colour/index.htm
http://tash.dns2go.com/projects_gallery/Gay_BW/index.htm
26 August, 2003
http://www.nottinghampride.com
is official website of Nottingham Pride 2003, This is the one-stop place to find out everything thats going on from pre-pride to post-pride!
This is the *ONLY* place on the web with up to the minute details of everything to do with the all new, all singing and all dancing 2003 Pride!
Thats right everyone Nottingham IS having a pride this year, it is to be held at:
the Arboretum on the 30th August,
and weather permitting it will be a great success.
23 August, 2003
Manchester Gay Pride today. Check out photos from camphone, posted live from my P800 mobile phone.
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4762
A Gay day out in Manchester. As in past years, I covered the event in black and white, and colour slide. This year, I borrowed a friends digital camera, juggling with that and used my cam phone also. All a bit complicated, but i managed.
In a bit, I’ll get round to photo-process and then scan them to make a better quality gallery / set. Check back in a bit, for the link.
More photos, from past event on my main site at:
http://tash.gn.apc.org/gayintro1.htm
Manchester EuroPride 2003: http://www.europridemanchester2003.com
Manchester EuroPride 2003. OutUK: http://www.outuk.com/content/features/europride/index.html
22 August, 2003
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4690
Two nights in a tent at Garth Farm, Capel Currig. (Sheet 115 SH702570). Have now checked into Bryn Dinas Bunk House for the next couple of nights. (sheet 115 SH 622502).
Bryn Dinas is situated in the village of Nant Gwynant, on the A498, located on the south side near the foot of Snowdon in the Snowdonia National Park to the east of Beddgelert.
Thursday
Haven’t been able to post for a couple of days, because of the lack of mobile phone signal.
On thursday, climbed Snowdon itself. 1085metres. (sheet115 SH612543)
Lousy weather, much cloud and wet. so i think it was Snowdon, but i couldnt see. oh, I fell and nearly didn’t get to post this.
The weather looked cloudy, when I set off. Half way up the mountain, cloud completely enveloped and the rain in the wind, was horizontal. I pressed on. The Watkin Path is obvious from the start, but runs out after a bit.
The last slopes of the mountain, is quite steep to the summit. Had a good map, and compass to get the general direction together, to go back. Is is quite possible to go down and end up in completely different valley, miles from where-ever.
Another fear, is that when climbing up, you can gauge your abbility. On the way down, you can end up with cliffs below, and have to keep climbing back up again …..
I had done this for a few goes, when some slate scree, gave way under my boots, and i slide 20 or so feet towards the edge. Wet rocks, and nothing to grip, I want over the edge. Had the scamble that you might expect me to do, when the momentum of the camera in my rucksack, pulled me over the edge.
I quite remember my thoughts now.
“Oh crumbs, this is it!!” perhaps this lot lasted about three seconds i guess, and i fell. about 5 feet.
For fucks sake, this was soooo close, for a a few feet further, ’tis a 300 foot shear face drop.
Several hours of wet and soggy slog down the rest of the slopes and back to the bunk house for a little lie down …… Today was an adventure, matched by a little adrenaline.
Bryn Dinas Bunk House
Nant Gwynant,
Beddgelert,
Caernarfon,
Gwynedd
LL55 4NH
Phone/Fax : 01766 890234
e-mail : vince@bryndinasbunkhouse.co. uk
Vince & Annette Webb
Friday.
Left Beddgelert for some walking, climbing, photoing, north of Betwys-Y-coed.
Weather remained a bit grim.
Now at B and B, between Ruthin and Mold, The Clwyd Gate.
On to Manchester tommorow, for The Gay Pride Parade.
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4690
20 August, 2003
South slops of Snowdon.
Headed SW from the Pass Of Lanberis. Now on mountain, opposite to the one i went up yesterday. Now overlooking Glyder Fawr. Sheet 115 SH625563
am now about height 800m
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4447
19 August, 2003
Gosh, 5 hours to get up here by the long route round, looking for picture angles. Now on summit of Glyder Fawr sheet 115 SH6442580, weather uncertain 999 metres. Bloody high!
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4385
18 August, 2003
Now arrived at the foot of Snowdon range. Camping at Garth Farm. 3 miles west of Capel Curig. (Sheet115 SH702570)
Bit tired after drive. Spliff and bed, me thinks.
More pictures just gone from my phone to FOTOpages
http://tashcamuk.fotopages.com/?entry=4285
tash @ riseup.net
Tashs’ Festival, Travellin’ and Environmental
Photographic Archives.
I am a photographer with a special interest to document the lives of travelling
people and those attending Festivals, Stonehenge etc, what the press often describe
as ‘New Age Travellers’. With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people
engaged in ‘Alternatives’, and youths’ many sub-cultures and
to present a more positive view. I have photographed many free and commercial events and have, in recent years,
extended my work to include dance parties (’rave culture’), gay-rights
events, environmental direct actions, and protest against the Criminal Justice
Act and more recently, issues surrounding the Global Capitalism. Further, police surveillance has recently become a very important subject for
me! In recognition of this work, received a ‘Winston’ from Privacy
International, at the 1998 ‘Big Brother’ Awards. The citation reads:
“Alan Lodge is a photographer who has spent more than a decade raising
awareness of front-line police surveillance activities, particularly the endemic
practice of photographing demonstrators and activists”. I am currently involved with the setting up and administration of Nottinghamshire
Indymedia. An ‘open-publishing’ system which is part of an international
‘alternative media’ network. I am based in Nottingham, UK.
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