Thursday 29 July 2010

Pink Picnic Huddersfield

Had a great time at the Huddersfield pink picnic on Sunday although the sight of male legs in american tan tights might never leave me!

The entertainment was very good, especially the lady that was Lady Gaga and of course Kelly Llorenna was just fab! Haven't had the chance to have a go at this sort of photography before but really enjoyed it even if the results aren't pin sharp.
Monique Mitchell - Lady Gaga
Monique Mitchell as Lady Gaga.

Monique Mitchell - Lady Gaga

Monique Mitchell - Lady Gaga
With the ubiquitous Lady G prop - a giant tea cup!

Monique Mitchell - Lady Gaga

And now some of Kelly Llorenna.
Kelly Llorenna - Pink Picnic Huddersfield

Kelly Llorenna - Pink Picnic Huddersfield

Kelly Llorenna - Pink Picnic Huddersfield
The crowd loved her!

Some of the gents in tights to follow, oh and one of Nu after a spell on the Waltzers - tiny green Thai!

Wednesday 21 July 2010

New project - Summer

A collection of scenes that make up the quintessential English Summer. I needed a new project!
Through the kitchen window on a Summer's day.
Through the kitchen window on a Summer's day.

Sunday 18 July 2010

Arilas - are you bored yet?!

Seemed a shame to take all of these and then not post them so here they are!

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Left Em laying in the sun one morning and went for a walk to take some photos of Arilas.

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In places it reminded me of some of the Caribbean islands I visited when I was on the Sun Princess.

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This taverna was beautiful.

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Beautiful flowers

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Look at that blue.

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Local hoodlum!

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Walked out of Arilas away from the sea to look for a more Corfiot landscape

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But really Arilas is all about the sea

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And it will always be where Em celebrated her 18th Birthday too

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The perfect place for the perfect holiday

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Nights out in Arilas

Imagine yourself sat sipping cocktails, watching the sun set as the Ionian sea laps the soft white sands of Arilas. Believe me it was bliss!

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Our first evening - we walked the full length of the main street of Arilas, which took getting on for 10 mins and then spotted a sign outside Horizon offering their cocktail of the evening - Strawberry Mojito, it would have been rude not to!

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Horizon became our first port of call most evenings. It had a great vibe, very relaxed with chill out music, comfy seating and a young Greek waiter that Em took a shine too!

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It was also a great place to watch the sun set.

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After an cocktail or 2 we nipped across to the Horizon Taverna for dinner.

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29th June was Em's 18th so we kicked the night off with a cocktail at Horizon, as usual!

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Love this one of Em

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Emily may have been feeling a little worse for wear when I took this photo!

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When it wasn't Em's birthday things were much more low key.

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We just had one cocktail each!

On the last night in Arilas there was live music in Horizon, this guy was really good.
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And we had dinner at Portofino. A litre of white wine, calamari and mezze. Greek music in the background and the sound of the waves breaking.

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Sunday 4 July 2010

Arilas - more random pics

As the photo files are massive just uploading as and when.

Not sure this would pass a health and safety inspection!
Life Guard Tower

Wish I was there
Wish I was there right now!

Olives growing on the trees that provided some of the shade around the pool.
Baby Olives

Arilas. All of it, in its entirety!
2010 June Arilas-5

Had to work fast to catch this couple in exactly the right place.
Sunset

Arilas, Corfu

Was trying to work out the best way of doing this so that the photos make some sense, have decided to start with the photos of our accommodation. We stayed at the Kaloudis Village in Arilas. Considering I picked it based on price, cheap, and location, next to the beach and not up a ruddy great hill we were very lucky. The whole place was nice but what really made it were the people who own it who went out of their way to be friendly and helpful.
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The view from our balcony of the apartments opposite. The gardens took a huge amount of looking after.

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Our room and balcony - its the one with the yellow walls and the blue towel over the railing.

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Walking down the drive to the beach, taken on our first day.

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Plus Em!

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The pool area was fantastic. Wish I was there now!

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Our sun loungers already secured with our blue towels!

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View from a sun lounger.

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In the shade of the olive trees - nice til the little olives dropped off and you jumped out your skin!

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Purple bouganvillia