Ian Thompson - photoblog

Langdale Pikes

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-20T00:00:00Z

]]> After a week of grunge, I thought it was time to get back to the Lake District. Here's a view of the Langdale Pikes from the terrace of Wray Castle.

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-19T00:00:00Z

]]> It's hard to take this much beauty. My last from Broomhill.

Nut Shop

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-18T00:00:00Z

]]> Another Sheffield pun.

Spiked

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

]]> Broomhill again.

Broomhill Window Dressing.

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

]]> Continuing the Broomhill series.

Broomhill Gate.

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-14T00:00:00Z

]]> Continuing the Broomhill mini series. Two points to note - the steepness of the streets and the massive masonry. This was a back gate. There was some money in Broomhill at one time.

Northern Sole

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z

]]> I recently did a stint as External Examiner at the University of Sheffield and they put me up for two nights in a hotel close to the university on the edge of an area called Broomhill. I had a little time to wander round in the evening while there was still some light and tried to capture the essence of Broomhill. Not sure if I managed it, but the next few posts are a sort of quick photo portrait of a place.

Wallington Water's Edge

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-11T00:00:00Z

]]> Pondside vegetation at Wallington Hall, Northumberland.

Waterlillies at Wallington

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z

]]> Back on the home patch now.

Would you let this man cut your hair?

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-09T00:00:00Z

]]> Towards the end of our Austrian holiday we took a coach trip into Bavaria to the Eagle's Nest, which was Hitler's mountain house above Berchtesgarten. It is reached by a very winding road which leads to a tunnel into the mountain where there is a lift up through the rock to the summit (over 6,000 feet). I took my camera of course, but got next to nothing. The mountain's head was in a cloud. The house itself, which is now a rather creepy restaurant, was packed with tourists - no obvious neo-Nazis but I'll bet they go there. Apparently Hilter didn't use it much, which is why it wasn't knocked down after the war. It was given to him by Martin Bormann as a gift for his 50th birthday - what to give a man with vertigo and claustrophobia - how about a hut on a pinnacle that is reached by a tunnel? Anyway, it was all very odd and you'll just have to imagine it. Meanwhile here is a barber's sign from Berchtesgarden. Wild horses wouldn't get me inside!

In Time of War II

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-07T00:00:00Z

]]> Another shot from the interesting photo exhibition in Bad Ischl. I presume these are Austrian troops getting their medical examination for the Great War. The exhibition was in a military tent - very dark and baking hot. I had to use flash to get anything at all.

In Time of War

Ian Thompson — 2008-07-06T00:00:00Z

]]> This is a picture of a photographic exhibition in a tent in the Emperor's park in Bad Ischl. There was no English text, but the images seem to be from the 1914-18 war. And that's a photographer setting up in the centre one, so you are looking at a picture of a picture of a man taking a picture.