Archive for tag: uk
11 March, 2010 (02:12) | Photography | By: Shepy
A friend and I headed down to see the Weegee exhibition (which is good, if somewhat small) currently on at Saltburn, and afterwards headed down to the pier to snap a few shots. Only really happy with two of them, so here they are (click to enlarge).
Cheers for looking
~Shepy
Tags: Photography, uk | No comments
8 March, 2010 (21:31) | Photography, Urbex | By: Shepy
This is a site I’ve explored many times, probably one of the sites I have explored the most in fact, but yet it still manages to throw up new things when you go off the beaten track a little bit. After seeing a pic by a friend of something I hadnt seen, i decided to [...]
Tags: newcastle, Photography, uk, Urbex | No comments
11 February, 2010 (12:49) | Rant, newcastle, news | By: Shepy
As some of you may or may not be aware Richard Dawkins, the popular science author, spoke at the Lib Dem conference in September about the blight of the UK libel laws stifling the international scientific community.
Dawkins explained how many companies are using the draconian libel laws to silence, financially cripple and ultimately hinder any [...]
Tags: law, legal, libel, newcastle, news, petition, politics, Rant, science, uk | 5 comments
10 November, 2009 (02:00) | Photography, newcastle | By: Shepy
Looking out the window tonight I could barely see the other side of the street as a thick fog had descended. As I live right on the banks of the Tyne I couldn’t resist doing a few shots of the well known of “Fog on the Tyne”. Click images to enlarge.
Comments and suggestions welcome [...]
Tags: newcastle, Photography, tyne, uk | 6 comments
25 October, 2009 (23:13) | Photography, news | By: Shepy
October 24th 2009 was set to be the date for the ‘Stop The War’ protest, a demonstration march against the ongoing war in Afghanistan. The top 10 reasons for protesting, as quoted by the Stop The War website were:
The death rate is rising on both sides
The number of British troops who have died is now [...]
Tags: news, Photography, Police, protest, uk, war | 2 comments
24 September, 2009 (02:15) | Photography, newcastle | By: Shepy
Decided to head out with Paul for another few shots around Newcastle by night again this evening, here are a few of the shots from the night (click to enlarge)
As ever, comments and suggestions welcome.
~Shepy
Tags: newcastle, Photography, uk | No comments
2 February, 2009 (14:47) | Humour, Travel, news | By: Shepy
A fellow Geordie and twitter user has decided to take on quite a task in the aid of charity, namely to travel around the world (or at least as far as he can manage) using twitter to help him along.
On the 1st of March Paul will leave his home in Newcastle and head out into [...]
Tags: Humour, internet, news, uk | No comments
10 July, 2008 (09:47) | Rant | By: Shepy
An update to my last post regarding the UK healthcare industry being pathetic.
I got up this morning an hour early and called the doctors to make an appointment, went along to that appointment wasting both the doctor’s and my time, where without qualm the doctor wrote me a prescription for the codeine linctus after I [...]
Tags: health, nhs, Rant, uk | 1 comment
9 July, 2008 (17:21) | Rant | By: Shepy
I have had a persistent cough for a couple of months now, and it can really be quite serious at times. I have been known to cough myself to the point where I pass unconscious and even had minor seizures from coughing so much.
I have been to the doctor several times regarding this, and [...]
Tags: health, nhs, Rant, uk | 5 comments