So, looks like rebellion is not Blackheath's forte then.;-) Nice photo, i like the bit of sun burst effect.
Dave On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Bob W<[email protected]> wrote: > A climate camp has set up on Blackheath, a couple of miles from where I > live. This is where Wat Tyler's peasants' revolt came to a sticky end in > 1381, and the Cornish Rebellion came to an end in 1497, so there are some > nice historical resonances and continuity with the tradition of protest. > > I went up there yesterday evening to have a look. Here's one of my pictures; > I'll try and post a few more later today: > > http://www.web-options.com/L1001029.jpg > > It's quite interesting and seems to have the support of most of the locals, > who are mostly bourgeois liberals like me. The camp is right next to an army > barracks, where the police have set up a cherry-picker loaded with cameras > and videos overlooking the protesters. They are apparently photographing > everyone who visits, which is rather a waste of taxpayers' film if you ask > me. > > Some of the news reports: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/26/climate-camp-location > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/6094838/Climate-C > hange-camp-formed-at-Black-Heath.html > > Bob > > "At my age if you don't wear a suit people think you're homeless" > --- Leonard Cohen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
