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After dark the lighting is quite spectacular, emphasizing the trumpeter and the golden lantern at the base of the spire.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="135d35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Tilting Millennium Bridge, River Tyne" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="576"><div> 23 July 2007 - River Tyne and the Millennium Bridge from the Baltic Mill - Gateshead</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="576"><div> <IMG SRC="133075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALT="Victorian Post Box, Hartington, Staffordshire" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 15 July 2007 - Victorian Post Box - Hartington</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="131d35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Exchange Square, London" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="12dd35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Exchange Square, London" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Friday 13 July 2007 - 13:45hrs - Fat Lady sculpture in Exchange Square, London</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>London, a dangerous place to visit on Friday 13th!</B></div> <div> <B>Office workers enjoying lunchtime sunshine.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="576"><div> <IMG SRC="129075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALT="The Messenger, Sutton" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 25 May 2007 - The Messenger  - Sutton</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Thought I'd try the horse instead!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 WIDTH="576"><div> <IMG SRC="127075e0.jpg" border=0 width="263" height="350" ALT="Angel of the North" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 17 May 2007 - Two Angels?</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="125b65e0.jpg" border=0 width="438" height="350" ALT="MOD Didcot" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> 5 April 2007 - MOD Nuclear Research Establishment Didcot</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Vehicle security passes must be on show at all times! Can be a problem.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="123b65e0.jpg" border=0 width="438" height="350" ALT="Services on M6toll" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> 5 April 2007 - Motorway services that cost you money to visit! - M6toll</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="145d35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="village sign, Lavendon, Suffolk" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 7 December 2006 - An attractive village sign in Suffolk</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="143d35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Glastonbury, Somerset" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 4 December 2006 - Is it always wet at Glastonbury?</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="141d35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Morning Fog, Hathersage, Derbyshire" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> December 2006 - The Suprise View</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>Cold fog in the Hope Valley.</B></div> <div> <B>The houses on the right, "rising" out of the fog, are on Jaggers Lane.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13fd35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Honda Pan-European at Baslow, Derbyshire" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> November 2006 - Baslow, Derbyshire</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 356 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13dd35e0.jpg" border=0 width="467" height="350" ALT="Golden winged stallion, Briely Hill" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 19 October 2006 - Brieley Hill - The Black Country</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>I thought I'd found a new steed!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 375 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0ea3f700.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="368" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> April 2004 - 16:00 hours - Cornwall</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Ginster's factory at Callington, a non stop delivery from Bakewell, with a vital part for the production line means a very late lunch for me, but they made it well worth the wait, - their motorway snack foods are simply the best!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 507 WIDTH="576"><div> <B><IMG SRC="0ed4df40.jpg" border=0 width="333" height="500" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> March 2004 - Hereford</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Lunch stop beside St Bartholomew's Church, Holmer.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 388 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e83f7d0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> 20 December 2003 - 08:30 hours - Oxted - Surrey</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Almost Christmas! Much headlight flashing to attract attention, then a delivery handed through padlocked gates followed by a very wet breakfast.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 378 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e53f730.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> December 2003 - 15:15 hours - Stanage - Derbyshire</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>You can almost feel that chill in the clear winter air! Looking south down Callow Bank into a bright hazy sky. The ground rising on the left is Higger Tor, an Iron Age hill fort, and the distant mound is "Over Owler Tor" an outcrop of rocks which from a certain angle look just like a fort or castle. The cliff to the right is part of Millstone Edge, where the big millstones were quarried,- many can be seen half hewn from the rocks just as they were left when the work was abandoned.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 382 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0f03f770.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> December 2003 - 10:50 hours - Lee-on-the-Solent.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Early lunch on the south coast in horizontal rain. The Isle Of Wight is out there somewhere!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 382 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e63f770.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> December 2003 - 07:50 hours - A697 north of Milfield - Northumberland</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>A touch of the vapours! Heading for Edinburgh, but time to stop and look back into a winter sunrise over the Cheviot Hills.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 370 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e43f6b0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> November 2003 - London W1</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Time to smarten our image!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 373 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e33f6e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> November 2003 - Derbyshire</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>After the hot dry summer the fishing pontoon at Ladybower Reservoir is high and dry. The distant viaduct carries the A57 westwards (left) over the Snake Pass, the "Sheffield" side of which is a very pretty drive, - especially on a motorcycle!</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 384 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e23f790.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="377" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> October 2003 - 12:40 hours - Derbyshire</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Quiet Lane above Lathkill Dale just south of Bakewell, this is my favourite route home from the Black Country, using the A515 to Yoxall and on through Ashbourne. A breath of fresh air well away from the fumes of the A38 or the M42 and M1.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 394 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e13f830.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="387" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> October 2003 - Town Hall - Warrington</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>.............. thought I'd reached "The Pearly Gates".</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 370 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0e03f6b0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="363" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> October 2003 - 17:30 hours - A53 Leek to Buxton Road</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>Evening sunshine on The Roaches</B></div> <div> <B>- a dramatic formation of rocks about 3 miles north of Leek</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 342 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0df3f4f0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="335" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> October 2003 - Burtonwood Services - M62 near St Helens</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Spot the odd one out !</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 341 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0de3f4e0.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> September 2003 @ 13:40 hrs</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Late lunch stop just off the A19 southbound near Potto with the Cleveland Hills as a backdrop.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 368 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0dd3f690.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="361" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="576"><div> September 2003 - Whirlow Park - Sheffield</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>09:30 hours - Loaded up for a trip to Birmingham with a digital projector and associated equipment for the lecture theatre of Aston University.</B></div> <div> <B>Goods In Transit insurance is essential !</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 473 WIDTH="576"><div> <IMG SRC="0d25ed30.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="467" ALT="Motorcycle Funerals combination" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 390 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0d33f800.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="384" ALT="Motorcycle Funerals detail" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 ><NOBR><div> Photograph courtesy of Rev Paul Sinclair taken by Graham Wigley</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 97 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>Returning from Cardiff up the M5 on the very hot afternoon of 6 August 2003, I parked in the motorcycle compound of Strensham Services. When I came out of the services building I found a similar immaculate rig parked next to my machine. I thought, is this an omen? What was worse I had run out of film !</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 77 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>I e-mailed Paul of Motorcycle Funerals to ask his permission to use an image from his website, he kindly sent me the top image, which he says was taken by a fellow undertaker Graham Wigley outside Stoke Newington Cemetery after a funeral. The bottom image is a simply detail from the top.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><div> <B>The machine is a Triumph Speed Triple.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="576"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="576" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 160 WIDTH="576"><div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Observations"><U><B><IMG SRC="07ebd990.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="153" ALT="Next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>