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Really liking those Orient Express shots, MikeyMutt! Very atmospheric and nicely composed. - got a warm, antiquey feel to them - are they tweaked at all?
 
Southport Shrimpers

I've been taking pictures of the shrimpers at Southport for probably 20 years on and off. At Southport, the sea goes in and out a very long way, and as it comes in over the sand, it is warmed, making a great environment for shrimps. However, the shallow water and tidal range mean that boats can't be used to catch the shrimp, so these amazing vehicles have evolved; typically a rough plywood 'boat' and shack raised on an old truck chassis, with primitive arms to spread nets, and often a large gas ring and boiler to cook the little fellas. I don't know of similar vehicles used for fishing anywhere, and sadly, their numbers have dwindled rapidly. There were a dozen or so 20 years ago. Conventional agricultural tractors are being used instead of the truck built wonders. These pictures were taken 3 years ago, and there was one remaining functional shrimper,(the blue one) and a few ordinary tractors. There are pictures here of vehicles which were brand new builds when I first saw them (the red oxide painted ones) but are now derelict. I think the blue one still runs, but I'm not definite.

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Sussex

Not sure if this is completely abandoned, but it certainly doesn't work as a garage any more. Some of the vehicles look like projects, but I can't see the caravan ever going anywhere again... :)

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Not a bad looking van, pretty good condition. Kit-Kat mug of 2007 so its been derelict since then and there is something very dubious floating in that toilet pan.
 
Nuba embrace..whilst on a weekend away of exploring we decided to visit this twenty foot sculpture.two skeletons entwined in each other.the skeleton sculpture was put here by a sculptor who had been in the Nuba mountains in Sudan during an attempted genocide there..I have wanted to see this for a while now and it was quite surreal sitting there on the edge of a farmers field in the middle of nowhere next to a derelict barn.

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I would say about twenty foot.here is a pic of my friend taking a picture for a rough sense of scale.he is about six foot.

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