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Gallery 2003

"Oh no! Another page with hundreds of pictures..." Well, hopefully not. The object is not to tell you my life story, but to show you what KAP can achieve, as well as what you can photograph. Click on the images to see another or a larger view. I have more images of each subject, most at 1600 x 1200 pixels. If one of these locations means anything to you, e-mail me and I can share more shots with you.
there's more in 2004..
James Gentles 
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3rd January:  Cairnpapple Hill. Prehistoric Burial and Ceremonial location  3000 to 1400 BC. Showing the main cairn, satellite chambers and ditches in winter snow. Image by Peter McCulloch & James Gentles.
JKPA Photo Contest runner-up 2003

Flowform 16 and a 2-3 oz web-cam
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5th March:  Forth Bridge & North Queensferry.  Built in 1890, and carrying the east coast railway north of Edinburgh, this pinnacle of Victorian engineering dwarfs the village it rises over.
Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.
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March - October:  The Binns Tower Built on a knoll above the ancestral home of the Dalyell family, commanding a view over West Lothian and the Firth of  Forth.
A favourite KAP haunt for testing!
Stratoscoop 2 and Rig02. Thumbnail Sun Oak 9½' DC and  2-3 oz Pencam
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April: Bamburgh Castle one of the finest in England's Northumberland. Perched on a basalt outcrop on the very edge of the North Sea, the castle has been extensively restored, and is now the home of the Armstrong family.
Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.
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July:  Caledonian MacBrayne's  MV Lord of the Isles loading at Tiree Pier. Despite a small airport the daily boat (in Summer) is still an island lifeline
to Oban on Scotland's mainland.

Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.

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July:  Isolated Cottage. Hebridean Island of Tiree. This small isolated island off Scotland's Atlantic coast
is dotted with picturesque cottages and crofts.
JKPA
Photo Contest runner-up 2003
Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.
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August:  Steam Haul at Bo'ness.
Caledonian Railway No. 419 hauls the Scottish Railway Preservation Society's 12:15 from Bo'ness station up the hill to Birkhill Halt. 

Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.

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September:  Testing Interference
performance of Rig 02 with some impressive ground based opposition. Also my first flight with a large audience - aren't cows nosey? 

Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.

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September: Lin's Mill Aqueduct, Union Canal, near Edinburgh. The smallest of three great aqueducts on this recently restored contour canal, which dates from 1820. British Water-
ways
Photo Contest Special Mention 2003.   Stratoscoop 2 and Rig02.
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October: Lindisfarne Castle on 
Holy Island, Northumberland. Originally built in 1550 the castle was re-built in 1903 by Sir Edwin Lutyens as a grand private home. Now in the care of the National Trust.
Rig02. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.
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October:  St. Mary's Lighthouse  This major landmark (which is now decommissioned) sits on a tidal island just north of Whitley Bay, Newcastle. It is now a museum maintained by the local authority.
Rig02
. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.
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October:  Warkworth Castle Magnificent second home of the Dukes of Northumberland. Started in the 12th century the castle stands imposingly over a loop in the River Coquet. The care of English Heritage
Rig02
. and Sun Oak 9½' DC kite.

Also in 2003: Blackness Castle, Muiravonside Country Park, Forth Corinthians at Granton Harbour, 
Tiree Black Houses, and Currie Community High School.

All images on this site (unless explicitly stated otherwise) are the property of James Gentles 
under the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 
If you are interested in using any of this material privately or commercially, or seeing more images please email 
James Gentles 
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