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  • A middle-aged couple sleep on a blanket as a young boy digs a hole on the sandy beach at Scarborough. The generation gap is shown here with the older people unconscious after a day in sea air while the lad with the energy of youth puts much effort into shovelling sand from the growing hole. If they are related, they are oblivious as to the dangers of excavating holes on tidal beaches.
    sleeping_bathers-12-07-1992.jpg
  • In a field at the town of Boofzheim in the eastern French Alsace region, an elderly Frenchman harvests some of his self-grown carrots crop. Having left his old bicycle standing at the kerb of a narrow access road and in front of a field full of maturing maize, he bends down with much effort to dig in his fork or spade into the rich Alsace earth and lift out his vegetables to take home. This landscape is typically French or German (Alsace borders the western side of Germany and saw much tragic action in WW2) where maize is a nutritious foodstuff for cattle and also for ducks and geese who are force-fed it locally in the making of fois gras and pate.
    french_farmer10-12-1997.jpg
  • RAF Flight Lieutenant Jez Griggs, exerts his last, tough repetition of sit-ups to reach his target during his annual basic fitness test. Griggs is a member of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, and each member has to pass fitness exams like this in order to maintain their military pilots' licence. Held in the gym at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, it forms part of the team's Spring training month. The fatigued pilot is straining to sit upright once more while an RAF instructor shouts encouragement while holding down his feet at the ankles to ensure the sit-ups are performed perfectly. The picture is blurred to show movement during the exercise and the man's face is red with effort. Another instructor is seen in the background holding down another pilot's feet and the floor of the gymnasium is marked for indoor sport. .
    Red_Arrows040_RBA.jpg
  • Two delivery workmen carry a heavy roll of carpet along a south London street. Having offloaded their load from a nearby lorry (truck) the work colleagues haul the carpet over the left shoulders and continue down this quiet suburban street towards an address on the right. By balancing the weight and making the centre of gravity in the middle to ease their effort, the men still struggle to make their way on the pavement.
    carpet_delivery1-20-July-2011.jpg
  • Troopers from the Household Cavalry struggle to fit a bridle on a heavy horse in a City of London courtyard before the annual Lord Mayor's parade through the London streets held every November. The tall horse bucks its head and fights the efforts of the two soldiers and one grimaces in the pressure to get ready for this ceremonial event, as other armed forces representatives march for the benefit of the new Lord Mayor. The British Household Cavalry is made up of two regiments of the British armed forces, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
    royal_artillery-01-11-1995.jpg
  • Sheryl is an Airport Ambassador Volunteer at Dallas Fort Worth, Texas and stands for a portrait at the foot of some escalators in the main terminal. She sports a straw hat saying 'Ask Me' in red and a name badge with her job title although she comes to the airport to assist strangers at her city's airport, hoping her good nature and charitable efforts will help uncertain travellers find their way. Also on her jacket is a the phrase 'Proud to be Drug Free .. Airport Narcotics Task Force.' 'Fort Worth is the sixth busiest airport in the world transporting 59,064,360 passengers in 2005. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903..
    aviation_corbis56-10-11-2000.jpg
  • Rail passengers climb the steps at Kentish Town railway station in north London, on 6th March 2023, in London, England.
    steps_passengers-02-06-03-2023.jpg
  • A shopper walks past the window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt whose work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-08-23-08-2022.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt whose work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-09-23-08-2022.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt whose work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-06-23-08-2022.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt whose work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-05-23-08-2022.jpg
  • The window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt's work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-04-23-08-2022.jpg
  • The window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt's work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-03-23-08-2022.jpg
  • The window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt's work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-02-23-08-2022.jpg
  • The window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt's work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-01-23-08-2022.jpg
  • Rail passengers climb the steps at Kentish Town railway station in north London, on 6th March 2023, in London, England.
    steps_passengers-01-06-03-2023.jpg
  • Shoppers walk past the window of menswear retailer Charles Tyrwhitt whose work ethic slogan tells British workers that they should 'work smarter, not harder' - an idea that echoes the favourite of Conservative Leadership candidates, Liz Truss who has claimed that the UK workforce is lazy, on 23rd August 2022, in London, England. A leaked conversation shows Truss as saying that British workers need "more graft."
    west_end-07-23-08-2022.jpg
  • In summer evening sunshine, walkers climb the last metres to the summit of Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park that overlooks the city of Edinburgh, on 26th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano which is considered the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design". The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m (822 ft), providing excellent panoramic views of the city and beyond.
    arthurs_seat-07-26-06-2019.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-09-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-07-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber nears the summit of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
    malvern_beacon-05-15-09-2018.jpg
  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
    malvern_beacon-06-15-09-2018.jpg
  • Children ignore a no climbing safety sign, to haul themselves on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
    trafalgar_climbing-02-15-12-2016.jpg
  • Children ignore a no climbing safety sign, to haul themselves on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
    trafalgar_climbing-03-15-12-2016.jpg
  • Children ignore a no climbing safety sign, to haul themselvs on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
    trafalgar_climbing-01-15-12-2016.jpg
  • A shop worker polishes the front window of a retailer on London's Oxford Street.
    window_cleaning02-20-04-2016.jpg
  • Male lunchtime jogger runs over Blackfriars Bridge.
    blackfriars_bridge01-18-02-2015.jpg
  • Wearing a peaked cap and small rucksack, a young adventurer, scales a giant boulder in the ancient forest of Monbachtal Bach in Germany's Black Forest. Stretching to climb the rock, the lad of 10 uses his hand and walking stick to balance as he puts a boot higher to gain a sure footing. There is ample covering of moss and lichen on the primeval landscape making it hazardous to conquer but the boy has the stamina to get to the top and continue his walk through this beautiful wilderness. The boy is alone in the picture though accompanied by his family but he seems to mange on his own, capable of finding his own limits of endurance and confidence. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
    germany_holiday37-02082008.jpg
  • Construction workers fix lights to a building site Christmas tree in central London.
    construction_christmas03-12-12-2014.jpg
  • Archive image - also used in the book 'Risk Wise'.<br />
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Wearing his bathing costume, a young adventurer clambers over rocks in the Gross Enz river in Germany's Black Forest. The lad of 10 crouches to better balance himself, carefully placing his bare feet on the slippery rock's surface as he emerges from the chilly mountain water. It is high summer and we can see the boy backlit by the glare of strong sunlight in the background. The Gross Enz river rises in Enzklosterle in Baden-Württemberg and is an eventual  tributary of the Neckar. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
    germany_holiday24-29072008.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher76-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher36-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher27-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher25-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher20-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher164-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher100-22-05-2014.jpg
  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
    kelly_gallagher80-22-05-2014.jpg
  • A construction site contractor carries heavy chains along the street in front of a hoarding featuring many faces.
    chains_man06-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A construction site contractor carries heavy chains along the street in front of a hoarding featuring many faces.
    chains_man05-10-10-2013.jpg
  • A young woman dashes through woodland after reaaching a checkpoint during an orienteering race.
    orienteering-12-07-1990.jpg
  • Teenage girl students sit on the sports field during a lunchtime break at the Gyosei International Japanese School, a boarding school for Japanese ex-pats opened in 1987 in Willen Park, Milton Keynes, England. Giggling and smiling in their happy environment, the young women enjoy life in the UK, the children of skilled parents working in England. The Gyosei independent private school was the first of its type established in the country and shows the importance of Milton Keynes as a focus for Japanese investment..
    japanese_teenagers-18-06-1994.jpg
  • Leaping fearlessly across the gaps of high walls, teenage boys practice free-jumping over a stairwell in London's South Bank
    free_jumping01-17-02-2008 .jpg
  • A London couple hang royal bunting the day before Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the porch of their south London home ahead of a weekend of nationwide celebrations for the monarch's Diamond Jubilee. A few months before the Olympics come to London, a multi-cultural UK is gearing up for a weekend and summer of pomp and patriotic fervour as their monarch celebrates 60 years on the throne and across Britain, flags and Union Jack bunting adorn towns and villages.
    queens_jubilee28-01-06-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell23-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell20-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell helps prepare his boat for the team, many of whom are only 19. At 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell18-21-01-2012.jpg
  • The Australian born Oxford University veteran rower James Ditzell returns from another winter training session on the Thames. Many of his team mates are only 19 but at 45 James is currently the oldest ever rower in the history of the boat race. He trains with the rest of his squad on the Thames from Putney in West London under race conditions, hoping that as race day (April 6th 2012), his times are good enough for a seat in one of two of Oxford boats. First raced in 1829 the boat race between Oxford and Cambridge unbiversities is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. It is nowadays watched by thousands along the banks of The Thames Tideway, between Putney and Mortlake in London and by millions more on TV around the world.
    james_ditzell45-21-01-2012.jpg
  • Two delivery workmen carry a heavy roll of carpet along a south London street.
    carpet_delivery3-20-July-2011.jpg
  • Surrounded by deep shadows, a young man climbs the steps of number 1 London Bridge.
    london_bridge27-08-04-2011.jpg
  • Surrounded by deep shadows, a commuter climbs the steps of number 1 London Bridge.
    london_bridge20-08-04-2011.jpg
  • Surrounded by deep shadows, a commuter climbs the steps of number 1 London Bridge.
    london_bridge19-08-04-2011.jpg
  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
    brockwell_lido01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Teenage students jump high on basketball court to score a goal at the Japanese School in Milton Keynes, England
    basketball_jump01-26-01-2011.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows116_RBA.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows114_RBA.jpg
  • Ground crew of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team polish the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
    Red_Arrows112_RBA.jpg
  • Climbing club and gritstone geology on Long Causeway cliffs, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire...Located in the Peak District National Park in England Stanage Edge is the largest of the gritstone edges that overlook Hathersage in Derbyshire. Stanage Edge at approximately 4 miles in length and 458m at its highest point is the largest of the gritstone cliffs that overlook Hathersage, Derbyshire. The area is one of the most popular locations in the Peak District National Park for climbing and walking with hundreds of rock climbing routes to challenge all ranges of ability. Walkers are drawn to the area to enjoy the varied moorland scenery with stunning views across the surrounding countryside including Hathersage, Castleton and the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor in the west. A walk along the edge is an easy route but the exposed cliff can make conditions difficult throughout the year as it is often battered by wind, rain and regular snowfall in the winter months. There are a number of popular walks including routes along the remains of a Roman Road and towards Redmires Reservoir to the east as well as longer walks such as those including the nearby Longshaw Estate. Sopurce http://www.stanageedge.co.uk
    stanage_edge23-03-06-2010.jpg
  • Early morning lady jogger runs up start of Penine Way in Vale of Edale, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. .Edale is a valley in North Derbyshire, situated about 15 miles west of Sheffield, in the heart of the Peak District National Park. Edale valley is a loose collection of scattered farmsteads or 'booths' as they are known which grew up around the original shelters or 'boothies' used by shepards when tending their sheep on the hillsides. There are 5 main ones in Edale valley, Nether Booth, Ollerbooth, Upper Booth, Barber booth and Grindsbrook Booth of which the village called Edale is part. Edale village is in a lovely setting below Kinder Scout and is the start of the Pennine way, the first and longest footpath in England, opened in 1965.
    edale_landscape06-02-06-2010.jpg
  • Phil Nichol performs on stage in London.
    comedy_night14-14-05-2010.jpg
  • Phil Nichol performs on stage in London.
    comedy_night09-14-05-2010.jpg
  • An eleven year-old girl swings with head thrown backwards in a field in Herefordshire, England. It is an image of care-free youth, of a free-spirit and without a care in the world. The young lady gazes skyward as the swing takes her on an upward trajectory, the sun sinking behind distant trees, a scene of splendid inner-peace and tranquillity, disturbed only by the creaking of the rope on the tree above that supports her as she rides. She is staying at this small camp site where tipis and yurts is the theme of this eco-friendly and carbon-neutral holiday.
    wales_pembrokeshire29-31-07-2007.jpg
  • There is golden light across this narrow stretch of river, yellow flowers are on the bank and in late golden sunlight, two boys paddle upstream in their Indian canoe on the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, England. Lazily they plunge their paddles into the calm, clear blue waters of this majestic river whose source rises in deepest Gloucestershire to its industrial estuary in the English Channel 215 miles (346 km) away. But here in Oxfordshire, it is an idyllic scene of innocent childhood on calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. The boys don't appear to be wearing life vests nor safety equipment but propel their craft forwards against the current with confidence.
    thames_boating01-07-18-2001.jpg
  • With a grimace on her pained face, a female Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst splashes through a water obstacle during  an endurance race. Recruits are running a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perseverance or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
    sandhurst_cadet04-12-1996.jpg
  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as a reminder of Soviet discipline, the picture shows soldiers marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    russian_wustrow01-16-06_1990.jpg
  • An analyst for the Enron Corporation, the American energy company based in Houston, Texas, stares transfixed into two computer monitors in the London office at Grosvenor Place, opposite the Queen's official residence, Buckingham Palace. Two Cross of St George flags perch to the tops of the screens. Informal dress was practised in this Enron company building before its eventual bankruptcy in late 2001, Enron employed around 21,000 people  and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, pulp and paper, and communications companies, with claimed revenues of $111 billion in 2000. Fortune named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" but has since become a popular symbol of willful corporate fraud and corruption.
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  • Four friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Bare except for their costumes, they stretch and yawn, read a newspaper and lean against a railing all the while swapping anecdotes and complaining grumpily about the state of the world near a brick wall that retains heat. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
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  • For their regular river washing ritual, the red identical t-shirts of young Nepali boys walk in single-file down a valley side near the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. The Gurkhas have been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
    gurkha_training0316-01_1997.jpg
  • A young Nepali boy is undergoing a recruitment test for the Gurkha Regiment called the Doko race, part of a tough endurance series to find physically perfect specimens for British army infantry training. He has to carry 30kg of river stones in a traditional Himalayan doko (basket) for 3km up foothills within 37 minutes to pass.  60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youths for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • New recruits of the British Royal Gurkha Regiment learn to parade for their official photograph at their army camp in Pokhara, Nepal after recently being recruited into the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates, before the 160 lucky candidates travel to the UK for basic training. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • Wearing numbered bibs, four Nepali boys warm-up before an army exercise trial known as the British Fitness Test (BFT) at the British Gurkha Regiment's army camp at Pokhara, Nepal. These boys are among those trying for a highly-valued place in the regiment after a gruelling series of tests to eliminate the weaker and less able candidates. 60,000 boys aged between 17-22 (or 25 for those educated enough to become clerks or communications specialists) report to designated recruiting stations in the hills each November, most living from altitudes ranging from 4,000-12,000 feet. After initial selection, 7,000 are accepted for further tests from which 700 are sent down here to Pokhara in the shadow of the Himalayas. Only 160 of the best boys succeed in the journey to the UK. Nepal has been supplying youth for the British army since the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
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  • A husband and wife make their way along a pavement towards the entrance of the Ascot racecourse where the annual Ladies' Day event is held as part of the English social season calendar. Leading the way and carrying two walking sticks and in a polythene bag, his best jacket for the dress-code is important if one is allowed access to the private enclosures. He wears a top hat and waste coat as he hobbles along with wife in tow. She is behind him rummaging through her handbag perhaps looking for tickets or cash. Royal Ascot is held every June and is one of the main dates on the sporting calendar and social season.
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  • An Officer Cadet at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is loaded into the back of a British Army Land Rover ambulance to join the downfacing trainers of a collapsed colleague, after retiring  from an endurance race. Recruits run a 5 mile steeplechase around the Academy grounds to assess individual stamina and accumulate team points. Sandhurst is an institution which has bred staff officers since 1800. Today it trains future officers for the demands of leadership and military understanding of military understanding,. Students are tested for their command instincts, intellect, strength of character and physical endurance often under great psychological pressure - the demands asked of them in modern warfare. Failure in this test might not necessarily mean dismissal though perserverence or refusal to give up won't harm their prospects.
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  • Early morning regular swimmer swims solitary lengths at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido before crowds arrive
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  • Officers watch new recruits swear allegiance to the Queen in British Royal Gurkha Regiment Pokhara camp, Nepal..
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  • A young boy leaps to catch a tennis ball on summer grass in setting backlit sun in Germany's Black Forest.
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  • Ripples reflected onto shiny surfaces of rocks and pebbles in the River Enz in Germany's Black Forest.
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  • Specialist Corporal Mal Faulder is an armourer engineer (qualified to handle ejection seats and weaponry on military jets) but here in the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team he is seen polishing the aircraft's flying surfaces using wool and cleaning fluid on the morning of the team's PDA Day. PDA (or 'Public Display Authority'), is a special test flight when their every move and mistake is assessed and graded. Corporal Faulder is to buff up the airplane for an extra special shine on such an important day and we see the UK's Union Jack flag on the side of the diagonal stripes of the tail fin. The Red Arrows ground crew take enormous pride in their role as supporting the aviators whose air displays are known around the world. Blues like Mal outnumber the pilots 8:1. Without them, the Red Arrows couldn't fly.
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  • At first light, an early morning jogger runs past Tower Bridge on the South bank of the River Thames in London
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  • A runner reaches the summit of Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park, overlooking the city of Edinburgh, on 26th June 2019, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Arthur's Seat is an extinct volcano which is considered the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design". The hill rises above the city to a height of 250.5 m (822 ft), providing excellent panoramic views of the city and beyond.
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  • Hill walkers climb The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
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  • A hill climber stands on the top of the trig-point and looks across distant landscapes from the top of The Beacon, on 15th September 2018, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England UK. Worcestershire Beacon, also popularly known as Worcester Beacon, or locally simply as The Beacon, is a hill whose summit at 425 metres (1,394 ft)[1] is the highest point of the range of Malvern Hills that runs about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) north-south along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire. A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.
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  • A Welcome Home sign and flowers at the doorway of a terraced house in south London, on 7th December 2017, in London England.
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  • The legs and arms of young speed skaters merge during a race at a local track, on 11th January 1999, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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  • Children ignore a no climbing safety sign, to haul themselves on to the plinth of Nelson's Column, on 15th December 2016, in Trafalgar Square, London, England.
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  • Men exercising abdominals on the seafront in Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal.
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  • Men exercising abdominals on the seafront in Cascais, near Lisbon, Portugal.
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  • Wearing a peaked cap and small rucksack, a young adventurer, clambers over rocks in the ancient forest of Monbachtal Bach in Germany's Black Forest. Stretching to climb the rock, the lad of 10 uses his hand and walking stick to balance as he puts a boot higher to gain a sure footing. There is ample covering of moss and lichen on the primeval landscape making it hazardous to conquer but the boy stumbles over the terrain and continues his walk through this beautiful wilderness. The boy is alone in the picture though accompanied by his family but he seems to mange on his own, capable of finding his own limits of endurance and confidence. Geologically, the Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss. During the last glacial period, the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains with her trainer in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher physio training at the Sports Centre in the University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland.<br />
<br />
From the chapter entitled 'The Law of Gravity' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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  • Partially-sighted skiing paralympian from the Sochi Olympics, Kelly Gallagher trains in the gym at the Sports Institute, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK.
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