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  • Hidden in a wooden hut, a group of bird-spotting ornithologists peer through binoculars at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) rreserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex England. Watching dozens of wintering birds, the group are intensely looking through their optical equipment in anticipation of seeing rare breeds at this Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a wetland alongside the River Thames, 20 miles from Central London. A narrow slit is open to keep them hidden from sight so leaning on elbows and with a guide sheet in front to identify particular species, they concentrate on their hobby. The RSPB has 200 nature reserves covering almost 130,000 hectares, home to 80% of Britain's rarest or most threatened bird species. Its role is to speak out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten the environment.
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  • A fly-fisherman casts off in clear waters of the Sava Bohinjnka river, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-19-18-06-2018.jpg
  • A member of the Dulwich Art Group paints an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-13-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Oil colour paints belonging to a member of the Dulwich Art Group who is painting an autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-10-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Members of the Dulwich Art Group paint an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-12-02-11-2017.jpg
  • A member of the Dulwich Art Group paints an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-07-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Members of the Dulwich Art Group paint an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-05-02-11-2017.jpg
  • A member of the Dulwich Art Group paints an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-01-02-11-2017.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 few miles from the finish line, this long-distance runner has stopped in agony to lean against the walls beneath Tower Bridge during th London Marathon, England. Pushing against the solid wall and stretching his cramped leg muscles, he grimaces in pain as other runners speed past on their way completing their personal race. Pushed to his limits, this man needs to continue a few more Kilometres to claim his medal and to claim victory. But he still has to overcome the pain of an overworked body. When glycogen runs low, the body must then burn stored fat for energy, which does not burn as readily. When this happens, the runner will experience dramatic fatigue. This is called "hitting the wall".
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  • A butch Ladies darts player returns from bar with two pint glasses full of lager beer during England Open tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova23-12-04-2008.jpg
  • An unknown Czech Republic ladies darts player throws darts surrounded by mostly English women during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova17-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Silhouette of a female darts player concentrating on throwing arrows during a ladies darts tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova10-12-04-2008.jpg
  • A fly-fisherman casts off in clear waters of the Sava Bohinjnka river, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-21-18-06-2018.jpg
  • A fly-fisherman casts off in clear waters of the Sava Bohinjnka river, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-18-18-06-2018.jpg
  • A fly-fisherman casts off in clear waters of the Sava Bohinjnka river, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-17-18-06-2018.jpg
  • Oil colour paints belonging to a member of the Dulwich Art Group who is painting an autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-19-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Oil colour paints belonging to a member of the Dulwich Art Group who is painting an autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-17-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Oil colour paints belonging to a member of the Dulwich Art Group who is painting an autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-16-02-11-2017.jpg
  • A member of the Dulwich Art Group paints an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-08-02-11-2017.jpg
  • A member of the Dulwich Art Group paints an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-06-02-11-2017.jpg
  • In the window of a local wool shop is a display of a Pussy Hat, on 22nd April 2017, in Cleeve, North Somerset, England.
    pussyhat_window-02-22-04-2017.jpg
  • A lone walker passes by a partially-collapsed broken sign announcing the summit of Rannoch Moor, Scotland UK, 1,350 feet above sea level. He is hunched against a driving wind at this altitude and the country he is walking over is bleak and boggy, a wetland high up in the Scottish Highlands. Thick tufts of grass and moss lie about in this tough terrain, held in great affection for long-distance hikers. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rannoch Moor is designated a National Heritage site.
    RB_128-12-10-1996.jpg
  • As a cyclist pedals his way along a path, a man enjoys late afternoon sunshine in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, London England. Seen from a central hill in this Victorian-designed open space, there are the terraced housing and larger tenement buildings behind that rise above the tree line in this undulating landscape. The person on the bicycle has been caught between two tree trunks as he approaches the man relaxing on the park bench and another pedestrian is seen further in the distance walking near a red car. It is scene of serenity among the urban sprawl of a capital city, where quiet places are precious and idyllic corners of greenery are highly-sought after. The Brockwell Hall Park Estate was created and landscaped in 1811. It was purchased for the people of Lambeth & Southwark and opened as a public park in 1892 by Lord Rosebery.
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  • An eccentric middle-aged man rests his legs on his bicycle while -open mouthed and snoring - snatches forty winks on a striped deck chair in London's Hyde Park, England. We look down on the grass which is still green and lush  on this summer's day in the heart of the city. He is wearing a flat cap with trousers (pants)  tucked in his socks for his next bicycle journey. He is a quintissentially English sunbather enjoying a quiet snooze in a public park open space.
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  • As a boy swings from a tree, canoeists enjoy a day's paddling down the River Lesse, Belgium's prime kayaking destination  in the southern Ardennes region. At Anseremme, south of the town of Dinant, the adventurers negotiate their way down 21 km of gentle fresh water through the beautiful Belgian gorges and forests. Before plunging down a weir (Barrage in French) near a camp site they are pelted by splashing water from campers in the water. The red canoes have been hired for the day from 'Kayaks Ansiaux' and another rival company who rent blue boats. Families and young people make the slow journey along the Lesse, Paddles match the colours of the canoes and they all glint off a strong afternoon sun during the high-season holiday month. Most commonly routes start in Han and go all the way down to Dinant, where the Lesse meets the Meuse.
    germany_holiday39-06082008.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987.jpg
  • A large, manly woman sips a pint of lager during a darts tournament where she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Holding three darts with a Union Jack flags on the 'flights', her glass covers her face but we see her rings and bracelet and her ample belly after a life of beer and cigarettes in pubs like this. A great deal of alcohol (mostly lager, but also Coke) is consumed during darts tournaments although smoking in public places has now been banned in the UK, including pubs and bars. This audience seemed to consist largely of very large lesbian women from working families which seems to suggest that the pub (and alcohol) is still the place where women are attracted to the game of darts. ..
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  • Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova (from Tver, Moscow) is the highest-ranking ladies' darts player, having beaten the 7 times champion Trina Gulliver. Here, she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Attractive and feminine, she is confident and at ease with her game amid many lesbian women who frequent darts matches like this. She concentrates on each dart thrown and is oblivious to the audience's noise behind her in an upstairs pub at the holiday park. This is one of her many tournaments she travels to during the darts events calendar although she needs to repeatedly renew her visa to gain re-entry into the UK.
    anastasia_dobromyslova01-12-04-2008 ...jpg
  • A long-distance runner prepares for the London Marathon before the race begins, whilst warming-up in Greenwich Park, London England. Seen in close-up detail, we see his hands and fingers massaging Vaseline jelly into his thighs and groin area to help avoid chafing during the annual 26-mile race through London's streets. He is wearing bright, garish running shorts decorated wth the British Union Jack flag, a sure sign of his patriotic attitude. Other runners are in the background, also preparing clothing that will be taken from the start to the finish line in Westminster.
    RB_088-21-04-1991.jpg
  • A You Are Here pointer on a map of Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in West Sussex, third-largest static mobile home site in Europe, with 3,000 caravans over 5-square mile area
    anastasia_dobromyslova29-12-04-2008.jpg
  • A 9 year-old boy musician plays an acoustic guitar at home lit by late summer sinlight, London England.
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  • Throwing water, bathers splash canoeists as they paddle into a weir on the Belgian Ardennes region River Lesse, near Dinant.
    germany_holiday40-06082008.jpg
  • A 10 year-old boy plays an amplified electric Fender Stratocaster guitar at Regent Sound at 4 Denmark Street, Tin Pan Alley
    sam_guitar_shop05-08-11-2008.jpg
  • A 10 year-old boy and fellow-musician play amplified electric Fender guitars at Regent Sound at 4 Denmark Street, Tin Pan Alley
    sam_guitar_shop04-08-11-2008.jpg
  • A 10 year-old boy plays an amplified electric Fender Stratocaster guitar at Regent Sound at 4 Denmark Street, Tin Pan Alley
    sam_guitar_shop01-08-11-2008.jpg
  • Map of Bunn Leisure Holiday Park, third-largest static mobile home site in Europe, with 3,000 caravans over 5-square mile area
    anastasia_dobromyslova29-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Winner and loser darts players hug affectionately after a preliminary round of ladies darts during tournament game.
    anastasia_dobromyslova20-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Darts belonging to an English lady player lay on a table with Coke glasses and a pint of lager beer during English tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova19-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Young ladies darts player Zoe Jones leans forward to before throwing her pink-flighted dart during tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova16-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Seven-times World Ladies' darts Champion Trina Gulliver concentrates on throwing darts in an England Open tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova09-12-04-2008.jpg
  • At first light, an early morning jogger runs past Tower Bridge on the South bank of the River Thames in London
    london_time01-03-09-2008.jpg
  • The cargo ship "CMA CGM Turkey" eases past two elderly shipping spotters who log its details on the River Thames
    river_business375-12-02-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity363-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Camouflaged birdspotters peer through binoculars for wildlife at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex
    electricity367-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Birdspotters peer through binoculars in a hide at the the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity379-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • A fly-fisherman casts off in clear waters of the Sava Bohinjnka river, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
    slovenia-20-18-06-2018.jpg
  • Oil colour paints belonging to a member of the Dulwich Art Group who is painting an autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-11-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Members of the Dulwich Art Group paint an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-02-02-11-2017.jpg
  • In the window of a local wool shop is a display of a Pussy Hat, on 22nd April 2017, in Cleeve, North Somerset, England.
    pussyhat_window-01-22-04-2017.jpg
  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    rosettes-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Behind their horsebox, a dedicated mother puts the finishing touches to her daughter's hair at a gymkhana in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Wearing regulation jodhpurs, tie and hairnet, the young girl is almost ready to mount her pony and hopefully earn winning rosettes. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term that referred to a place where sporting events took place to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana02-17-09-1999.jpg
  • Looking down from above, we see young men who are open-chested and with their suit jackets either beneath their heads or on the grass, three office co-workers stretch out over the lush grass and sunbathe during a hot summer lunchtime in Trinity Square in the City of London, England. One has his paperwork under his head and a can of Coke to quench his thirst. Already tanned, the threesome bask under a hot mid-day sun. Risking sunburn after prolonged solar radiation exposure, they enjoy the inner-city heatwave.
    RB_032-16-07-1998.jpg
  • A large, manly woman sips a pint of lager during a darts tournament where she competes in an England Open tournament.
    anastasia_dobromyslova05-12-04-2008.jpg
  • Shipping spotters train binoculars on a Hapag-Lloyd container cargo ship navigating downstream on the River Thames.
    river_business351-11-02-2008 .jpg
  • Members of the Dulwich Art Group paint an urban Autumn landscape on Denmark Hill, on 2nd October 2017, in the south London borough of Lambeth, England.
    landscape_painters-04-02-11-2017.jpg
  • Russian Anastasia Dobromyslova (from Tver, Moscow) is the highest-ranking ladies' darts player, having beaten the 7 times champion Trina Gulliver. Here, she competes in an England Open tournament at the Bunn Leisure Holiday Park in Selsey, near Chichester on the south coast of England. Attractive and feminine, she is confident and at ease with her game amid many lesbian women who frequent darts matches like this. She concentrates on each dart thrown and is oblivious to the audience's noise behind her in an upstairs pub at the holiday park. This is one of her many tournaments she travels to during the darts events calendar although she needs to repeatedly renew her visa to gain re-entry into the UK.
    anastasia_dobromyslova02-12-04-2008 ...jpg
  • A female darts player is in deep thought as she prepares for her next game during ladies darts tournament
    anastasia_dobromyslova22-12-04-2008.jpg
  • A dart board with three arrows scoring well and embedded in the circular
    anastasia_dobromyslova04-12-04-2008.jpg
  • The cargo ship "CMA CGM Turkey" eases past two elderly shipping spotters who log its details on the River Thames
    river_business373-12-02-2008 .jpg
  • Bird seed, nuts and boxes on sale in the shop at the RSPB's bird and wildlife reserve at Rainham Marshes, Essex.
    electricity348-03-02-2008 .jpg
  • Surrounded by books, a young 12 year-old girl browses intensely Art books in Borders bookshop in Central London, England.
    ella_borders_bookshop01-29-08-2007.jpg
  • Two young 1990s girls stand with their beloved ponies at a gymkhana in, on 17th September 1999, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The word gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the UK and east coast of the US, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    pony_girls-17-09-1999.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
  • 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.
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  • In fine, late-summer weather, an eleven year-old girl gingerly steps over a stile on the coastal path at Carregwastad Point, near Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Steadying herself with a walking pole, she climbs over wearing trainers rather than stout walking boots as this path is gentle for younger outdoor enthusiasts. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path is the first National Trail in Wales. Opened in 1970, the path is almost entirely contained within the boundaries of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park that takes in 17 Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSI), two nature reserves, and Wales' only marine nature reserve. The cliff tops offer wonderful expanses of wildflowers in Spring (April and May are best). Wide variety of birds nest along the cliffs, and grey seals can often be seen in the water below.
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  • RAF Fylingdales is a British Royal Air Force station high on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Before their demolition by Ministry of Defence contractors this early attack warning Cold War facility, consisted of three 40-metre-diameter 'golfballs' or geodesic domes (radomes) containing mechanically steered radar. They became a local tourist attraction and coach tours drove past the site listening to the interference on radios emitted by the radomes. They have since been replaced by the current tetrahedron ('pyramid') structure and is still a secret location. Its Motto is "Vigilamus" ("We are watching"). It is now a radar base and part of the United States-controlled Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS)...
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  • In the middle of a field serving as a grass car park, three couples celebrate the Ladies' Day event at Royal Ascot. Holding their glasses to toast a grand day out at this annual sporting event in the social calendar, the gentlemen are dressed in formal top hats and tails, the ladies in wide hats and summer dresses. Grinning and looking smug in their upp-class social status, they are seated eccentrically and comically around a plastic table with a tablecloth, two Candelabras and their picnic lunch plates full of fine food.
    RB_010-19-06-2008.jpg
  • Three dads are looking their respective children of varying ages - from a baby to an infant and 8-year old. In the foreground a father reads his tabloid newspaper as his toddler sleeps contentedly in its pushchair, a dummy in the mouth and a blanket scross its body to keep out a chilly breeze. Further back another man stands waiting for his partner with a baby, also asleep in the buggy. And thirdly, a male pushes his daughter in pink up a small slope on a bicycle that uses stablizers. It is a busy scene on Paignton seafront on the Devon coast. Elsewhere children and adults of all ages walk along the esplanade enjoying an overcast and windy day on holiday. This theatrical scene is about the ideal father and the family unit.
    england_beach06-15-12-2007.jpg
  • A young girl stretches out her arms and her father supports her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida.
    miami_pool01-18-05-1996.jpg
  • Three bathers lie on the shingle in the lee of a groyne, a wooden screen from the fresh breeze that has been written on by unknown people having scrawled their names and a noughts and crosses puzzle written in chalk. One person wears his socks in true English style and the lady in the middle has her bag containing possessions near her head. Above them sits a lifeguard on a pair of high steps, peering along the beach with a pair of binoculars. Meanwhile, a lone seagull wheels around the coastal thermals and is caught between the wooden slats of the groyne.
    brighton_bathers01-16-06-993.jpg
  • Ripples reflected onto shiny surfaces of rocks and pebbles in the River Enz in Germany's Black Forest.
    germany_holiday26-29072008.jpg
  • Surrounded by books, a young 12 year-old girl browses intensely Art books in Borders bookshop in Central London, England.
    ella_borders_bookshop02-29-08-2007.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
  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
    gymkhana_pony01-17-09-1995.jpg
  • An young infant girl paints her own hand red as she plays with water paints in her back garden, London.
    ella_baby18-30-08-2007.jpg
  • A garishly-dressed brass band play trombones to tourists at a holiday hotel in this landlocked principality
    liechtenstein_band-08-02-1990.jpg
  • Two contestants of the world worm charming competition bend down to use a fork and a recorder to encourage invertebrates out of the ground in a field at Willaston, Cheshire, England. One woman wears a plastic helmet and the other has a worm illustrated t-shirt with a handmade sign that reads"Ive got the worms!" There are 18 rules translated into 30 languages (including Tibetan) but here these two daft ladies use music and garden tools to vibrate the earth helping the worms to the surface in a 3-metre square plot. International flags are behind but local hero Tom Shufflebotham's 1980 world record still stands at 511 worms out of the ground in half an hour. The fattest  worm ever caught weighed 6.6 grams, the most succesful method being hand vibrating a four tyne garden fork inserted approximately 15cms into the turf, known as 'twanging'.
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  • Two officials manhandle a gient pumpkin specimen into position onto its plinth before judges arrive to choose winners. Wearing the same red sweatshirts, the two men heave, push and manoeuvre the massive pumpkin into line while the strain shows on their faces at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. Sponsored by Garden News Magazine and hosted by the nursery owner, these vegetables can weigh up to 300kg, their growth accelerated by special fertilizers and genetic hormones.
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  • Two judges wearing identical tweed jackets are assisted by two other officials, also wearing the same red sweatshirts, are measuring oversized runner beans during the vegetable Olympics at the Bay Tree Nurseries, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. With obssessive detail, they are discovering to the very millimetre which of theseplants might win this category for the largest runner bean of that year. In the foreground are other kingsize veg examples like marrow and courgettes though the really impressive growth comes from the pumpkins which weigh up to 308,2 kg. These runner beans measured up 39 1/2 in
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  • While visiting London's tourist sites, a young boy of about 5 years-old spends time at Horse Guards where a soldier from the Household Cavalry, also dressed in a deep red coat, stands motionless and at-ease. It is a bright day and the gray stonework amplifies the scarlett uniform tunics as the boy has his picture taken by family. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: Life Guards (British Army) and the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660.
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  • A family punts down the River Thames near the village of Shillingford, Oxfordshire England. Lazily they glide down the calm rural waters in a beautiful and tranquil setting, on an English summer afternoon. A young man stands on the boat's stern dragging a pole through the rippled water to propel the vessel upstream. There is golden light across the narrow stretch of the river, yellow flowers are on the bank and a faint breeze fills the triangular sail which is reflected in the clear water that flows a length of 215 miles (346 km) from Gloucestershire to London.
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  • Lying on her back with eyes closed, a young girl stretches her arms out allowing her father to support her weight in an empty swimming pool in Miami Florida. With complete trust, she lets herself go and yields to her own natural  buoyancy as she floats amid this seemingly wide ocean of chlorinated water belonging to a hotel on Ocean Drive. We see her bright red costume clearly against the  complimentary prime colour green in a vibrant display from the spectrum. It is a scene of love and confidence, of youth and health.
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  • A young girl hugs her beloved pony at a gymkhana meeting in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Gymkhana is an Indian Raj term which originally referred to a place where sporting events took place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In the United Kingdom and east coast of the United States, the term gymkhana now almost always refers to an equestrian event for riders on horses, often with the emphasis on children's participation (such as those organised here by the Pony Club). Gymkhana classes include timed speed events such as barrel racing, keyhole, keg race (also known as "down and back"), flag race, and pole bending.
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  • Wearing a pink-flowered safety helmet and a red reflective safety bib saying 'Easy Rider', a pig-tailed nine year-old girl cyclist examines a map of Greater London during the first traffic-free Hovis-sponsored event called 'Freewheel' when many streets in the city were closed off to cars for one Sunday, 23rd September 2007. This girl has already ridden 6 miles from the Peckham area of South London and before the day is finished, will have pedalled 10 miles more on this late-summer Sunday - starting and finishing in Peckham Rye Park. The map shows major roads in blue and minor streets in yellow with the River Thames snaking horizontally through the capital.
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  • Wearing a safety helmet and t-shirt , a nine year-old girl cyclist pretends to be asleep, having has collapsed on the grass at Peckham Rye Park in South London after a marathon ride into the centre of London. 'Freewheel' was a Hovis-sponsored event for riders and families to enjoy a day of traffic-free cycling through the capital's streets and this girl has ridden 18 miles on this late-summer Sunday - starting and finishing in this park. The shadow of a rear bicycle wheel can be seen to her right and she feigns death by spreading out on the grass, pretending to sleep before reviving herself with a drink and pedalling on home, yet another mile away.
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  • A twelve year-old girl visiting the London branch of the Apple Store in London's Regent Street, is listening intently to digital music on a green iPod Nano. She is concentrating on the music playing through her headphones and resting her elbows on the desk top furniture. In front of her is a price list for this audio gadget. telling us that is costs £129.  The girl's hair is parted in the middle of her head and she wears a clip to keep her hair from her face. Over her shoulders is a display of headsets on a rack and in the background an older lady is also listening to music through another device.
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  • A lone bather wallows lazily in the calm pool waters at the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (formerly the Bel Air Hotel), Alpes Maritimes, France. Basking on his back, the man lies with arms outstretched, the warm buoyant water making him weightless. he has found inner-peace and there is restful tranquility here, where surface-tension allows the bather to unwind completely in this idyllic place on the French Cote d'Azur riviera. Behind his head unoccupied sun loungers are facing the Mediterranean Sea, its clear horizon empty except for a lone yacht that sails along the ocean coast. The colour of both sea and pool are the same on this overcast day that allows us to experience a more muted tone to the scene, also allowing us to see the contiunation of natural waters, as if they run from one to the other.
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  • A female member of the Territorial Army hangs on to ropes before falling in pond water during weekend initiative manoeuvres
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  • Roller-coaster fans gasp with excitement as they plunge down an almost vertical drop on the Pepsi-Max Big One, Britain's largest and the second Highest, 4th fastest Roller Coaster in Europe. It is a steel structure located at the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, opened in 1994. Roller-coaster freaks raise their arms above their heads though one's instinct is to hold on for dear life. Although it is no longer the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world, it is still one of the scariest roller-coaster experiences on offer. Extended caption ..
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  • Walking friends cross river boulders single file in the ancient forest of Monbachtal Bach in Germany's Black Forest.
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  • Walking route sign marks distance in km through dark forest in the German Black Forest region near village of Kälbermühle
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  • Walking route sign marks distance in km through dark forest in the German Black Forest region near village of Kälbermühle
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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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  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova plays semi-final with arch-rival 7-times world ladies champion Trina Gulliver
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  • Ladies darts champion Anastasia Dobromyslova retrieves her darts after throwing arrows in a knock-out game of 501..
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  • 135 metres (443 ft) above central London, passengers enjoy panoramic views of the capital aboard a London Eye flight.
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  • 135 metres (443 ft) above central London, passengers enjoy panoramic views of the capital aboard a London Eye flight.
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  • 135 metres (443 ft) above central London, passengers enjoy panoramic views of the capital aboard a London Eye flight.
    london_time16-03-09-2008.jpg
  • Grazing cow pokes her head through barbed wire with pylons behind at the RSPB wildlife sanctuary at Rainham Marshes
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