While in England I didn’t fondle the crown jewels at the Tower of London, watch Will and Kate parade their baby bump around Windsor Castle, hear Big Ben ring at noon, see the sunrise at Stonehenge (although I did have quite the adventure there 2 years ago), attend a church service at Westminster Abbey, see the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, or have tea the Queen …. So don’t even bother asking.
What I did see in the past 3 weeks was more miles of motorways, A roads, B roads, and teeny tiny country roads than the average Brit has seen in their entire life. Here’s what the UK looks like through the windshield of a big power-hogging right hand drive Vanny.
In honour of Miss Quincy’s upcoming 2012 UK tour (which I’ll once again be along for, stay tuned for dates to be announced soon), here are is a formerly (f)unreleased video from the 2011 UK tour featuring Mister Quincy.
If you don’t know who the hell Mister Quincy is, click here.
Here are some things that only ever happen in England.
1. Master thatchers.
(Photo of The Red Lion Pub in the village of Avebury which claims to be the only pub in the world enclosed by a stone circle … and Europe’s largest stone circle at that)
2, Gentlemen operating heavy equipment dressed in a classy suit-jacket & cap.
(Photo taken in Camden Town, London)
3. An eccentric gentlemen named Alistair who picks your colonial cousin accent out of the crowd and takes you on a random, whirlwind tour/pub-crawl of Exeter.
(Photos taken in front of Exeter‘s main square & cathedral)
4. Taking Copious amounts of self-timer portraits in churches & cathedrals.
I was just reminded today that I had some un-posted photos kicking around from last month when our pal Jon Wilson joined Miss Quincy & Tyler Toews onstage for an electric Uppingham reunion (at Don Paddy’s). Cheers Jon and here’s to next year’s electric reunion!
Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.
The photos below are from a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge.
To see photos from the tour bus en route to Stonehenge click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at Assault & Battery Studio click here.
Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.
The photos below are from the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge.
To see photos of the rest of the adventures at Stonehenge click here. To see photos from the tour bus en route to Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at Assault & Battery Studio click here.
Recently I spent a few days adventuring with the greatest rock n’ roll band in the world – The Saints of British Rock.
The photos below are from their tour bus on the way to a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge.
To see photos of said Stonehenge visit click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here. To see photos of recording at London’s Assault & Battery Studio click here.
To see photos from on board their tour bus click here. To see photos of a dawn video shoot at Stonehenge click here. To see photos of the epic sword Battle of Stonehenge click here.
Sometimes when all you’ve been photographing for months are music related subjects you go for a stroll up Primrose Hill in London, England and find yourself uncontrollably & ravenously stalking cute old men, children, and puppies with your camera.
Since first hearing their record Samurai last year I’ve been scheming the many ways I could bring them to Canada so I could see them live … but on the eve of heading home from the UK last week I was finally able to see them perform (at what would probably be my favorite pub if I lived in Brighton - The Greys).
Cotswolds country road
Crossing the border into Scotland
Rainy M5
