Tuesday, August 02, 2005

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Oops, it's been ages since I posted a 27 pic - sorry about that, I've been busy.

Took this one in Athens in July - it's a street away from the church where I got married in February. It's a mysterious-looking corridor, I thought.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

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This one was taken in the main square in St Petersburg, where everyone was celebrating some sort of Police Day - the people are looking at the stage where a boyband of four policemen in uniforms were singing. Very odd.

These chaps in blue are fans of the local St Petersburg football team who'd played a big game that day, and had ended up in the square. One of my favourite 27 pics ever!

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
A petrol pump, after I'd just filled up our little car after a weekend away. The tank actually filled up at £26.93, but I managed to squeeze the extra 7p in to make it a round 27!

Bit of a self-portrait too this one!

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Gate number 27 at Toronto airport. We actually went to the wrong terminal by mistake at first, so it was a nice bonus when we got to the correct one that we were dropped off by a number 27. I'd been looking around Toronto for a few days without finding a number 27 to photograph - so this turned up at just the right time.

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Not exactly sure what exactly cost the Tories 27 seats in the UK elections, that warranted this newspaper report. Let's just be glad that it did.

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
A London bus, parked at Finsbury Park. It wasn't actually on the Number 27 route - it was a W7. But, for some reason, it had a number 27 serial number.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Yes, we've reached the magic number 27 in my series of 27 pictures - and it's the first one to be taken by someone else and emailed to me.
Says KJ...
I was in Boston last weekend and stopped at several historical sites. In the Granary Buriel Ground, which dates back to the mid 1600's, several historical people are buried (including Paul Revere and John Hancock, important figures in the revolutionary war). The grave markers are pretty amazing, and as you will see on the photo, one woman's death occured on December 27th, 1778! The date on the marker caught my eye and I immediately thought of your site.
Thanks KJ!

Thursday, April 28, 2005

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This was taken aboard the ferry to the isle of Mull, in the under-deck bit where you park your car.

Ooh, that's the 26th picture I've posted to the 27 blog. Better make the 27th one a goodie...!

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This was taken on the road to Oban, on the west coast of Scotland, where we were catching a ferry to the isle of Mull.

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Yes, 27 pages of weekend sport in last Saturday's Independent newspaper in the UK, where Chelsea are romping towards the Premier League title.

Monday, April 18, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This chap is Italian football superstar Christian Vieri, who scored 27 goals in one season and decided to tell the world about it with a poster in a window in Genoa, Italy in March 2004, when I was in town.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Taken on the day that Tesco announced underlying annual pre-tax profits of £2.03 billion. Not bad considering everything in the shop costs 27p.

Saturday, April 09, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Yes! It's a disposable camera! With 27 exposures! Not exactly sure what's on it, it's one of those disposable cameras that you buy and take pictures with, but then never get round to getting processed!

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This is Colnel Rayburn, the number 27 horse in today's big Grand National race. Obviously I bet on it, but sadly it didn't manage to win - though it did keep right in there until the end of the race.

Apparently Colonel Rayburn was a US Colonel who won a point-to-point race in his 70s. The horse was named after him, but whoever filled in the form spelt Colonel wrongly!

STOP PRESS: You'll never guess at what number fence (out of 28 in the Grand National) that my number 27 horse fell. Yes, the 27th!

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This is a fire hose reel that I spotted the other day at Heathrow airport, when I touched back down from Hamburg. I had to jump off one of those moving walkways (travellator?) and walk back against the flood of people in order to take it.

Feel free to comment (yeah, I know there's not really much to say about a picture with the number 27 on it, but it can get lonely in here on my own!)

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Third of the three Hamburg shots (see below) and corker, no? Is there a better number 27 by a door to be found in the whole world? I'd imagine not. But I'll keep looking...

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Second of the Hamburg shots (see above and below) and closer in than we're usually used to.

Why? To capture the top textured wall and rust marks!

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
First of three 27 pics taken on the streets of Hamburg this afternoon, walking back to my hotel from getting a spot of lunch.

Notice how it comes so close to being a double 27, but how a flaky number has prevented that (!).

Saturday, April 02, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This was the moment last weekend that my 27 Blog got its 27th visitor - which seemed to be to be quite a momentous occasion (I was fortunate enough to be looking at the site meter at that point!).

We're now up to around 80 visitors. Thanks for coming, hope you like it. Plenty more 27 pics to come - so tell all your friends and their friends and maybe tell some strangers too.

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This is another 27 pic from Crete - taken in the back streets of Iraklio, which is the main city there. In fact, this is just near where OFI Crete, Crete's biggest football team, play.

I like the cracked wall and the blue sky, so I do.

Thursday, March 31, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
A door , in Crete. Particularly like how they decided to have the number 27 on there twice - just to avoid any confusion about what number it is.

Monday, March 28, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Hey up folks

This one I took today, on a walk up towards Highgate Woods in north London. I like the wooden gate. And, indeed, the hedge behind it.

Thanks to KJ for being the first person to comment on my new 27 Blog. Glad you like it!

And, of course, if anyone spots anything with the number 27 on it wherever you are - take a picture, email it to me (click on 'email me' by the links) and I'll stick it up on the internet's home for the number 27.

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This is a wheelie bin that I spotted on the street in Budapest last October after a night out (it's a great city, well worth a visit).

Particularly like the triple 27 action on this one!

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
Hello again!

This is a chap in Virgin Megastore in Time Square, New York City checking out listening post 27. I'm not exactly sure what'son post 27, but post 26 is the rather marvellous Franz Ferdinand, a British band who were just starting to take the US by storm at this point.

I like the way the bloke looks so relaxed - looks like he might stay and check out the whole album!

Saturday, March 26, 2005

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
This is at the Athens 2004 Olympics - Autralia vs Argentina at the Karaiskaki stadium in Athens. The game finished 0-0. Argentina should've won, had all the chances, but Australia missed a glorious chance to snatch it late on.

Argentina went on to win the gold medal.

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.
On a Ryanair aeroplane, on the way back from Nimes.

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This is Nimes coliseum - a 2,000 year old Roman coliseum in the middle of Nimes, France.

One of the most amazing places I've ever watched a gig from. That's my brother with the blue backpack, and his girlfriend Beccy.