27 20seven33

2005-08-02T19:47:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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.

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2005-06-15T10:39:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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!

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2005-06-01T07:47:00.000Z

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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!

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2005-05-17T20:05:00.000Z

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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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2005-05-17T20:03:00.001Z

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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.

20seven28

2005-05-17T20:03:00.000Z

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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.

20seven27

2005-05-03T18:33:00.000Z

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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!

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2005-04-28T07:42:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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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2005-04-28T07:41:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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.

20seven24

2005-04-28T07:36:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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

20seven23

2005-04-18T21:35:00.000Z

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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.

20seven22

2005-04-12T19:02:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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

20seven21

2005-04-09T16:38:00.000Z

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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!

20seven20

2005-04-09T16:29:00.000Z

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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!

20seven19

2005-04-09T11:17:00.000Z

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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!)

20seven18

2005-04-05T15:40:00.000Z

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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...

20seven17

2005-04-05T15:39:00.000Z

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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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2005-04-05T15:37:00.000Z

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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 (!).

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2005-04-02T11:56:00.000Z

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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.

20seven14

2005-04-02T11:53:00.000Z

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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.

20seven13

2005-03-31T20:28:00.000Z

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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.

20seven12

2005-03-28T17:28:00.000Z

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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.

20seven11

2005-03-28T10:20:00.001Z

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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!

20seven10

2005-03-28T09:52:00.000Z

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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!

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2005-03-26T12:31:00.000Z

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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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2005-03-26T12:20:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

On a Ryanair aeroplane, on the way back from Nimes.

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2005-03-26T12:19:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

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.

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2005-03-26T08:36:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

These go-karts were in a lovely little park we went to in Nimes in Southern France - we went to see a Dido gig in the old colliseum.

Actually, did you know that a very famous type of cloth comes from Nimes. Cloth de Nimes they used to call it. These days most people call it denim. True story!!

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2005-03-25T23:05:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

Another sign from Glasto 2004 (see below). Clearly the 27 Groove graffiti person got about a bit. Doesn't seem all that likely that anyone became a fan of 27 Groove from seeing their name written on a toilet sign, but then I guess you never know.

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2005-03-25T23:02:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

This is a sign at Glastonbury festival in 2004. Someone has scrawled 27 Groove on it. They are, I think, a band.

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2005-03-25T22:24:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

This is from the same football match as below (a bit easier to guess with this one). Three minutes later, Freddie Ljungberg opened the scoring for Sweden.

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2005-03-25T22:20:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

This is a picture of a stairwell at Sweden vs Bulgaria at the EstÃ¡dio da Luz, Lisbon in Euro 2004. Sweden won 5-0. It was superb.

20seven1

2005-03-25T21:39:00.000Z

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Originally uploaded by 20seven.

Hello!

Welcome to my new blog, which will give me somewhere to put all the pictures of 27 I've taken over the years. If you're reading this, you're probably one of the very first people to stumble across this blog. I hope you like it!

I like the number 27, not out of superstition or anything, probably just because I was born on the 27th.

As I travel about, I take pictures of 27s. So here's some of them. This one was on a street in downtown San Francisco.