Whitby Goth Meet March 2011
Posted 01/04/2011 - 09:26
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I'm already booked in for November. Despite the long drive and cost, it is the one time you can take lots of portraits without anyone getting annoyed.
And I agree, people don't know what they're missing!
And I agree, people don't know what they're missing!
Posted 01/04/2011 - 13:57
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davidtrout wrote:
This thread has now passed the 1,000 hits mark. Previous posts on the Goths have also attracted big interest. It is surprising that more of our members don't make the trip to Whitby for this colourful festival.
David
Would love to, and these threads do make me scheme about how I could get up there for one of these events! Unfortunately it's a 5 hour drive, and the wife wasn't too thrilled with the idea of being left alone with two small children for the whole weekend while I went 'arseing around with your Pentax forum' (her precise words ).This thread has now passed the 1,000 hits mark. Previous posts on the Goths have also attracted big interest. It is surprising that more of our members don't make the trip to Whitby for this colourful festival.
David
I wonder what the southern Goths do, surely they must want to celebrate their gothness as well, but without travelling for hundreds of miles...
Tim
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Posted 01/04/2011 - 14:01
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thoughton wrote:
I wonder what the southern Goths do, surely they must want to celebrate their gothness as well, but without travelling for hundreds of miles...
An honest man!davidtrout wrote:
This thread has now passed the 1,000 hits mark. Previous posts on the Goths have also attracted big interest. It is surprising that more of our members don't make the trip to Whitby for this colourful festival.
David
Would love to, and these threads do make me scheme about how I could get up there for one of these events! Unfortunately it's a 5 hour drive, and the wife wasn't too thrilled with the idea of being left alone with two small children for the whole weekend while I went 'arseing around with your Pentax forum' (her precise words ).This thread has now passed the 1,000 hits mark. Previous posts on the Goths have also attracted big interest. It is surprising that more of our members don't make the trip to Whitby for this colourful festival.
David
I wonder what the southern Goths do, surely they must want to celebrate their gothness as well, but without travelling for hundreds of miles...
Kudos to you Tim. My reason for not being there was a $2,700 air fare.
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Too far from a shore.
Posted 01/04/2011 - 14:45
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Unlocker wrote:
Would love to go, but can't justify the £120 petrol bill and 450 mile round trip.
Swap Ya?
Would love to go, but can't justify the £120 petrol bill and 450 mile round trip.
Too far from a shore.
Posted 01/04/2011 - 14:48
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I'm sure many members could make a short break of it, fit it in with a holiday in the area, especially those with "understanding" partners, just as I'm doing with the Scottish meet.
Taking traffic into consideration Whitby can be a 2 hour drive from Leeds, so I cant blame anyone for not wanting to travel for just a day or two, As for high cost of B&B & having to book far in advance there is plenty of reasonably priced accomodation in nearby Scarborough which is only a half hours drive down the coast, so getting up to Whitby is dead easy, and there is a large car park on the road in which is just a few minutes walk from our regular meeting point, cost is about £6 for the entire day.
You should also remember that you dont have to spend all the time snapping the Goths, there is plenty to see and do on the North Yorkshire coast so you only have to lose the wife & kids for one day
Having just said all that I'm wondering if it was a good idea, there are far too many photographers already
Taking traffic into consideration Whitby can be a 2 hour drive from Leeds, so I cant blame anyone for not wanting to travel for just a day or two, As for high cost of B&B & having to book far in advance there is plenty of reasonably priced accomodation in nearby Scarborough which is only a half hours drive down the coast, so getting up to Whitby is dead easy, and there is a large car park on the road in which is just a few minutes walk from our regular meeting point, cost is about £6 for the entire day.
You should also remember that you dont have to spend all the time snapping the Goths, there is plenty to see and do on the North Yorkshire coast so you only have to lose the wife & kids for one day
Having just said all that I'm wondering if it was a good idea, there are far too many photographers already
Posted 01/04/2011 - 14:53
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I actually worked out what it ended up costing me:
Weekend cottage, two days off work (unpaid because I'm a contractor), food, beer, petrol, chips, more beer, curry, G&T for the other half and a round of crazy golf.
Think I could have bought a K5 for the same money!
Weekend cottage, two days off work (unpaid because I'm a contractor), food, beer, petrol, chips, more beer, curry, G&T for the other half and a round of crazy golf.
Think I could have bought a K5 for the same money!
Posted 01/04/2011 - 15:27
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fatspider wrote:
People take pictures not cameras.Quote:
Think I could have bought a K5 for the same money!
Never mind Gareth, that Nikon is quite a good camera and should take nice picturesThink I could have bought a K5 for the same money!
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Too far from a shore.
Posted 01/04/2011 - 16:06
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Just you try that at Whitby!
Asking girls to put whips in their teeth and show you their stockings if you don't have a camera and just stands there saying "click"!
(Oh, I see what you meant!)
Asking girls to put whips in their teeth and show you their stockings if you don't have a camera and just stands there saying "click"!
(Oh, I see what you meant!)
Posted 01/04/2011 - 16:09
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greynolds999 wrote:
Just you try that at Whitby!
Asking girls to put whips in their teeth and show you their stockings if you don't have a camera and just stands there saying "click"!
(Oh, I see what you meant!)
There's good guys and there's good guys.Just you try that at Whitby!
Asking girls to put whips in their teeth and show you their stockings if you don't have a camera and just stands there saying "click"!
(Oh, I see what you meant!)
hello mate.
Too far from a shore.
Posted 01/04/2011 - 17:06
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Asking girls to put whips in their teeth
For those of you that now have over active imaginations I'll save your brain some work and show you what Gareth was refering to;Asking girls to put whips in their teeth
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And yes it was Gareth that asked her to put the whip between her teeth, would have served him right if she'd taken offence and whipped him with it, mind you knowing Gareth he'd probably have enjoyed it
And this my good friends will be my last contribution (image wise) to this particular thread, I finish as I started with....
Danni
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Posted 01/04/2011 - 19:18
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I hope no one thought I was being critical when I said it was surprising more PU members didn't go to Whitby. I realise the vast majority of people on this forum live too far away to make it possible. And its easy for me living in Durham, just about 50 miles away but we have many members in the North of England who would really enjoy the experience.
David
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Whitby is quite a way for most members in the south, west or in Wales, and unless you book really early accommodation is in very short supply over Goth weekends, meaning you can't decide on a last minute (or even a last couple of months) trip.