James, have a look through David Trout's gallery.link

I have also just found this Picasa Web Album

The Goth weekend, I had not noticed that one. Having looked as past images that have been posted it looks like a great portrait opportunity.

I have to fly the flag a bit for the zip wire event, it's just down the road from me. The quayside has a lot to offer; Tyne Bridges, The Sage Gateshead, Baltic Flour Mill art gallery.

Fountains Abbey is having a floodlit evening on the 31st of October, however that starts at 9pm.

If I am honest the Goth weekend has my vote at the moment, although those wishing to find accommodation may struggle.

After the success of the Thorp Perrow outing, I thought it was time to try and tease a few possible suggestions for the next photographic meet. Just to get the ball rolling I have added one or two of my own:

City Days
York for the Victorian fair (Sorry had to mention Christmas this early).
Newcastle Upon Tyne & Gateshead quayside
Edinburgh

Country Houses & Monuments
Rievaulx Abbey
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal
Cragside, Northumberland

Thanks for the help guys, I will have to play around with colour modes more often and find a barrel distortion plug-in for CS3.

Thanks again Graham

Do you mean cropping in from the sides? The sea horizon looks level when I load it into photoshop.

I actually use my 18-55 a lot, tight budget and all that. So I have just picked one of the latest.

I'm most impressed by that flying Owl William, I took twenty shots and they were all blurred or out of focus, I must try harder . The ripple experiment has come, nice one.

Great Idea I second that one. I felt that I had hogged the post with to many images.

This is a great shot but IMO could do with cropping some of the mist out or having an item of interest in the foreground.

And the last one I promise