AFPmeet photos

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Terry Pratchett, with the dedication which he has just not signed in my copy of The Last Hero. (Reading, Nov 2001)

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Cambridge meet, Oct 2001

• Seduction of the innocent: "Come closer, child, I vant to drrink your blood."
• Rand, Carol & Hippo
• Jenny & MegaMole
• Pthomas is Darth Twanky. "Wipe them out. All of them."
• Aquarion. Licenced to Twooiinngg!
• Julie & Carol
• MegaMole, Steve, Peter, Kincaid, Rand. Can you spot which of these men have been a) possessed by a demon, and b) replaced with an android from Westworld?
• Julie. Wild-at-heart road chick.
• Group. Aquarion, Davon, Darth Hugslut, Mike.
• Self portrait
• Peter receives his birthday present...
• ...which Melusine promptly puts to good use.
• Melusine & Julie with Peter's second present.
• Scared yet, Peter?
• Charlotte & Pthomas.
• We washed one of these shirts in Persil, and one in a rival brand. Can you spot the difference?
• Carol auditions for the Scottish Widows ad.
• Monkeys three...
• The traditional let's do Barry's hair moment. Rosemary & Charlotte work while Mike watches.
• Pthomas with his hair in bunches. And again. And again. (I tried to pick the best one, but the expressions were so good I had to include them all. :-)
• Pthomas again, being cruelly poked.
• Julie in Carol's hat.
• Julie, Peter & Ali
• Ccookie with Cthulu in bondage
• Carol
• Rosemary restoring Barry's hair to normal.
• Ccookie & Carol
• Barry breaks up a tussle between Rosemary and Aquarion.
  
  

Bath meet, Jan 2002

• Pol
• Lonecat and Aquarion
• Supermouse
• Rachel 1: I'm not drinking.
• Rachel 2: I've had a couple.
• Rachel 3: Too drunk to focus...
• Rachel 4: ...but not to dance!
• Aquarion in Bela Lugosi's Dead shock
• Aquarion II: Meaner and more evil
• Aaaaaah!
• Why is Lonecat giggling like that? And where is Aquarion's hand?
• And your host for this evening is... Jim!
• Aquarion and Supermouse with camera
• Marina and Suzi
• Gid refuses to be caught on film performing YMCA.
• Gid: YMCA!
  
  

Green Man Meet, Feb 02

• Spelling things with M&Ms
• Thom and Corinne, plus a lurking James.
• Mike and Lonecat
• Rachel and Lonecat hold their own private Gothmeet.
• Dave The Lurker gets Nattie'd.
• Attending her first afpmeet, Lucy attempts to blend in unnoticed.
• Corinne, Rachel and Lonecat
• This was supposed to be a pic of Pthomas scribbling frantically in his notebook, but with perfect comic timing Thom managed to completely blot him out just as I took it.
• An overhead shot of Barry and Nattie looking at a pic on Barry's camera.
• Two pics of Añejo and Lucy. Version 1: Cute. Version 2: Scary.
• One girl and her sheep
• ...she's from the Valleys, you know.
• Ccookie with a cat on his head
• Rachel and Ccookie try to out-menace eachother.
• Añejo models the leatherman as a fashion accessory.
• Feet up! YHN's feet resting on Jenny's, resting on Mole & Huw.
  
  

Wetherspoons, Mar 2002

• Tamara, Rhys and Guitar Huw
• Rachel Walmsley
• Two shots of Aquarion, Lonecat and Rachel. Note Aq and Rachel's expressions of quiet ecstacy
• Slinky Nikki! (and another one, albeit slightly blurred.)
• Annette, Nikki's kitten.
• Naomi and DarkSam
• Annette and Nikki
• Barry and Naomi
• Nikki and Lisa
• Sam, Barry and Naomi investigate Tamara's consignment of flakes
• Jenny and lisa
• Group pic: DarkSam, Naomi, Barry, Ccookie and Tamara
• And again, minus DarkSam
• A moody shot of Lonecat in my panama hat
• Ccookie and Tamara and my hat again.
• Rhys, Kimmi and Aquarion, the latter wearing the special shirt he uses to disrupt the white balance on unsuspecting cameras.
• Barry, Naomi and Tamara
• Oh great. Now DarkSam's got my hat. Come on, who else wants a go?
• Nikki displays clawmarks.
• A fair portion of the meet: Bruce, Julie, Peter, DarkSam, Naomi, Barry, Joonas, Guitar Huw, Lisa.
• Two groupshots of Huw, Lisa, Annette and Lonecat
• Naomi and Barry see how well they measure up.
  
  

Green Man Meet, Jun 2002

• Karen & MEG
• Añejo, Hippo and Rocky
• Self Portrait. This was taken with the self-timer, which is why the aim was a little off. But I like the way Al (Karen's husband) appears to be mimicing my pose, and it's the only decent pic of him I got. :-)
• Group pic: Karen, Aquarion, Lonecat, Añejo, Hippo and MEG.
• Mark and Kayla with Katrina.
• Another group: Gideon, Lonecat, Añejo, Aquarion, Barry and Naomi.
• Barry, Naomi and the man-eating bush.
• Sandriana catches some sun. Martin doesn't.
• Naomi takes her turn in the traditional trying on Adrian's hat game.
• Barry Vaughan and Sarah "Nanny Ogg" Whippman
• Andrew Neville
• Random clears her sinuses.
• An unknown person, Random, and Simon Callan.
• A rather fine (if somewhat Bursar-ish) pic of Rocky, though I say it myself.
• Random gives me the prosthetic fingered salute in response to the previous pic.
• It's all been a bit too much for poor ickle Sarah.
• MEG takes her turn at modelling my hat.
• Faces courtesy of MEG and me, hats courtesy of me and Rocky. (His is the black one you can't see properly.)
• Nattie notices the siccie biccie with the camera.
• Kyle blowing bubbles.
• Kyle blowing more bubbles at Nattie.
  
  

Nottingham Meet, Jun 2002

• Roy, Dell and Andrea
• Yay! Someone broke Nattie!
• Group: Pol, Supermouse, Liz.
• Nattie tries on Liz's girdle.
• Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. (As way too many people suggested for this caption.)
• George takes her turn at trying on my hat.
• Liz strangles Tenticle.
• Liz. 'Nuff said.
• Liz again. As before, but with a hat.
• P5YCHO gets an honourable mention in the Charles Manson lookalike contest.
• Group:Tenticle, Liz, Jen, Nik.
• Charlotte and Oliver
• Ingvar, with a beard recently tampered with by George.
• Even a complete change of clothes can't stop Liz looking basically Liz-like in photos.
• A quick shot of me from the Fencing meet.
  
  

Green Man, Oct 2002

• Ladylark and Pthomas
• Peter, Añejo and Elaine
• MEG making balloon... errm, animals. Probably.
• Karen records the attendees
• I want this T-shirt!
• Andy Davidson and MEG. And my hat.
• MEG's friend Katy.
• Añejo shows off her shiny new red boots
• With the aid of a humble balloon, Aquarion gives his impression of Geordie laForge
• A photo of Rachel refusing to be photographed.
• Rachel and Rebecca hide from all those nasty people with cameras.
  
  

Nottingham Meet, Nov 2002

• Bowling, Bowling and yet more Bowling.
• The clock at The Pit And Pendulum, (gothic pub).
• The concealed door in the bookcase.
• Kathy (Ryo-Chan) shot in moody monochrome.
• Ptenbob
• Group. Jugglebug, Andrew Neville, Corinne, Ptenbob, Melody, Peterneko, Steven.
• Huw, hidden Ped, Tony Evershed
• Kathy, bordered by Peterneko and the protruding nose of P5YCHO.
• Kathy and Myself with Aquarion's box of evil salty liquorice.
• Jen. That's for stealing my camera to take the previous shot, sweetie!
• Lonecat
• Kathy, Tony, Lonecat and P5YCHO
• Aquarion, Lonecat and Kincaid
• A couple of shots of most of the meet, plus a couple of innocent bystanders who wandered into frame by mistake. Well, we were blocking the pub door...
• Some pieces of art we passed in a display window.
• More art, with some further detail in closeup.
• The sign which explained why it's there, (and, more bizarrely, who owned the window).
  
  

And now, pushing the frontiers of the possible, further expanding the horizons of afpish geekery, we proudly present a first for A.F.P. meets: AFPer Stereograms!

Featuring: Lonecat! - Supermouse! - and Aquarion!

Reason: because it seemed like an interesting and worthy experiment. Not to mention fun! IOW, because I felt like it. :-)

Conclusion: OK, so the first two could have used more ambient light (memo: don't try it in a dark and moodily lit pub), and the third could've used a more steady subject (memo: don't try it in a pub), and an equally steady hand or at least something on which to rest the camera. But having got some decent-ish results just by trying to hold the camera steady and move it very slightly between shots I think it's definitely worth trying again in future.

Green Man, Jan 2003

• Tony and Naomi
• Nikki, Lonecat and Corinne
• Añejo and Rosie inform Aquarion that Witholding the Maya Gold isn't polite.
• The chocfight gets reinforcements.
• Rand and Mariacat, plus Aq applying the sinister smile and laser eyes on Rosie
• Nattie and Peter-neko. I'm sure that sign's on the wrong person though...
• Ah yes, that's better.
• Kinky and the Nikkichu. Oh, and Simon Callan.
• Nikki and Ladylark measure up.
• Lonecat
• Corinne
• Group. back: Naomi, Aquarion, Naomi(Ladylark). front: Lonecat, Corinne, Pthomas
• Nikki, Kimmi, Nattie and Peter.
• Nattie acts all demure when she's on camera.
• Nattie and Tony demonstrate the correct way of sharing chocolate
• Corinne, Ben, Naomi and Barry
• Rosie and Ralph
• Nattie brought a new bug with her. Poor chap had no idea what to expect...
  
  
  
  

Cardiff, Mar 2003: Bethan & Kathy's Handfasting

These are my pics, but as it was their special occasion, it has been left to them to put them up. They can be found here.

Green Man, May 2003

• Lonecat laces up Random
• Mole and Uitlander
• Marco with eye implant
• Marco with furry hat
• Me with furry hat
• Family Bites. One of these is the bookcover genuinely released by the publishers, the other is a cheap shoddy fabrication dreamed up by obsessive fans. Which do you suppose is which?
• Just about everyone
• Hedgehogs
• Nikki
• Eric and Anejo
• Anejo and Lonecat
• Pingter, Kimmi and collapsible Nattie
• Bethan with soft toys
• Pthomas and Ben
• Eric and Melusine
• Kathy and Bethan
  
  

Green Man Meet, Nov 2003

• Rosie and Ralph demonstrate the importance of getting the writing and application of labels in the right order.
• Sian wearing my shades.
• Rosie wearing my shades. (This will be a theme.)
• DarkSam labelled.
• Añejo wearing my shades.
• Me wearing Ruthi's veil. (This will also be a theme.)
• Me with Añejo and Katy as bridesmaids.
• Añejo and Katy. Veil still in evidence.
• Nikki
• Aquarion looking somewhat bedraggled.
• Random models a gown...
• ...and, yes, my shades.
  
  

Gid & Suzi's new year meet 03-04

• Cat in provocative mode. (Yes that is what the t-shirt says.)
• We will fix it, we will mend it
• Rhiannon and DarkSam
• St Lemur on TV.
• Murky, Francis, Monica and Ruthi
• St Lemur and Gid playing guitars.
• Naomi, Corinne and Supermouse.
• Hunter and Willow
• Random and Willow
  
  

Green Man, Halloween 2004

• Richard
• CCA in Xena mode
• Arwen the Uberwench
• Sian, Ingvar, Kyle
• Sian and a ghost
• Dom, Graycat, Aq
• Cookie
• Kimmi strikes!
• Kimmi and Marco
• Ali
• Lonecat as a dark elf
• Barry duels with Marco and Gideon
• group:Pingter (standing), Eric, kimmi Aq, Hayley, Ali, Kelvix, Flexor
• group
• Brian and Graycat
• Random as Miss Dearheart
• Barry and MEG
• Charissa
  
  

Cat Meet, Mar 2006

• Birthday girl! Cat looking happy
• MP and Tessa
• Cat giving someone a look
• Cat opening pressies
• Pillows! So comfy...
• Angela doing something with Cat
• Cat with pressie
• Nikki and Cat
• Nikki and Tessa
  
  

Miscellaneous

A handful of shots from meets where I didn't take enough pics to justify giving them a section of their own.

2001

• Three from the Green Man, Dec 01. Gideon
• Rosie, Chrissy & Nikki
• Ladylark and Supermouse share a sofa at Gid & Suzi's New Year meet, Dec 01.

2002

• Cambridge meet Jan 02: Jenga
• More Jenga.
• The phone box in The Alma, which housed climbing ferns and a piranha tank.
• Rachel, Rosie and Ralph.
• Another "awwwww" photo of Lonecat and Aquarion at the London Instameet, Feb 02.
• Back in Cambridge. My hat does the rounds again.
• Punting on the Cam, and looking rather amazonian as we pass the Bridge Of Sighs.
• Cambridge again. Añejo and Ped. Could these women be related?
• Ped.
• Peter gets Ingvar'd.
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Añejo.
• Pthomas as Zombie Furniture.
• At the X-sTatiC / Sanity meet: Nattie, Kimmi & Tom
• Tom's strokey shirt.
• Insert card into slot:
• Kimmi
• X-sTatiC on stage. Note concealed drummer.
• A few from the Green Man Dec 02 meet in honour of visting merkin Rachel M.
• Rachel M and MegaMole
• Charissa
• MegaMole
• Random gives me the evil eye.
• Charissa

2003

• Cardiff: Bethan and Kathy with tequila, at their new flat.
• Cambridge meet Nov 03: Hippo, Rosie, Lonecat and Aquarion
• Callas, Ccookie (hiding), Ruthi, Phillipa and Damien.
• Ccookie, with his hair in bunches.
• Lonecat introduces the Claw of Doom to Aquarion.
• While visiting Borders, in the centre of a display of Tolkien books we spotted this little sign.

2004

• Caroline
• Brian "Sabremaster" Wakeling
• Afpers gathered around the Lord of the Rings fruit machine
• Lonecat wearing a Shoggoth
• Rosemary with rubber band rifle
• Hedgehog with Fish
• Kimmi with Fish
• Kian wearing a hedgehog
• Mouse and Woozle
• Mouse is sleepy
• Ori and Livi
• VOM!
• The lemon galleon
  
  

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