Category Archives: Video

Anything to do with video & associated sites e.g YouTube

Fountains Abbey – New Headers

Posted on Thursday, 24 March, 2011 by John

The new random headers have been cut from my Fountains Abbey set on Flickr which can be seen here.

The above photograph shows the eastern facade of the Chapel of the Nine Altars. Light conditions were very variable on the day I took the photographs and this is reflected in the different colours of the stone [...]

Posted in Admin/Changelog, Photography and Flickr, Travel, Video | Tagged abbey, Chapel of the Nine Altars, england, Fountains Abbey, gothic, monastery, Ripon, romanesque, ruins, slideshow, Travel, Yorkshire, youtube | Leave a comment

Viernes Santo, la Humildad – Úbeda, Semana Santa 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 9 November, 2010 by John

This is the penultimate of my Semana Santo videos and is taken from the General Procession on Good Friday night. I had missed the daytime procession of this cofradía (Real Cofradía del Santísimo Cristo de la Humildad y Nuestra Señora de la Fe) on Maunday Thursday but was amazed to find I had filmed almost [...]

Posted in Spain - España, Travel, Video | Tagged centurion, Christ, cofradía, la banda de romanos, roman legion, semana santa, Úbeda, viernes santo, Virgin Mary, youtube | 2 Comments

Viernes Santo, Saeta y Subida – Úbeda, Semana Santa 2010

Posted on Tuesday, 2 November, 2010 by John

My Collins Dictionary defines saeta as an arrow or dart or secondary meaning a sacred song in flamenco style. This one, sung to Nuestra Señora de la Soleda, certainly hits the mark. Nowhere else in europe except Andalucía can one hear this plaintive sound that seems to strike right into the soul. Juan and I [...]