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So here it is people, Amsterdam. I think this time I have truly outdone myself. I have uploaded in excess of 610 photos for you to trawl through. It was a mammoth task. In the beginning I was not sure I could even locate them and once I had, the actual procedure of transferring them was rather large. And not to mention the fact that my web site running costs are now like to increase by a factor of about ten! But despite all this, it had to be done. You see, every picture is equally important; each one tells its own tale. Every single digital still you are about to witness represented a carefree time in our lives, a utopian time when we were all invincible (except when Stacey threw a wobbly). The photos give us an opportunity to re-visit not just old friends, places but more importantly memories of feelings we seldom experience in the day-to-day. From the care-free folics at the airport to the friendly face of the Dutch cabbie, to the creature comforts of our hotel rooms to the warm smiles of the ladies of the night. Or who can remember the pain of watching England get knocked out of the Euro 2004 in an Irish bar, or the time when Neil dressed up in Clara's pyjamas, or the time when James left the land of the living, or the sheer pugnacious spirit of Neil; I could go on all day. I feel it is no over-exaggeration when I say that these photos are a holiday in themselves. The photos are divided into 6 roughly equal sections. Read the rest of this entry »

Bit more recent this one. Lots of pictures of stunning ladies for you to enjoy! Not sure I remember much more about this night that the pictures don’t already describe. I remember myself and Paolo talking with two girls at the bar who claimed to have done page 3 modelling, but I can’t for the life of me think why that sticks in my mind. Read the rest of this entry »

Bit of a blast from the past this one. Green man on New Years Eve 2003, a fun time was had by all. Highlights as I remember were Clara wanting to stay in, because her skirt was too short, Gomez and Kelly winning the Read the rest of this entry »

I am proud to present the first set of pictures to be added to the site, Clara's birthday. The pictures will load in flash application, posh eh? Hopefully it will mean you can view the pictures quicker and easier. Usually you can’t actually "grab" pictures in Flash, but you will find a link in the bottom right of each picture, which will allow you to view the original image and save it to disk/print it out. Some of these are pretty high quality, so will take a while if your not on broadband.
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Hello everyone! For a very long time now, people (mostly Stacey!) have been asking me to share all the digital pictures I have taken of various events; birthdays, holidays, Christmases, car shows and the like for all to see. And what with me wanting a place to put lots of other nerdy stuff online, a proper website seemed like the thing to do. So here it is, Hopkins81.com. I will do my best to try and put stuff on regularly so make sure and check back soon. Enjoy.