Cambridge, January 98
A tiny photo tour of a little bit of Cambridge. Squash
Let's go for lunch!
- psn00051.jpg ( 144 K) : Outside the Rutherford building, here's the bike shed.
- psn00052.jpg ( 184 K) : Leaving the Cavendish
- psn00054.jpg ( 176 K) : Cavendish pond. Say quack.
- psn00055.jpg ( 144 K) : Onto the Coton cycle path
- psn00056.jpg ( 168 K) : which leads to Adams Road
- psn00057.jpg ( 192 K) : which leads to Burrells Walk
- psn00058.jpg ( 160 K) : which leads to Queens' Road
- psn00059.jpg ( 200 K) : which leads to Darwin College
- psn00060.jpg ( 168 K) : and the dining hall.
- psn00061.jpg ( 192 K) : The river is low for a few weeks each winter.
Back to work...
- psn00062.jpg ( 136 K) : Along the Coton cycle path.
- psn00063.jpg ( 136 K) : to the Cavendish
- psn00064.jpg ( 136 K) : and a lousy picture of me.
A Game of Squash at Queens' College
- squash1.jpg ( 22 K) :
- squash2.jpg ( 168 K) : Harry
- squash3.jpg ( 160 K) : beats
- squash4.jpg ( 160 K) : all
- squash5.jpg ( 160 K) : the
- squash6.jpg ( 168 K) : opposition
Coffee at the Grad Pad afterwards
- squash7.jpg ( 128 K) : David 'n' sweater
- squash9.jpg ( 192 K) : Maria and Ken
- squash10.jpg ( 192 K) :
- squash11.jpg ( 184 K) :
- squash12.jpg ( 64 K) : Maria
Girton Village Ultimate, Winter 1997
A game of hot box on a misty evening.
- psn00001.jpg ( 152 K) : Ken and Maria
- psn00002.jpg ( 160 K) : Alex throwing past Ryan
- psn00003.jpg ( 168 K) :
- psn00004.jpg ( 176 K) : Ryan throwing past Alex
- psn00005.jpg ( 176 K) : Looks like
Ceroc dancing, but it's Maria throwing past Ken.
- psn00006.jpg ( 160 K) :
- psn00007.jpg ( 168 K) :Ryan hucks it
- psn00008.jpg ( 152 K) :
- psn00009.jpg ( 176 K) :Dirty but happy
- psn00010.jpg ( 168 K) :Dirty but happy II
- psn00011.jpg ( 168 K) : Alex sneaks a pass under Ryan's arm
- psn00012.jpg ( 176 K) : Jack joins in
- psn00013.jpg ( 152 K) : some blurry ones
- psn00014.jpg ( 176 K) : some blurry ones
- psn00015.jpg ( 176 K) : some blurry ones
How to have fun with two Danes and two pieces of string.
Method: attach Maria's string loosely to her wrists. And Ken's to his,
ensuring that the two strings pass round each other. Then ask them
to get untangled. Hours of fun!
These pictures are taken in my dining room in Girton.
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- psn00017.jpg ( 184 K) :
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- psn00019.jpg ( 192 K) :
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- psn00021.jpg ( 176 K) :
- psn00022.jpg ( 184 K) :
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- psn00024.jpg ( 184 K) :
Disc grips and throws
- psn00025.jpg ( 168 K) : Berkeley power grip, backhand top view
- psn00026.jpg ( 160 K) : Berkeley power grip, backhand front view
- psn00027.jpg ( 160 K) : Berkeley power grip, backhand bottom view
- psn00028.jpg ( 152 K) : Berkeley power grip, backhand side view showing stance. The thrower stands side on to the target, weight on both feet.
- psn00029.jpg ( 136 K) : (skip)
- psn00030.jpg ( 176 K) : Forehand grip, top view
- psn00031.jpg ( 168 K) : Forehand grip, bottom view
- psn00035.jpg ( 144 K) : Forehand grip, back view
- psn00032.jpg ( 152 K) : Forehand grip, front view
- psn00033.jpg ( 160 K) : Forehand grip, front view, angle of hyzer increased
- psn00034.jpg ( 152 K) : Forehand grip, front view, angle of hyzer decreased
- psn00036.jpg ( 160 K) : Forehand grip and stance. The thrower stands face on to the target, weight on both feet.
- psn00037.jpg ( 152 K) : 36-37-38-39-40 show the action of a forehand throw
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- psn00041.jpg ( 160 K) : backhand action. The disc is accelerated in a straight line.
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- psn00046.jpg ( 160 K) : 2nd backhand sequence
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- psn00049.jpg ( 160 K) :
- psn00050.jpg ( 160 K) : Hammer (upside down) grip and stance. Grip is identical to the forehand grip.
David MacKay <mackay@mrao.cam.ac.uk>
Last modified: Thu Feb 5 18:03:40 1998