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I went to the Chicago Red Bull Flugtag last week, click here to view the photos.

This panoramic image of the City is intended to show you the enormity of the Cathedral and the commanding position the Castle had over the surrounding lands.

Please note that I have a 360° panoramic photo from the inside of Lincoln Castle, too. You can view it here. (Java required).

If you would like to go straight to the main photo gallery, please click here.

Otherwise, here’s a few photo I wanted to show off before you view the main gallery…

This 360° panoramic was taken in the grounds of Lincoln Castle. Lincoln is obviously the city Lincolnshire (the county I come from in England) is named after. Lincoln castle was originally a roman settlement and the castle has been built and modified over the last 1900 years. The oldest portions of the castle currently standing are thought to be around 900 years old. Photo was taken in May, 2008.

Will County Fairgrounds Demolition Derby

One of our friends ran in the Will County Fairgrounds Demolition Derby last night. She did really well, but unfortunately she got stuck on the logs at the track edge and even though she took hardly any damage - couldn’t continue. She would have easily won, but I guess she learned from it and will be back! She’s the red #11 in the photo gallery. As always, the gallery will be available in the post and the photo gallery page.

I went to the Chicago Air & Water Show on Friday and Saturday. Today (Sunday) I’ll be staying home and maybe taking shots if they fly over the house enough. It was my first (and second) time at the show and I really enjoyed it. It would have been nice to have seen the British Red Arrows there (who I think have far more exciting displays than the Blue Angels), but I guess they don’t fly too often over here.

B-2 Stealth Bomber. Photo by Tim Wheatley.

I took a LOT of photos at the event and you can find them all on the Photo Galleries page and attached to this post.

The Chicago Bulls' home: The United Center.

Here’s a panoramic view of the United Center. The Chicago Bulls basketball team play there. Photo taken February, 2008. More photos from the game in the gallery.

Here is a panoramic shot of Fenway Park, taken in 2006. The Boston Red Sox were playing the Texas Rangers. It was raining when this photo was taken and that’s why there’s the haze around the lights.

Above is a panoramic photo of the end of Long Beach Harbor. Long Beach is located in southern California, USA. This is where it costs real money to dock! Photo was taken in April, 2007.

This 360° panoramic image is taken from the upper edge of the north-side of Soldier Field. On the reverse 180° of the image you can see a full panoramic of the Chicago skyline. Soldier Field is where the Chicago Bears (an American Football team) play. The panorama was taken on ‘Family Night’ (a pre-season practice at the team’s home stadium), August 1st, 2008.

Here is a panoramic photo of the Chicago Skyline at Dawn. The photo was taken from North Avenue Beach near Lincoln Park.

I had intended to take a 360 degree image, but the sun moved so much and so quickly at this time of the day that it is impossible to accurately stitch that area of the 360 degrees together. I hope you enjoy this image anyway.