Travel Videos 365 - BETA version 1.02

A photo essay of 2 and a half years in Oxford... I'm sadly leaving for points further north *sniff* Soundtrack by Danny & the Champions, a local Oxford band thechampionsoftheworld.org

Dozens of morris sides decended on Oxford for the city's folk festival. The sound on my camera was pretty awful, so I replaced the soundtrack with something, er... funkier. [UPDATE] I am reliably informed that the main morris side featured is Rockhopper Morris, dancing "Skirmish". The other main dance seen.... more

Every year on the morning of May 1st, Oxford greets the arrival of summer with music, dancing, singing and not a small amount of student antics. This is a compilation of moments from May Morning 2007. You hear Magdalen College Choir (singing from the Tower at 6am) and St Johns College Choir (singing madrigals in the.... more

A film of our skiing weekend at Krvavec in Slovenia. Music is by Slovenian singer Anžej Dežan.

A video of a week's holiday in January 2007. Corrections to the French are welcome :-) Music is by NZ band dDub (www.ddub.co.nz)

We went to Edinburgh for the Festival. It rained. We got wet jeans. I made a video of it.

One of the musicians at the Luminox Festival in Oxford was this kora player... unfortunately I don't know any more details about his name or background. Just liked the music :-) A longer video of his performance is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG9gfE9XAUg

The Luminox Festival is part of celebrations marking 1000 years of Oxfordshire. They filled Broad Street in Oxford with flames. Music is by NZ band The Black Seeds (www.theblackseeds.com). For out-of-towners, I've also labelled some of the famous buildings on Broad Street.

A simple video consisting of two panoramas taken almost exactly 24 hours apart. I like travelling, but sometimes it feels like beaming from one planet to another. The second video was taken during in the most widespread snowstorm to hit England in a decade.

A quick tour of a typical "riad" - a guesthouse in the old town of Marrakech. The film is silent except for the afternoon call to prayer (salah) at the end. Sorry for the shaky hand-held camera work.