<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>  <rss xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss" xmlns:creativeCommons="http://backend.userland.com/creativeCommonsRssModule" version="2.0"> <channel>  <title>Fotothing photos tagged with cheltenham</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/tag/cheltenham/</link>   <description>The latest photos on Fotothing tagged with the keyword cheltenham</description>   <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:53:39 +0000</pubDate>   <lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:53:39 +0000</lastBuildDate>   <generator>http://www.fotothing.com/</generator>  <image>  <url>http://static.fotothing.com/images/smalllogo.gif</url>   <title>Fotothing photos tagged with cheltenham</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/tag/cheltenham/</link>   </image> <item>  <title>alexh / June 22 7:26pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/8a9/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />Looking through one of the rope bosses to the ringing room.  The bell ropes are raised to the ceiling for safety reasons, but it looks quite pretty.  St Mark's church, Cheltenham.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:26:11 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/8a9/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01.jpg" length="5370" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/8a9/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="32400" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/8a9/8a9f4b040d6c9ea946ac4975bd1d4c01.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[Looking through one of the rope bosses to the ringing room.  The bell ropes are raised to the ceiling for safety reasons, but it looks quite pretty.  St Mark's church, Cheltenham.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / June 22 7:09pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3a6/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />Looking down on the 5th bell, through the pit of the 6th above it.  That was before we swept the belfry floor (again), a hideous job.  The fittings and frame are still covered in debris after we replaced the clock room floor 25 feet above the bells.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:09:26 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3a6/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3.jpg" length="6903" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/3a6/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="45225" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3a6/3a628291ff54588a14e95f2c957c00e3.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[Looking down on the 5th bell, through the pit of the 6th above it.  That was before we swept the belfry floor (again), a hideous job.  The fittings and frame are still covered in debris after we replaced the clock room floor 25 feet above the bells.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / June 22 7:02pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/262/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />How's your head for heights?<br /><br />Bells of St Mark's church, Cheltenham.  Taken from inside the base of the spire.  The bells on the top are numbers 3, 4 and 6 of the octave, the other five are immediately below.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/262/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3.jpg" length="7984" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/262/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="57433" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/262/2620400bc1e7a5aa827d56659c923bc3.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[How's your head for heights?<br /><br />Bells of St Mark's church, Cheltenham.  Taken from inside the base of the spire.  The bells on the top are numbers 3, 4 and 6 of the octave, the other five are immediately below.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / May 9 10:13am</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/98d/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />Devil's Chimney, Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire, with a haze over Cheltenham in the background]]></description>   <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:13:52 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/98d/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236.jpg" length="6098" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/98d/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="413" height="550" fileSize="62415" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/98d/98db2e84778ac9c6182f9283625aa236.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[Devil's Chimney, Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire, with a haze over Cheltenham in the background]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / March 22 1:20pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/685/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />Jacob's ladder over Cheltenham, Gloucestershire]]></description>   <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:20:51 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/685/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581.jpg" length="4409" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/685/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="29212" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/685/68565b2ba4505fd6b2bf69183a9ed581.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[Jacob's ladder over Cheltenham, Gloucestershire]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / March 16 4:03pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/736/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />One of the bells in the church of St Mark, Cheltenham.  The bells are hung for change ringing in the English style by means of a rope and wheel.  This one was cast in 2007 and weighs over a quarter of an imperial ton.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/736/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b.jpg" length="7403" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/736/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="59853" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/736/7363d44abec87591fec6f4c8f0bbdb9b.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[One of the bells in the church of St Mark, Cheltenham.  The bells are hung for change ringing in the English style by means of a rope and wheel.  This one was cast in 2007 and weighs over a quarter of an imperial ton.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / March 16 4:03pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/dcf/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />One of the bells in the church of St Mark, Cheltenham.  The bells are hung for change ringing in the English style by means of a rope and wheel.  This one dates from 1884 and weighs over half an imperial ton.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/dcf/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1.jpg" length="6787" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/dcf/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="413" height="550" fileSize="53866" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/dcf/dcf01079a3beaea242336a3f35b252d1.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[One of the bells in the church of St Mark, Cheltenham.  The bells are hung for change ringing in the English style by means of a rope and wheel.  This one dates from 1884 and weighs over half an imperial ton.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>alexh / March 16 4:03pm</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/alexh/photo/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/50d/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />One of the old and very worn bearings from the bells of St Mark, Cheltenham.  This one dates from 1885.  Length approx 8 inches.  These were replaced with modern ball bearings in 2007 when the whole ring was overhauled.]]></description>   <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:03:19 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (alexh)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/50d/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339.jpg" length="6516" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/50d/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="413" fileSize="58950" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/50d/50dd3b357d4bd2b1ac1308d74b451339.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[One of the old and very worn bearings from the bells of St Mark, Cheltenham.  This one dates from 1885.  Length approx 8 inches.  These were replaced with modern ball bearings in 2007 when the whole ring was overhauled.]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">alexh</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>Midworlder / October 24 7:58am</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/Midworlder/photo/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/Midworlder/photo/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3bb/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />On the other side of North Head you get a great view of Cheltenham Beach including an odd "quiltlike" sea that morning ]]></description>   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:58:36 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (Midworlder)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3bb/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93.jpg" length="6416" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/3bb/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="367" fileSize="56653" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/3bb/3bba9a5832445edd1b82018c260d8e93.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[On the other side of North Head you get a great view of Cheltenham Beach including an odd "quiltlike" sea that morning ]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">Midworlder</media:credit> </item> <item>  <title>Midworlder / October 24 7:50am</title>   <link>http://www.fotothing.com/Midworlder/photo/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e/</link>   <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://www.fotothing.com/Midworlder/photo/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/e90/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e.jpg" width="120" height="120" border="0" /></a><br />On the other side of North Head you get a great view of Cheltenham Beach and an odd "quiltlike" sea that morning]]></description>   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:50:37 +0000</pubDate>   <author>nobody@fotothing.com (Midworlder)</author>   <enclosure url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/e90/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e.jpg" length="4359" type="image/jpeg" /> <media:content url="http://www.fotothing.com/photos/e90/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" width="550" height="367" fileSize="34378" expression="full"></media:content> <media:thumbnail width="120" height="120" url="http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/e90/e90ccec9eab14ad1cdbccfb6d321bf6e.jpg" />  <media:text type="html"><![CDATA[On the other side of North Head you get a great view of Cheltenham Beach and an odd "quiltlike" sea that morning]]></media:text>  <media:credit role="photographer">Midworlder</media:credit> </item></channel></rss>