Duke of Lancaster, from the air - July 2013

Summer is here at last, so a quick spin down to Mostyn, North Wales - a return to the ghost ship that is slowly being turned into an art canvas - The Duke of Lancaster.

As always my pilot was Captain Pugwash and we flew in via Liverpool from our top secret underground hanger, otherwise known as the Batcave.

Not that much had changed from my last visit, but with the improved weather it was time to get some much improved photographs.


 















So if your a fan of the old ship take a look at my Flickr set, with photos of the art, shots pre-artwork and any many more aerial shots of the beast or take a look thru my blogs on the Duke of Lancaster.

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Duke of Lancaster - November 2012 - Goin, Mr Zero, Fatheat

A quick post, as I type this I'm crossing my fingers for the cloud to clear for a trip out in the plane today, my plan is to fly down from Manchester to the Duke of Lancaster to get some updated aerial photographs, unless Captain Pugwash has other plans...

Flights just haven't happened for me since the Round Britain Rally with a combination of shocking weather, other plans and commitments with the addition of waiting my turn as I owed another flight to my nipper.

So yesterday I jumped in the car for the hour drive to North Wales to the Duke of Lancaster, I knew artists would be working on new artwork on the stern of the ship and that artist Goin had finished some work earlier in the week.



Council of Monkeys by Goin, would seem to be a dig at the local council of Flintshire, a theme which is being expanded I was to find.



I was then taken aback by two further artworks, that I not heard about - new paint still drying and hinting at corruption perhaps within the local council ?

Hungarian artists Mr Zero and Fatheat had painted two works named the Prophets of Profit





This second one for me works well along side Bungle's artwork, The Voice of Authority





Oh, the stern you say, artists beavering away and it's out of view, plus the tide was in - lets see what happens today with this plane, today ?

To be continued.....

Duke of Lancaster - Bungle - October 2012

As part of my ongoing personal project to document the "Black Duke of Lancaster Project" by Dudug I returned to Wales to photograph the new artwork addition by Bungle, titled The Voice of Authority.



 



 

 Must say, I'm still a frustrated I can't get closer to the ship and get some new angles, but its still a bloody great place for shots.





The ship did have a guest photographer, which gives a sense of scale to the ship - lucky bugger !





A return trip by plane is still on the cards, just waiting for a little more graffiti to be done to make it worthwhile.

More to follow....

The Ghost Ship Duke of Lancaster - hit by graf artists

The Ghost Ship of North Wales has been painted by graffiti artists.

Beached at Llanerch-y-Mor, The Duke of Lancaster is known locally at the Fun Ship.







Full details of the work/attack and photos can be found at DuDug

- Its currently thought this may possibly be a publicity stunt by the owners, as despite the video above, painting was also spotted during daylight hours with a scaffolding tower on site.

A brief report also can be found in the local newspaper The Leader

- further info on this Welsh curiosity can by found with my blog, Ghost Ship and then my return by air.