Can't open photo attachments from Gmail through Safari - Ipad2 ios7.1

I have an ipad2, running ios7.1
If I try to open a photo attachment from www.gmail.com (in Safari, not Mail app) it causes my ipad to hang.
Here's what happens for a 2mb test jpg I just sent myself:
1. Open email in Safari
2. Click on the thumbnail or photo.jpg hyperlink at bottom of message
3. A new tab opens in sarari, pointing to mail-attachment.googleusecontent.com
4. The progress bar moves between 30 to 70 % of the way across and then hangs. It never fully loads
5. The ipad is no longer responsive, you can't close safari
6. All other apps hang or become super slow
This is very frustrating and I regret updating to the latest ios. I've tried restarting and cleaning my cache/history etc and it makes no difference to the problem.
What's the fix please? Thanks

Thanks, but doesn't really help the situation, which is that safari can't open my pictures for some reason. Has anyone else experienced this issue?

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