Category: Motorcycling

Thursday saw us exploring North Wales and visiting Castles. We had rain in the morning but the afternoon was sunny so we had a blast riding round the Snowdonia National Park.

In the evening we found a lovely Greek restaurant and had a wonderful meal. Later we walked back to our hotel along the harbour. Typically the Sunset was rather nice as I had left my camera back at the hotel.

At least I managed to get a snapshot using my Phone.

This summer so far has been particularly British. We had very little rainfall up to mid Spring, once the drought was official it’s been heavy rain since.

Today we spent our day riding the twisty valley roads, and mountain passes of North Wales. The heavy rain has meant that the rivers and waterfalls have been in full flow. With great scenery like this, it’s easy to find great locations for photography, but one can keep visiting for years before you get the weather and the light you need to get a truly stunning shot.

Even with the rain it’s been a great days motorcycling, if not photography.

The commute to work this morning was a little more challenging due to more closed roads as the Olympic Torch headed out of Lincoln.

As the main road I needed to use was to be closed it made sense to park up by the next village the Torch was due to visit, join in the crowd and experience the event until the road was open, then head into the office.

Once again I took a few shots with my Nikon V1.

I have to admit its not as good or as easy to get a good shot with fast moving subjects, even a runner with an Olympic Torch as an SLR, but for its size it beats just about every other small compact camera.

Its lovely to see the community spirit that has been around over the last few weeks, starting with the Queen’s Jubilee and now with the crowds supporting the Olympic Torch as it travels through our communities, its been great to see the British Spirit pulling together.

A lot of amateurs only have one camera, often believing its ‘The Best’.

For those of us luckily enough to have more then one body, we get to choose the best camera for the job at hand.

Tomorrow the Olympic Torch arrives in Lincoln, I have other work to do but I hope to be able to get a shot of the Olympic Torch coming past.

With commuting by Bike, my camera choice is somewhat limited, but also the choice of camera should be driven by the subject and what suits it best.

Some of my most precious memories have been of summer evenings, either enjoying the stars come out in the sky or a memorable sunset.

Tonight as we rode home across the flat land of Northern Lincolnshire we had low dark clouds filling the sky, but in the distance we had a band of bright red as the sun sank below the clouds illuminating them from below.

As the sun set the industrial water cooling towers along the banks of the river Trent were shown in bright contrast against the brilliant red and orange of the sky, it was quite a sight and one with lots of potential for a stunning sunset.

As we continued to ride home a flash of white to the side of us revealed itself to be a Barn Owl, and as we continued our twisting ride down the country lanes, sudden busts of bright orange light would break across the clocks on the motorcycle we were riding into the growing gloom.

A memorable ride.