Winter Commute and Photo Inspiration

Yesterday morning was the first cold commute of the year. A steady 0°C (32°F) occasionally hitting -0.5° C.  With the wind chill factured in thats about -11°C (12°F), I will definitely be getting out the thermals soon, but until then a pair of silk under-gloves and the heated grips were enough to keep me warm, together with my BMW Rallye 2 Suite.  This will be my second winter in this suite and while expensive I feel its been well worthwhile

While cold it was a beatiful morning, a clear blue sky, golden sunlight and the farmers fields covered in a white frost.  All very beautiful.

This gave me a few ideas for some photo’s.  Mornings like these are always good for inspiration, even a trip to the local park or just go into your garden, can have images worth capturing, a dew and frost encrusted spidersweb, those bright red berries on a bush.  You don’t need an expensive macro lens for this stuff.  Just dig out that old 50mm prime you never use and give it go.

Commute – The Trip to Work

Commuting to work by motorcycle, and of course the commute back is generally the highlight of our day.

I find the ride really wakes me up, refreshes me, and sets up my day on a high note, while the other commuters in there cages (sorry cars) get steadily more frustrated.

This morning the weather is less then ideal, high gale force winds, always fun on a motorcycle.  Remember car drivers, please give TWV (Two Wheeled Vehicles) plenty of space, a sudden gust can easily take them into the verge or into the middle of the road.

TWV’s are not positioning themselves in a way to deliberately annoy you, but to maximise there visibilty of the road ahead and for safety.

Have a good commute!

Blog Setup

Well tonight after a cold motorcycle ride home (1.5 C), followed by a hot chocolate, it was time to do some more wordpress configuration. This blog which may or may not stay is fairly basic, just the default options with all the hard work done by my service provider. Tonight I started a fresh install of WordPress to give me a more custom and unique look. I have to admit its all Chris B’s fault, his new blog does look rather professional so it was time for me to have a go.

First a new Sub domain to host the test site (if this works i’ll move it over to the blog.brown-family.org.uk).

Then I download loaded WordPress and uploaded to my site, now for the technical bit, mysql. This will be a first for me, never used mysql before. I’ll let you know how I do.