It's been some time since I wrote anything in this. I have moved back up to my house in North Wales. Was so exhausted after covering the Snowdonia Seven event that I could not face travelling down to cover Fan y Big Horseshoe, so spent the day sorting the pictures from yesterday and tidying up the Garden....

Sugar Loaf Fell Race

Off to photograph the Sugar Loaf Fell Race tomorrow, not done it before, not sure which way round it is run.... will find out tomorrow. Have a newish 18-200mm to try tomorrow so hopefully no rain
Al

Ras y Mast

Well it has been some time since I posted anything on here.... could be the signs of a busy time or perhaps laziness on my part. I suppose in reality it is a bit of both.
So here we go another year of fell race photography, think things may be a little different this year, well the early part of it anyway.... I fell over Christmas and wrenched my arthritic knee, so the locations I will be using may be not as high as last year, or closer to the road!!!

Anyway Graham and I are off to Ras Y Mast tomorrow and I am looking forward to it....

Al.

Snowdon Marathon

Well, just like last year it was wet, windy and cold. The odd heavy shower of hail stones was an added problem. The new camera functioned well, the main problem was when to change batteries/CF cards, but I have that problem with any camera I use. I am running out of space on the CF card or running out of battery power just as I see a large group of runners coming through the gate on the skyline above me.
The biggest saviour of the day was my Wolfskin Mountain Umbrella, I only had to wipe the camera lens once, which was a wonder considering that the weather appeared to have taken it against me personally. I must have looked a right sight to the runners, jammed against the wall, hiding under my umbrella. BUT it worked, between the wall and the umbrella I ended up with a dry camera.
The pictures are up on the site, that took some time, I shot over 5K pictures, I will not rage about the lack of broadband in Rhiwlas, at least the community (including me) are trying to do something about it. Not surprisingly the village is the biggest "Not-spot" in Britain.
OK next weekend Saturday I hope to be at Park Hall to cover the North Staff's Cross Country Event and on Sunday I hope to be at Mad Jack's 5

Al.

Races and gardens......

Been some time since I wrote anything in here, life must have been exciting...or not perhaps.

On the races front, two races coming up this weekend, Richard's The Fox Trot on Saturday and the Uphill World Trial Selection Races on Sunday. Last Saturday's Push up the Pincyn was going well until I discovered I had lost all of my CF cards but one on the previous Wednesday night and the sun came out...... not good pictures.... If I cover that race next year definitely know what my location will be....... something to do with a bale of straw perhaps.
Our gardens are in full production, the one up North is producing leeks, onions and beetroot, the one in Mid Wales is producing runner beans, fennel and from the green house lots of loverly yellow tomatoes and peppers......

Al.

Batch Bash

Been a bit quiet in the blog recently, Travelling up and down Wales, getting wet on Saturday at the Cader Idiris Fell Race, and warm on Monday at the Mynydd Myfr race over at Trefonen outside Oswestry.
The weather seems to be getting better, so perhaps it will be good for tonight's Batch Bash, anyway I will be there, not quite sure where to go to take pictures, where I was last year, the summit of Nover's Hill, is tempting, but having walked what I think is the course, somewhere along the Long Batch is an alternative.
Saturday brings the Welsh 1000 Metre Peaks race, I really do hope the weather will be better than last year..... the forecasts look good... anyway I will be there, towards the end of the course, depending on the cloud base.

Alastair.

Cribyn and Sarn Helen.

What a weekend, I have managed to upload the pictures from both races and am very pleased with them.

Pictures from Cribyn are here
And
Pictures from Sarn Helen are here


A week of rest... well a little bit of gardening, backing up pictures... and if the weather holds the occasional barbecue.

Al.