The evening sun...

Myself, as photographed by myself

Fridays, I hate fridays!

Its friday again....which is good as its the lsat day of term and in about 3.5hrs I'll have finished college for easter :D However Fridays are possibly the worst day ever! imagin coming in at 9 for physics...then having a huge gap with nothing to do till 2 when u have 1 and a half hours maths! Its horrible the boredom jus gets bigger and bigger...however on the up side I only have 6 more fridays after this and then college is finished! and all I have to back for is exams :D and in about 13 weeks I'll probs have moved house...to a house in Peplow...which is in shropshire....which is in England....and Im guessing you know where england is...But no as long as everything goes to plan we will hopefully be moved by the end of June....and about 3 weeks after that I should have a car :D So if anyone know of any mini's which are for sale let me know! However it has to be the REAL mini not the new rubbish ones...They're not even minis!!!!

Im hungry, I'll probably go get some food soon...then inahabit the maths room, its empty for 2hrs before our lesson so we usually go and sit in there for a while beforehand. Then I'll sit through maths, leave, pick up my bike from Lee's fly home on it and then catch a bus to parrswood cos Im going bowling. I'll post some photos up soon, I've fixed up my computer hopefully and hence I can now take the photos off my camera :D

"The ball's not being moved around quick enough"

I havent posted for a while so here goes. Today Im posting from a rather old laptop of my dads, cos Im doing some stuff on my computer trying to make it work quicker and stuff. So its currently scanning for a virus, and soon Im gonna do a disk defrag....Anyway so if my spelling is bad in this post its probs cos Im typing on a laptop keyboard which I dont really like, oh and the mouse pad is really sensitive so if I slightly touch it then th mouse clicks on what ever its pointing at....so yeah its annoying. However u probs dont want to know that...

This week I havent done much, Im kinda waiting from the easter holidays cos they're gonna be better than college!!! On the monday and tuesday me and Tim are going to go cycling which will be good. We're headingover to glossop and then up and over snake pass and then back via castleton. And on the tuesday we heading down to Macclesfield Post Office tower and we're gonna try and set some daft speeds down it. So if u dont get any more posts from next monday onwards its probs cos I have died on either Snake Pass or by macc post office tower.... Then we're tidying up the cellar and Garage in preparation for moving this summer.

Im currently listening to a fustrated man talking about Andorra Vs England. Which he does have a point as we aren't playing overly well....and apprantly "The ball's not being moved around quick enough" So in the words of a county fan...

DO SOMETHING!!!!!

Just a note...

to say that Im sending this post from the middle of victoria road in cheadle hulme, connected to a strangers internet! Excellent

ill...again

I was better but now I've got a cold again, so I most annoyed really. But apart from that life keeps on ticking over really. Well it nearly stopped ticking last night. We we're coming home through derbyshire from seeing helen in sheffield. and it had been snowing, so in places it was sheet ice, and then it cleared so we decided to take winnets pass (1 in 5 road for those who dont know) and as soon as we started on it a blizzard came. And when I say blizzard I mean blizzard, the wind much have been 50mph all the time if not stronger, we couldnt see further than 2 metres cos of the driving snow. And to make things worse we in a rwd BMW which wasnt made for snow, anyway we just got up...Im not sure how...it was very very slippy...and then we nearly lost it on the top when the car went one way then the other then the other. But somehow Anders brought the car to a standstill, pointing in the right direction. and we got going again. But yeah it was a scarey journey really.

But yeah...apart from that things are un eventful really. I dont have to go into college 2moz :D but I dunno what Im doin instead! I need to do some serious training on my bike at some point cos Im cycling snake pass with tim at easter which will be good. That hill is huge! Anyway thats about it for now.

Another oldie

Do any of you more experianced photographers know why a shadow of the car appears in this photo?

Round the bend (well hairpin)

Jesus is Lord, Creations voice proclaims it!

Chance? I think not!

Back to the 80's

With this photo Iv tried to recreate the atmosphere of rallying in the late 70's early 80's...the heyday of rallying...back then Ford Escorts were the main cars, and pace notes were a thing un-heard of. The cars would keep going for upto 36hrs at a time. With the co-driver driving between the stages so the driver could rest. They would go through about 70 stages in 4days driving through, Fog, rain, snow, ice, darkness, and hoards of spectators who would fill the forests of Kielder, North Yorkshire, The Scottish Borders and Wales...come rain or shine, night or day, snow or heat (usually it wasnt the latter) Now that was rallying...and I think this photo re-captures some of the atmosphere there was in the late 70's...80's

And still 20+ years on there's nothing like the sound of a Ford Escort Mk2 echoing through the forest...thankfully some people remember what real ralling was...

Headlights

Now you're probably thinking that wot u can see is the tail lights, which is true. But I actually prefer the effect the huge headlights have. The way they light up the trees and road so bright and yet the rest is darkness.

Robin hood forest stages...its in Sherwood Forest!

I discovered that taking photos of rally cars in the dark is hard! However I havent edited these in anyway...so I might repost some in a few days...

Spot the Rally Car!

Yamaha

Canford Audio...

Through the eyes of a vicar...

Its a Piano!

Black and white or colour? I dont know which is better!

Jumping in the house of God (well just outside)

Believe it or not this lot were here to spread the word of God!

Elevenses

Thats right its 11am...just about the right time for a mid morning snack. But Im not havent one, cos I havent got any with me! Wot I have got tho is an achilies tendon which feels like its about to snap and a knee in the other leg which is refusing to do its job! I must be getting old!

In other news my bike is still broken! She's had all the wheel bearings replaced, the Bottom Back replaced, there's nothing wrong with the gears so things arent looking good for her really. However it might be the freewheel so the lads in the bike shop are going to put on a new wheel and see if that works. However the new wheels dont come in till mid next week so I havent got my bike till then! :( Which means Im having to train in the gym at the moment which I dont like because its not as fun as the real thing and you dont have the wind on you face. However you can work on ur stamina as there are no traffic lights in the gym!

But right now Im sitting in the gym trying to coax my knee into bending with sending pain up my leg, and trying to stop my tendon snapping on me the instant I stand up! I think at this rate cycling home could be a painful experiance...it could quite possibly end up with a mild case of death! And on that pleasant thought I'll leave you.

p.s. Iv got some more photos to post but Im at college right now so I cant at the moment, so check back soon.

Broken

My bike is broken, well actually it works but it has a noise which shouldnt be there, and all though I have tried pretty much everything I havent been able to find the offending part and hence Ermintrude is now spending the night at Withington Cycles :( However Rob says he'll have a look at her tomorrow and see if he can fix her up :D

Today hasnt really been a good day. Iv lost my £20 head phones...I think they came out of my pocket while riding up to college, or while I walked from the bike racks to maths, but I couldnt find them when I walked back that way so Im going to have to buy some new headphones :( The second thing whih has made my day bad is that I spent most of th afternoon trying to fix my bike and couldnt! Iv now pretty much tried everything. Iv cleaned the hubs, redone the wheel bearings, checked the gears, checked th spokes. The bottom bracket is fairly new so Im pretty sure its not that. But yeah Im now going to have to shell out yet more money to fix up my bike. :(

Oh well

What more needs to be said?

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