Shackerstone Festival 2010

A simple text message of Eric, asking if I was interested in going to the Shackerstone Festival on Sunday, where I would see the Red Arrows, lead to a very good day out with more to see (and photograph) than I though.

With no work for a while this event would be the first time this year that I had seen the Red Arrows, who had been forced to cancel many of their engagements following an accident earlier in the year.

So after Duncan and Eric picked me up, then Suzy and Steve, the five of us headed for the festival.

Below are some of the photographs from the day:

 

Eric with his roller	Letting off steam
A classic	Remember the Italian Job ?
Piston Rings Youth MC
Balanced	Multi Rider
The Stallions of Substance
Rising to the occasion	Hi Ho Silver (ish)
Staging a sit in	“It’s good night from her and …..”
Nuneaton Dog Handlers Club
“Things I do for a Bonio !”	“What have I told you …. if you fall down …”

 

                                                Forget Superman !

 

The RAF Red Arrows

Arrival	Fly By
Diamond 9	Red Arrow Break
Syncro Pair	Red Arrow Split

All in all I took …. er ….. a few pictures more than normal !

A very good day out with good friends.

See you all Thursday night.

Victorian Redcoats

Another visit to Tutbury Castle, but this time it was in the Victorian period, featuring the Redcoats of the 80th Regiment.  Where the Burton Photographic Society had an exhibition, which I wanted to support, so after plenty of Beecham’s Venos, and running everyone about, I managed to leave the house to do something that I wanted to do.

The first thing that I saw when I got to the castle was how few people had turned up, obviously the heavy rain in the morning had put many people off.

After taking some photographs, and bumping into some friends; Suzy, Steve and Ralph, I went into the exhibition, where I saw Ruth, Lu, and more of the BPS team.  Looking at some of the photographs on display I could see that Suzy has been had at work, like many of the others, I even saw a photograph of Midland Joinery Works Limited !, where I worked for about twelve years !

 

Below are some of my photographs from the day:

 

An early photographer, possibly the founder member of the Photographic Society

 

First things first …….. Tea’s Up !

 

Drill Practice  (no Black & Decker here !!)

 

Move It !

 

Getting Close

 

Right Lads, shoot the photographers

 

Thanks for coming today

 

A good day out, now back to the Venos !

In days of old, when knights were bold

(and combs weren’t invented)

A busy weekend, but I made some time for myself and visited Ashby Castle, for a change.

Here are some of my photographs:

And one for the ladies, women’s lib !

I only said “joust a minute” !!

I could not find any leading lines, but

I did find a Ruler !! ;-)))

The Roaches

The Burton Photographic Society had a visit to the Roaches, a beautiful area near Leek, on Saturday 25th July, and Steve, Suzy, Eric and myself joined them for a ‘little walk’.

After picking up the team, Steve took us to the Priory Centre at Stretton where we met some of the others from the Society. After waiting for any others to join us we headed for the Roaches.

Julian was our guide and he took us up to see some amazing views from the Roaches, and then down to see a hidden church.

Below are some of my images from the day:

There are some characters you see on your travels

“What noise Eric ?, just move back a little more !”

Then it was a case of going from the highs of the Roaches, to the lows of Lud Church:

Thanks again to the team for another good day out with some good friends !