In Yesterday’s The Week ahead, I wrote about being a bit excited at the prospect of going to the car rally on Stokes Bay. We went around midday, we didn’t go earlier as we were expecting a delivery. We left for the rally as soon as it arrived.
Well, I have to confess, that I was a little bit dissappointed. It wasn’t as big as last years, the arena was very small and unlike last year didn’t include things like motorbike displays, or cars doing trick. Don’t get me wrong, what was on show was nice (the brass band were very good), but there was nothing I’d class as exciting.
We were going to have lunch, and I was looking forward to either a Bratwurst (no stand offering those) or a burger. When we got to the burger stand, they had sold out of everything except chips. In one way, I’m pleased for the vendor, to have sold out by only just around 2PM is not bad going, at least they had a good day. I will say, though, the chips were very nicely cooked, and I did enjoy them.
The rally was fruitless from a photographic point of view. I took one picture, and even that wasn’t very good.
I have been singularly unsuccessful in producing any video of the Bus Station. My third attempt this evening saw me down at the waterfront yet again. This time, using the gimbal mounted on my tripod for stability. Everything seemed to be working OK, the gimbal was tracking me as I moved. Everything looked good.
When I got home and downloaded the videos I found that in nearly all of them, the first ten seconds were OK, but then everything went in to slow motion – unuseable. I’m going to assume that I am doing something wrong, rather that there being a problem with the gimbal. I should be able to sort that out in hte next day or so – hopefully they won’t start pulling the station down before I am ready.
Bills Posts 