The Siddy Bennett Band

The weather has been pretty miserable here in the South of England over Christmas, not too cold but warm and wet.  So, there was no excuse for not spending some computer time and updating my portfolio of music images.

The new portfolio is split into three parts for those with limited viewing time.  I suggest starting with Part 1 and progressing in sequence to Part 3.

The portfolio section can be found by following the ‘Portfolios‘ menu item.

This week whilst working around Glen Affric I have been staying at Kerrow House B&B and eating at the Tomich Hotel.  I can highly recommend both.

Glen Affric

The weather here in Glen Affric has been pretty mixed the last few days but I guess that’s what you get in the Autumn and especially near the hills.

At times today the sky was blue with small white fluffy clouds whilst it was raining.  That I just don’t understand!  At other times there were lots of  grey clouds and sunshine!

The image attached to this entry was captured just after lunch before it started raining.  As I was a couple of hours away from the truck  I  discovered the worth of a good camera bag   The contents stayed dry even though the outer got pretty wet.  My complements to Tamrac.

The bracken in the image looks harmless but it was waist high in most places – thankfully no midges otherwise it would have been terrible!

Glen Affric

Some days the light just does not want to play!

Today Glen Affric was covered in thick, dark grey cloud whilst further East it looked clear! At one point it was getting so dark that I thought it was getting late and I should head back only on checking the time to find it was 13:30hrs!

Then finally, soon after 16:00hrs the sun started to peep through the cloud for a few seconds at a time!  But by that time it was dropping to the horizon faster than the sky was clearing…  Ho hum!

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Thanks Olly.

Andrew

Mr Motivator

Its now Tuesday, Brisfest is over for another year, Boo Hoo.  But lets raise a glass to it being back in Ashton Court next year.  Now that is something to look forward too.

The weather was good all weekend except for a little rain on Sunday morning before things started.  That must be a record for this rubbish summer!

Anyway early in the afternoon Mr Motivator was on the Wolfs stage then out in the crowd.   Boy did he get everyone moving.

Afterwards it seemed every lady wanted their picture taken with him!  Infact quite a few guys too

I am busy processing many of the images captured during the three days and I will upload them very soon into the Gallery.

Pollywallets balloon departs

This weekend is the 33rd anniversary of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.

As usual lots of colour and family events over the four days.  The Pollywallets balloon was looking a little faded compared to the others in the background.  A quick search on the Internet identifed an image taken of the same balloon in 1979 at the Fiesta.  So I guess its got every right to look a little ‘weathered’!  You have to wonder where its travelled and what has been seen from its basket in all those years.

I have dropped a few images into the Miscellaneous Gallery for now.  Its obvious that some reorganisation of the Galleries section is needed and then I will have a dedicated area for such images.

Carnival Queen

Bristol is a great place to live, with lots summer events. The St. Pauls Carnival is like having Rio on the doorstep! Not quite the weather, but just as colourful.
Images from the carnival are in the Gallery section of the HAPY Imaging web site.