Me and the family decided to go to see the Blaydon Races for the first time yesterday. It's been on my list of 'things to see or do' for ages so we planned the day out in great detail.
We looked around for locations and my oh my how hard was that. Most of the run is done along Scotswood Road and they close the road off so you can't park up. If you do, you have to wait til after 8pm to get back out. Anyway we eventually found a place to park up and it turned out to be a brilliant place. I was sooooo pleased. Camera's sorted (3 canon's )check. various lenses from 10mm to 400mm, check. tripods, check. monopod, check. Watered and fed, check. So everything was going do well. THEN IT RAINED :( Yeah, you Plonker Ade !! I had thought of everything other than water. By the time we finished watching and photographing all the runners we were soaked to the bone. I feel so sorry for those that ran all the way to the finish in that weather. But, it shows the true spirit of the Blaydon Races though because every one seemed to be enjoying themselves (OK so there were some grimmaces too lol). They were loving it !! Running through rain that was that heavy it was creating streams that covered my feet at times. I take my proverbial Hat Off to them for their true Spirit !
HERE COME THE MASSES
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