Monday, August 01, 2005
Weekend
An entertaining weekend
Despite the poor weather, it rained all day Saturday and the sky remained dark and shrouded with mist and fog, we all still managed to be pretty much well entertained. My intentions were to photograph the Sunderland International Airshow on Saturday, and the live music in the Bents Park on Sunday, unfirtunately the poor weather forced a change in plans.
There was no flying at all on Saturday and the static displays and ground activity at Seaburn weren't exactly "earth moving" so we spent a day out doing a big shop at Asda in Boldon, it's amazing how large that place has become, yet because of it's new double decker parking arrangements it is still easy to get in and get around. I could not believe the range of goods the new store holds, apart from the normal food lines they have a fantastic range of non-food, everything from televisions to tins of paint.
So the real decision making had to be about Sunday's activities, my mother isn't very well and hasn't been out of the house too much in the last week (other than to attend hospital appointments) so I allowed her to make the decisions for us. Pop Concert or Air Show? I'm not sure if she's a fan of Javine, 911, the Sunset Strippers or the Honeyz so the Air Show won hands down, and, after the advice I had given in Curly's Corner Shop Message Board, we found the National Trust Car Park at Whitburn Point to be fully occupied, but we managed to squeeze in. We took the children, folding chairs and a picnic and enjoyed a good show, the stars of which were The Red Arrows.
The Konica Minolta Dimage Z3 got through a lot of work and it's 410mm lens caught some great action, here are a couple of tasters!
Click the thumbnails to enlarge.
There are further pictures available to view in Curly's Corner Shop, and Curly's Photoshop.
The Shields Gazette has opened a small competition for readers pictures of the Tall Ships Race, so perhaps I might submit a couple of entries.
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Despite the poor weather, it rained all day Saturday and the sky remained dark and shrouded with mist and fog, we all still managed to be pretty much well entertained. My intentions were to photograph the Sunderland International Airshow on Saturday, and the live music in the Bents Park on Sunday, unfirtunately the poor weather forced a change in plans.
There was no flying at all on Saturday and the static displays and ground activity at Seaburn weren't exactly "earth moving" so we spent a day out doing a big shop at Asda in Boldon, it's amazing how large that place has become, yet because of it's new double decker parking arrangements it is still easy to get in and get around. I could not believe the range of goods the new store holds, apart from the normal food lines they have a fantastic range of non-food, everything from televisions to tins of paint.
So the real decision making had to be about Sunday's activities, my mother isn't very well and hasn't been out of the house too much in the last week (other than to attend hospital appointments) so I allowed her to make the decisions for us. Pop Concert or Air Show? I'm not sure if she's a fan of Javine, 911, the Sunset Strippers or the Honeyz so the Air Show won hands down, and, after the advice I had given in Curly's Corner Shop Message Board, we found the National Trust Car Park at Whitburn Point to be fully occupied, but we managed to squeeze in. We took the children, folding chairs and a picnic and enjoyed a good show, the stars of which were The Red Arrows.
The Konica Minolta Dimage Z3 got through a lot of work and it's 410mm lens caught some great action, here are a couple of tasters!
Click the thumbnails to enlarge.
There are further pictures available to view in Curly's Corner Shop, and Curly's Photoshop.
The Shields Gazette has opened a small competition for readers pictures of the Tall Ships Race, so perhaps I might submit a couple of entries.
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