Showing posts with label motor sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motor sport. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 September 2010

Misc - including Distant Views

We begin today's magical mystery tour with a look at the Zoo and how the planters in the carpark have been removed and hoarding is about to go up for a new cafe and visitor centre.





A clear day and a view of St.Peter Port on The Other Island...




.. and Sark - where I've never been, yet. Is that one of those harbours with the archway in the rock?





People still enjoy the Ronez Loop Road - karters SHARE this land PLEASE!






Looking left to Sorel Light... and the different colour patches on the sea from clouds casting shadows.





A French ferry passes by the North East of the island, wit Les Ecrehos and France in the distance...





.. again.






Sporting action at Sorel...







.. I'm more of an landscape photog than an action one :)






The Fremont Point mast, being readied for the onslaught of Digital. See that speck up there? ....







.. that's these lucky guys! I'd love to see the view from up there!



Down South now, and a small bit of France visible in the distance from Noirmont on a clear day. I think it's the Frehel/Plevenon area, some 34.5 miles away (map) if my bearings are correct :)



Looking over towards town. and it all looks very green with the gardens at South Hill and Grouville Hill - the urban sprawl of Georgetown and Longueville hidden away in between.



From a distance Victoria College sits amongst the hospital, the Grand, Cyril Le Marquand House and West Park.





More of The Waterfront takes shape.





These old West Park toilets are usually closed, so when I found myself alone in here after the air display, I couldn't resist a quick snap. They don't make them like this any more!





The old road surface of the Esplanade has been uncovered recently, due to building works nearby. I used to drive along here... ah the nostalgia :)





.. to the right, and those metal men have been removed after vandalism.






Connex have a big new white bus...







.. it is rather long.





Finally, some dusk shots from South Hill playground carpark...













Friday, 11 December 2009

Crapaudvision Sport : Rally @ avenue

A bit of rallying for you, as I had all this video clips I thought I might as well glue them together before I delete them. Enjoy, if you like motorsport ...

youtube.com/watch?v=8TVxNw0LNNQ&hd=1

Best handbrake turn I actually caught:
youtube.com/watch?v=8TVxNw0LNNQ&hd=1#t=553




Some opinion about the rally : crapaudpinion.blogspot.com

Saturday, 6 June 2009

Sprints ruined by the Safety Police

Perfect warm evening weather compared to some previous years, but the killjoys ruined the view. We used to be able to stand by the barriers on the left here in years gone by, on the pavement of the westbound carriageway, but this time we had to stick to the prom by the seawall, far far away! The racing seemed very distant, over the cycle track... the car park... the pavement... and one half of the avenue! I had no chance of getting the pics I wanted.

All this over-zealous safety bulls**t is guaranteed to wind me up. I'll decide for myself what 'risks' I want to take, in an ideal world. What are they going to do next, ban moutaineering, hang-gliding, sailing, etc., just in case something goes wrong? It's all totally out of perspective to the actual chances of mishap. I'd love to know what D-day veterans make of how the world has turned out - is this the freedom they fought for? What would Health and Safety have made of conditions on the landing beaches?!

So I took a few random pics in the pits, but my heart wasn't in it any more.

That's another event ruined, to give a miss next time.




































At least I can say I was there for the first few years when it was actually worth going.

Are we going to be banned from standing near the lanes during the rally as well? They have far more accidents than the ZERO accidents so far on the avenue.

It's crazy when you consider that James Walker was revving, wheel spinning and flooring his much faster World Series racing car on the avenue during the 2008 Battle of Flowers when thousands of people (and children! Think of the children!) were just feet away!

I must be on the wrong planet. This one is insane :-)