Sunday, 4 May 2014
Monday, 21 April 2014
Back to the Wales Coast Path
On Saturday it was an early rise to go back to Anglesey to continue walking the Wales Coast Path.
Whilst waiting for for the bus to take to me to Crewe train station the cloudless sky allowed me to try my Panasonic zoom camera at capturing the moon.
You can check out the results in the video on a previous post.
Slowly increasing the mileage on Anglesey, last October covered 6 miles of the eastern part of the island. The days plan was to cover 8 miles of the southern part of the island, from Gogogoch round to Beaumaris.
Note to those travelling by train to Anglesey, all the stops before Holyhead on the island are request stops so you need to make sure you tell or find! in my case the conductor. Think otherwise I would of been walking a 12 mile section from Holyhead, but that can be saved for another time!
Leaving Gogogoch station it's a short walk to Wales Coast Path and I couldn't of asked for better weather with views back to the mainland and the Welsh mountains.
This section of the path allows you take in both bridges which joins Anglesey to the mainland. Parts are very tranquil and an abundance of birds and cattle. From herons, oyster catchers, geese, bulls and bearded! cows.
Leaving Menai Bridge the path heads inland but the height gained and monotony of walking on a minor road is rewarded with the views back to the mountains.
Other pictures of the day can be found in the video of a previous post along with view of journeys end at Beaumaris.
So the total for miles on Anglesey to date is 14. My next walk will take me past 100 miles :-)
Whilst waiting for for the bus to take to me to Crewe train station the cloudless sky allowed me to try my Panasonic zoom camera at capturing the moon.
You can check out the results in the video on a previous post.
Slowly increasing the mileage on Anglesey, last October covered 6 miles of the eastern part of the island. The days plan was to cover 8 miles of the southern part of the island, from Gogogoch round to Beaumaris.
Note to those travelling by train to Anglesey, all the stops before Holyhead on the island are request stops so you need to make sure you tell or find! in my case the conductor. Think otherwise I would of been walking a 12 mile section from Holyhead, but that can be saved for another time!
Leaving Gogogoch station it's a short walk to Wales Coast Path and I couldn't of asked for better weather with views back to the mainland and the Welsh mountains.
This section of the path allows you take in both bridges which joins Anglesey to the mainland. Parts are very tranquil and an abundance of birds and cattle. From herons, oyster catchers, geese, bulls and bearded! cows.
Leaving Menai Bridge the path heads inland but the height gained and monotony of walking on a minor road is rewarded with the views back to the mountains.
Other pictures of the day can be found in the video of a previous post along with view of journeys end at Beaumaris.
So the total for miles on Anglesey to date is 14. My next walk will take me past 100 miles :-)
Saturday, 15 March 2014
First YouTube video to reach 10,000 views
This week one of my YouTube has passed 10,000 views.
Testing the 40 times optical zoom on the Fuji bridge camera has now attracted over 10,000 views.
Total views for my channel has passed 50,000 so pleased just one video has helped me reach that benchmark!
Be interesting to see if any of my other Lego videos in my Top 10 can pass Lego Pacific Rim Trailer for views.
Two recent videos include:
- Lego Cuusoo Back to the Future DeLorean set 21103 (time-lapse)
- Pictures taken on the Olympus PEN E-PL3 with M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F/2.8 lens
Monday, 3 March 2014
My first off-road race
Yesterday I took part in the Cloud 9 Hill Race, an off-road running race from Congleton to Bosley Cloud and back.
The distance is 9 miles or 14.5km over trail, road and boggy! fields.
As it was the first time I'd entered a running race and knowing the terrain and ascent in advance! I set myself a time of under 2 hours to complete the course with a mixture of walking! and jogging.
With support from the marshals around the course and members of the public out walking I managed to finish it with a time of 1 hour 56 minutes (419/432 place).
Thanks to the other runners I spoke to along the way who helped keep me going.
On the way back I thought I may loose my running shoes in the muddy fields but managed to keep them on!
Some photos taken on the day by taken by Bryan Dale and Michael Escolme. (Thanks for being able to download them for free :) )
Will I be doing it again next year? The answer is Yes!
The distance is 9 miles or 14.5km over trail, road and boggy! fields.
As it was the first time I'd entered a running race and knowing the terrain and ascent in advance! I set myself a time of under 2 hours to complete the course with a mixture of walking! and jogging.
With support from the marshals around the course and members of the public out walking I managed to finish it with a time of 1 hour 56 minutes (419/432 place).
Thanks to the other runners I spoke to along the way who helped keep me going.
On the way back I thought I may loose my running shoes in the muddy fields but managed to keep them on!
Some photos taken on the day by taken by Bryan Dale and Michael Escolme. (Thanks for being able to download them for free :) )
Will I be doing it again next year? The answer is Yes!
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