Things that take a long time to do....

In 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off on 16th July, spent 21 hours on the moon and splashed down 8 days later.

The Snooker World Championships at the Crucible in Sheffield run over 17 days each year.

The 2012 Olympics in London ran from 27th July to 12th August - 17 days in total.

The 2014 Football World Cup ran from 12th June to 13th July - a total of 32 days......which only just beats the 29 days that it took EE to unlock my Samsung phone.

So, the moral of the story is: we can put a man on the moon, but if you ask EE to do a simple thing, expect it to take a little longer - much longer.

Hewlett Packard - kiss of death?

As the headline sponsor for a team often thought as one of the 'BIG SIX' in recent years, Hewlett Packard must have thought they were on to a good thing to have their logo splashed across the chests of a premiership football team.

Based on the performance at the Etihad Stadium yesterday, perhaps Hewlett Packard should be looking for more of an 'in-form' team.  Accrington Stanley anybody?  (Or is it that the mighty Spurs need someone with a lucky touch.....?)

Sheffield Varsity 2013

Well, it all 'ended' yesterday on a bit of a b*m note as Sheffield Wednesday decided that they didn't want two student games cutting up their pitch ahead of an important clash with Cardiff City their pitch was frozen and so a risk to health and safety.  So, football and a few other clashes still to be decided but it leaves the University of Sheffield in the position of finally being able to wrest the Varsity Trophy away from the cabinet at Hallam Univesity where it has been screwed down for the last 9 years.....

I finished off yesterday with photos of badminton, kaufball and athletics at a very dim and dingy EIS (I did offer them 10 bob for the electric meter).  It really pushed the cameras to get any sort of half-decent speed at 6400 ISO and f/2.8 - thank goodness for the ability to drag details out of the shadows in Photoshop!

Will try to put some photos on my website this weekend after a Saturday morning spent being creative (or trying to be) with two fencers, a black backdrop and some glow-sticks!

Blooming freezing!

Headed out to Damflask Reservoir early yesterday morning to photograph the Varsity 2013 rowing matches.  The 14 races started just after 8am as advertised on a very cold morning with the hills covered in a layer of snow and flurries blowing across the water at various times.

By 9:30am I could take no more - even with gloves on, I couldn't feel my fingers any more and headed back to the car.

Looking forward to the final day on Wednesday - athletics, kaufball and badminton at the EIS and then to Hillsborough for the ladies and mens football matches.