Get as close as is safe... then one step closer...

Well, that was a bit too close for comfort!

Whilst photographing today's GMC&CC Guernsey Trials meeting at St Germain I had a bit of a moment when Sam Torode powered up a very slippery slope.... straight towards me!

After watching other riders on the section I had decided what the best angle (I thought) was for a dramatic action shot.

I backed into the bushes on the top of a steep and slippery climb.

I'd seen the line that other riders were using and this viewpoint should be perfect for me.... but I'd missed one important detail.

Sam is a Red Route (Expert) rider, so he was going to take a different line. When this difference was combined with the slippery surface, Sam had to use full power to have any chance of making it up the climb!

As I had nowhere to go the only thing to do was to keep the shutter pressed...

My sequence of pics (see the website) tell the story. Well done Sam for missing me!

A NOTE FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: The lens I was using was a 24mm wide angle. You will understand just how close that front tyre was to wiping me out!!
Here's a link to the gallery:
CLICK TO VIEW THE TRIALS PICS FROM ST GERMAIN