Two football games covered.... just!

My Saturday proved to be a bit more hectic than I had planned.

I had started the day with a short list of to-do's.

Basically.... Motocross pics, Football pics and more Football pics... finally a few pics of a gig.

Things started off well. I had timed my visit to the Motocross track to coincide with the start of racing... I'd missed the warmup laps which don't offer much for a photographer.

This visit was always planned to be short as I had to get down to the Corbet Field for the Jeremie Cup football kick-off at twelve.

But sometime things don't go as planned. Maybe it was the lack of recent practice photographing MX or, more likely, a 'schoolboy error' by me, Who knows?

When I had checked in with the Clerk of the Course, he said to me 'you're going to get muddy today'. Little did I know how true that was!

The track was indeed very muddy after heavy overnight rain. However my clothing and boots were well up to the job and I settled into a spot that would, hopefully, be perfect to capture close action shots of the start of racing.

But it seems I miscalculated how safe I was as when the pack of bikes hit the holeshot for the start of the A Class race the group couldn't all fit around the tight line of the holeshot and they spread across the width of the track throwing vast quantities of sticky wet mud into the air... and yes you may have guessed... over me too!

I really should have anticipated this, but it is easier with hindsight.

The result was that I ended up leaving the track early as a change of clothing was needed and more importantly my cameras had to be washed down as they had taken the full force of the flying sticky mud!

So, after an early exit I quickly headed for home where clean clothes and a hose down for cameras and lenses awaited. After that was done I ran late for the rest of the day.

I'll added a pic of the mess later. For now you can see the two football galleries by following the links:
CLICK TO VIEW VALE REC v ST PETER JEREMIE CUP PICS
CLICK TO VIEW GFC v CHALFONT ST PETER PICS