Friday, 27 February 2009

Another time of day - at night

Tonight... i have my camera (this was last night but go with me)
So i will be taking some shots. We are on a break so we're parked up in a lay-by just south of Shrewsbury.
A few lengths back from two sleeping lorry drivers. Who are we to disturb the knights of the road. The garage sandwiches are nothing to write home about but they fill a hole along with the latte from the Coffee Nation machine.
Who would own up to creating such crap tasting cardboard?
we so need to learn from the french...pleeease!
It's good to stop and the air is mild so it's out of the motor to dump some rubbish and see what sights are there to be shot.
traffic.
We're in street-lighting which will affect the effect but let's have a look-see.

That's looking south. I lean against the sloping bonnet of the peril watching what's passing by. Whilst still sat in the cab i noticed that the traffic moved quite fast. Some eager to get past slower drivers. It's a whole other ballgame during daylight hours. More traffic less speed tho people still wanting to move quicker.
There's a freedom during the dark hours especially when it's dry.
Now, i'm leaning against a vehicle that stands out. It's lurid yellow with battenburg checks down the side plus the added lightbars etc. I am now stood holding the camera in front of my face pointing at the road.
I seriously reckon that people were not driving quite so quickly.
Now, as i said, our vehicle is yellow. A specific yellow that no other working motor can wear including the police but people are not quite as quick exiting or entering the 30 limit close to where we're parked.

Time to move on and watching traffic approaching may make for a shot or two.
Blurred but with light trails. A wagon is oncoming which gives an added dimension to the lights.
It allows me to stay awake. I couldn't get back to sleep meaning i've not slept enough so staying awake as much as possible has gotter be safer in case i ned to drive later. We're only just over halfway thro' the shift so i nede to be acreful. I may even need to refuse the keys if i think i'm gonna be unsafe. I don't wanna be contacting harshly with any static pieces of tall wood by the roadside - now do i?

Ahead another vehicle is marked as it spends times on the byways of the UK

It's a HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE vehicle which we follow into Craven Arms where he pulls over and we carry on our way.
I am grateful that we weren't needed later.

Coming to now part 3 of the Six Nations has kciked off. After just over half an hour and Wales has the edge over France in Paris in the Stade de France.3 -13
6 - 13 at 37 minutes and we're moving forward again
COME ON BOYS!!!!!...... it's a hard bruising game!
Oh dear... as we approach half-time the french touch-down.

What will the second half bring? It's hard to watch

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