I was lucky to be able to attend the final event for the Lloyds Cyclo-cross National Trophy Series of 2025-26.
Cyclo-cross is cycle racing over rough terrain with steep hills, twisting tracks and tough sections where the riders must dismount and carry their bikes. In this particular event there was even a section that required riders to cross a section of sand on the beach. Races are held for different classes for men, women, kids, with different age ranges.
More imagesNikon D7500 + Sigma 17-50mm @50mm ; f13 ; 1/80 sec; ISO100 – taken 2 January 2026.
Taken at the final races of the Lloyds Cyclo-cross National Trophy Series of 2025-26 – Organised event was very impressive. There will be more images of the cyclo-cross riders soon on this blog.
I’m submitting this image as part of the Monochrome-Madness Challenge with this week’s topic of ‘Circles, hosted by Dawn. For more info about Monochrome Madness visit Leanne’s blog.
Monochrome Madness goes in for triptychs this week, thanks to the challenge by Elke at Pictures Imperfect Blog. I’ve not done this before – never even thought of doing a triptych. Gave it a try and found it quite easy to achieve. So I have a couple here. The first relates to a dress horse competition. I think I could improve on the relationship between the images but I’m quite pleased with this first attempt.
Next, Picking out some images from a local 10k run, I’ve put these three together.
You can click on these images to get larger presentations – unusual feature on this blog.
So, I’m quite taken by this idea. I’m going to put this in the back of my mind and will bring this out sometime again – who knows when?
Thanks again to Elke and Leanne and all involved with Monochrome-madness. If you like to see Elke’s challenge post, just click here
After the day’s toil
Here now on the water
Arms thrashing
Pulling with blades
Into the torrent
Lead image :-Nikon D7500 + Sigma 105mm f2.8 lens; taken at f6.3; 1/1000sec; ISO1600
I’ve been lucky to have joined my camera club’s outing to the Pinkston Watersports Park in Glasgow on a evening when avid kayakers were practicing their supreme skills in guiding their crafts through tumbling white water. It was a great opportunity to get close to sports men and women with the camera, certainly better than travelling to the great competitions that take place on more remote venues on rivers in the Scottish highlands.
read more / more imagesClassic Car shows are not something I regularly attend but every now and then a visit certainly brings back memories and feelings of nostalgia. The Ayrshire Classic Car Club displays cars many times each year at different venues but this one was so close to home I had to go along.
read more – car photosCurrently, the 2023 Rugby World Cup is underway in France. The Scotland rugby team unfortunately came up against the impressive South Africa team in their first match and lost out despite playing really well. They’ll get a couple of wins in their section but will need to beat Ireland on the 7th October to progress to the quarterfinals.
So, I thought this was a time to post a few rugby images, of which I now have many.
more imagesResponding to Tina’s challenge, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge – Taking Flight, though I’m a wee bit late here. But I remembered these two little propeller aircraft doing a superb air display down at Ayr beach during the Scottish Air Show.
What’s a beat-up Philadelphia taxi doing in Glasgow?
Was I lucky? I don’t know but back in 2011, I was wandering round Glasgow with my camera. It was a Saturday and had just dropped my wife off at her tutorial. And didn’t I just stumble on the making of ‘World War Z’? – the post-apocalyptic zombie action horror film starring Brad Pitt.
Continue reading “World War Z”I’ve been lucky to have opportunities for sports action over the years. I don’t know if I’ll be doing so much sports photography in future – I have ideas of making changes – so I thought I’d put together some of my better action images to date.
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