I managed to get a few tickets to go and watch the London Roller Girls compete against Team Canada this weekend. Brian, Clare, Robert, Victoria & I had a really good evening, though we all felt a bit dodgy bringing our Tesco bags full of booze into the community center.

With Canadian Flags in hand we were cheering like mad, but our cheers were drowned out by the London fans. In the end, the Brawlers dominated Team Canada but the final score was quickly forgotten with the help of a few pints at a local pub.

Here’s a couple of quick shots from the evening. My first vantage point was terrible as the folks in front of me were standing so most (all) of those shots included the tops of people heads. Very annoying. The second spot I wedged myself into was much better, but as it was on the corner there weren’t many action shots. Some of the portrait type photos turned out quite well though.

As usual, the rest of the series (there’s a few) can be found here.

Robert, Marnie and I spent the easter long weekend in Borovets for a bit of skiing and some R&R. Unfortunately, I managed to mangle my back right before touching down and only got in 2 runs the entire trip.

Fortunately, you don’t need a stable back drink beer in any country so the trip wasn’t a total write off.

Due to my bad back I didn’t manage to get any other worthy photos of the area (it’s a heavy camera!). I did however have my little G9 and there are a heap of snapshots here.

I brought Robert along to an 8th day outing this eve for a bit of archery with the folks from 2020 Archery. It was a blast, and I believe I won the little showdown Robert and I had (by a healty margin if I do say so myself).

Anyways, I took the camera along (of course) but didn’t learn many of the peoples names so there are a few blanks…

The rest of the photos are here.

Since creating this site a couple of weeks ago I’ve been trying to haul my camera pretty much everywhere I go, but it seems to end up at the fencing club more than anywhere else.

I did try playing with some new angles this time, and even got a few from the upper level that turned out alright. I may not get as many keepers with this new lens as it’s sort of slow to focus, but I’m really pleased with the ones that do turn out.

As usual, the rest of the images can be found here.

Ok, so they’re not really “mountains” per se, but the hills of the Afan Forest are steep enough to get you huffing & puffing on the way up, and your heart racing on the way back down.

It was my first outing with the 8th Day Adventure Sports Club, and about 25 of us descended on the L&A club in Port Talbot for the weekend. They’re a great group of people on and off the mountain, I’ve already joined the club and am looking forward to the next outing!

The rest of the photos from the weekend are all here.