{"id":4412,"date":"2012-10-01T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4412"},"modified":"2012-10-06T00:22:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T23:22:11","slug":"tour-britain-photo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markwilson.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/10\/tour-britain-photo-shoot.htm","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Britain photo shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"The rest of Team Sky (3) by Mark Wilson, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mark-wilson\/7989861365\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8322\/7989861365_fe1b822b2e_z.jpg?resize=610%2C215\" alt=\"The rest of Team Sky (3)\" width=\"610\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, I&#8217;m not at work. In fact, as you read this, I should be starting to make my way back from North Yorkshire after a long weekend of photography (heavy rain\/floods permitting). \u00a0It all started a few years ago when my long-suffering wife suggested that, instead of hijacking our family holidays and leaving her on her own in a cottage (without power on one memorable\u00a0occasion) whilst I go out to take pictures, I should have a couple of dedicated weekends a year instead. So, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve be doing this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Getting read for my jaunt to Whitby, the surrounding coast and the North Yorkshire Moors reminded me of my last\u00a0photography\u00a0outing &#8211; a trip to watch the Welsh stage of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tourofbritain.com\/\">Tour of Britain<\/a> a couple of weeks ago. \u00a0I contemplated trying to catch the race in two places but, in the end, decided that Welsh roads, traffic and weather were likely to conspire against me getting ahead of the peloton so, after a quick location scout on an already-crowded Caerphilly Mountain, I took up\u00a0position back in the town, sitting on a street sign, on the last corner before the finish line, in a spot where I should see the riders come past me twice.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"&quot;This is the line...&quot; by Mark Wilson, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mark-wilson\/7989917602\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8439\/7989917602_76fd8e143a.jpg?resize=176%2C500\" alt=\"&quot;This is the line...&quot;\" width=\"176\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>I was amazed at how close to the action it&#8217;s possible to get with the Tour of Britain. Back in the mid-90s I went to watch some stages of the Network Q RAC Rally and could literally stand on the side of a forest track half way up a mountain as cars shot past at very high speed but I imagine these days &#8220;health and safety&#8221; have taken over and it must be a lot more controlled. The last kilometre of the cycling has barriers for crowd control but with two loops of Caerphilly Mountain inside towards the end of the race the crowds were up there, rather than in town. I later saw from the television pictures that the mountain spectators were all over the road, right up to the riders, shouting encouragement, just like on a stage of the Tour de France or Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a &#8211; very un-British and fantastic to see.<\/p>\n<p>I know we&#8217;ve had an amazingly successful summer of cycling here in the UK with the Team Sky\/Bradley Wiggins Tour de France success, followed by the Olympics (road and track) and even a fourth place for Chris Froome in the Vuelta but it was great to see so many people out for the Tour of Britain. Sadly, Wiggo pulled out of the Tour that day and mountains were never going to lead to a strong finish for Cav (his last few days in the rainbow Jersey) but it was great to see another Brit in the shape of Jonathan Tiernan-Locke take the Gold jersey (before he went on to win the Tour two days later).<a title=\"Matt Stephens by Mark Wilson, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mark-wilson\/7989913379\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8437\/7989913379_39809c5e29_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"Matt Stephens\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a> \u00a0After the presentations, I could (almost) get to the Team Sky bus (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealStephens\/status\/246634654743015425\/photo\/1\">the &#8220;Death Star&#8221;<\/a>), could definitely get close to the other teams, and even managed to say hello to Matt Stephens (Race Controller and TV Presenter).\u00a0Unlike some sports, it seems that the stars of professional road race cycling are still (reasonably) accessible for the fans.<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie url=&#8221;https:\/\/twitter.com\/markwilsonit\/status\/246905176387112960&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Although my wife thought I was mad to drive to Wales and wait around for hours to take some pics of blokes on bikes zooming past, I had a great day out. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mark-wilson\/sets\/72157631544195976\/\">Here are a selection of the images from that day<\/a> &#8211; and I&#8217;ll be back at my desk and blogging again later in the week, hopefully with a load more pictures to share.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmark-wilson%2Fsets%2F72157631544195976%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fmark-wilson%2Fsets%2F72157631544195976%2F&amp;set_id=72157631544195976&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=109615\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I&#8217;m not at work. 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