Weekend of Driving
It’s been a good weekend. Went down the pub after work for a cider or 4, apparently I got quite loud, but I say pfft to that. I had fun, so who cares?
Got up early Saturday (8am) and washed the car (new photos are here) then headed off to Cheltenham to visit Chris and demo the car – there are some really good roads around there! Had a rather nice BBQ Steak wrap for lunch at The Toad in the Hole I think it was called. Tried to find a Birthday present for Mum, but nothing was forthcoming. I’ll sort something out this week.
The car passed the running in point on the way home, but the tyre pressure light came on so I couldn’t try it out. One tyre turned out to be 4psi down, so I guess the sensors are pretty accurate!
Been to Cardiff today with Mum and Dad to look at cars, Mini is definately looser now and even seems to be getting more miles to the gallon. Then headed off to Bristol is visit Neal and view Scary Movie 3, very, very funny movie. I recommend it. Knocks the first 2 into a cocked hat, probably down to the involvement of the gang from Hot Shots! and The Naked Gun. I keep meaning to ask Neal about Helen, but I can never really work out how to phrase it. I’ll work something out eventually. I think I know the answer to the question I want to ask about her, but I won’t know for definate until I do ask. Aargh! I supposed to be going to a party up near where she lives at the end of the month, so I really need to do something by then.
On my way home from Bristol it was really cold, so I took it steady, which was a bit dull so I took some photos along the way. It was a pretty bizarre trip home. It dropped from 2 degrees above on the Severn Bridge to -1.5 degrees on the roundabout to Chepstow (about 1 mile apart), then in one place I stopped to take a photos I think there were a couple canoodling in a Punto. Then there was a small kid wandering by the side of the road with a blue torch. There was also an Audi parked in a really odd place on the A40, and about 400 yards further on 2 police cars stopped on the dual carriageway next to a burnt out Astra in the barrier.
While putting those photos on I’ve sorted out various photos of the cats and uploaded them. So enjoy!
Hmm, another good review of Scary Movie 3… might have to take a look at that sometime.
OI! Photos from the dashboard were my idea damnit! (I’ll upload some tonight – they’re better than yours
) I hope you know that operating a device capable of recording images is now illegal whilst driving a vehicle… The first photo (with the triangular sign) suggests high speed, shortish exposue, and flashing/pulsing headlights. Do you have the EXIF data handy – I’d like to know what the settings were. Oh, and I trump you on the driving at the weekend – sheet ice, up (and down!) a 1in4 gradient ;P “Marvellous”.
I can get the EXIF data when I get home, however, I think you’re wrong on most guesses there – I was doing about 30mph, exposure was quite long, and I never touched the headlights! I have no doubt yours are better than mine, I just turned the flash off when parked up, stuck it on the dashboard and pressed the button!
Speed can be hard to judge/estimate without knowing the exposure time, but the way the sign has a distinct ‘on and off’ effect, rather than a continuous blur, suggested that your headlights were operating on AC. Of course, you’d only notice say 50Hz at a high enough speed to put sufficient distance between each pulse (see 50Hz streetlights, above). Maybe it’s an effect within the camera – they do weird things for long (and very short) exposures… I *was* joking about mine being better than yours
– I just take 1000s of photos and distil off the best!
You finally saw Scary Movie 3! Told you it was good =D And yeah, i know. Im a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to eBay, arent i? XD But still, the phone could be faulty! I cant wait to test it out =P Also, once again, i will try and reply to your email tonight. I havent even checked my mail for about 3 days. I have no time!!!