Thursdays are now tennis days. Our little group is back on the courts and I am realising how much I have missed smacking a ball about.
I am still writing copious amounts and have really enjoyed putting together articles on village history, something I hope to develop over the coming months.
I mentioned my website at www.peterowensteward,weebly.com where I know have hundreds of photographs taken during lockdown in three separate files - the first covering March and April, the second May and the third June. I am going to continue updating these files until the end of June.
For any one interested I also have a number of other websites that might be of interest. Many of them need updating and more photographs added.
Below are just some of them:
www.norfolkcoasthopping.weebly.com - a site full of photographs of the Norfolk coast.
www.norfolkpeopleandplaces.weebly.com - all about people and places in Norfolk that have helped shape the county.
www.hethersettatwar.weebly.com - Hethersett between the years 1910 and 1950 including details of the two world war.
www.norfolkphotographs.weebly.com - Hundreds of photographs of Norfolk villages, towns and cities along with photos of many other places visited throughout the world.
www.yarmouthnorfolk.weebly.com - Many of my ancestors came from Great Yarmouth and this is my look at the history of the town (this site is in its infancy)
Please do have a look at the sites. Some have much more on than others at the moment. I would love to receive any comments on anything you have read. Do e-mail me at [email protected].
On my own website I have a section for some of my favourite photographs. On the site I include a description of what they mean to me. At the top of this page are a couple of my favourite sports photos.
This first image is of top jockey Frankie Dettori - probably the best known jockey since Lester Piggott hung up his whip. Despite (or maybe because of) being Italian, Frankie won over the hearts of the British public with his fun, sense of humour and positive attitude. He became a sporting icon and a celebrity outside his sport before becoming well known for a drug habit that threatened to destroy his future. I took the image below at Newmarket Races on August 1st, 2008. It pictures Dettori on Awinnersgame after winning the 7 p.m race. He is on his way into the winner's enclosure. Somehow the expression on his face shows the fierce competitive spirit of the man alongside the obvious humour - the steely determination that is often hidden by the public fun persona that saw him posing for photographs and chatting to people during the evening. Apologies to Awinnersgame for having to cut most of him out of the picture but there were thousands of people around and getting a decent shot was difficult as I only had a split second to take it.
Taking sports photographs is problematic to say the least. Firstly you need a very long lens and secondly perfect timing. Usually I have neither. Occasionally, however, it does all come together as in the second photograph. I'm sure the batsman will forgive me as he's my youngest son. There are mitigating circumstances for what in cricket is known as "an agricultural heave." Matthew will point out that this was the last over of a limited over game and he had to hit out. The result is evident for all to see. I was very pleased to picture the exact point at which the ball hit the stumps. This picture has plenty of energy and action. This was taken in May 2008 at Hethersett and Tas Valley Cricket Club in Flordon, Norfolk.