Going around in circles - at speed

It was Grandson #1's 5th birthday recently and, as a treat, the family spent an evening at the Plymouth Speedway. A great night was had by all, especially the young man in question.

We (Mrs P Senior and myself - there was another Mrs P there as well but she is Mrs P Junior) had never been to a speedway meeting before so it was all new to us. It's never too late for a new experience, so we can put a tick in the Speedway box. Basically, teams of four riders go around the track as fast as they can, strewing grid over everybody daft enough to stand too close to the edge of the track (namely me) and finishing after 4 laps. And this goes on and on until the end of the allotted laps or one of the riders gives up because of terminal dizziness.

A good opportunity for some colourful photographs and a good opportunity to discover how hard it is to get a decent image of a fast moving object - even with fast shutter speed and an impressive panning technique (who was impressed? Me, that's who).

It's not all about going around in circles. We were entertained by some loony dressed like a red something or other who turned out to be the Plymouth Devils' mascot.

And if that wasn't exciting enough, we could watch a tractor levelling the track surface.

And, as a bonus, we had the man with the magic rake to look at as well. Be still, my beating heart.