Hi guys, purely by chance last week I was riding up Hartside when a pro photographer was doing a photo shoot of cars / bikes using that route, I came around an “ S” bend and nearly shat myself cos I thought it was a copper with a speed gun for a moment, so I had rolled off a bit compared to my normal velocity,…ahem One of the guys did a quick google that night, found us and I’ve since bought the high quality digital images, first time in 12 years I’ve had any pictures of me actually riding the bike and I’m quite pleased with them,..it almost looks like I know what I’m doing ffs !!.. The cool thing is that it’s a young lady who takes these pics, Mellisa Haig is her name and she’s contactable on instagram as “ Melonsnaps” I believe, she’s great to deal with and I’m dead pleased with the images, I know she does Hartside, Helmsley and Croft If you were up Hartside on the 8th April it’s worth searching her images on Instagram, you never know
I was always baffled when I’d seen photographers buried in the hedges when out for a ride until one positioned themselves on my favourite stretch of road. They kindly left a board a few hundred metres before and after their position. When I found the pics online I began to understand the appeal!
