On The Road 3. Royal Ascot.

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Behind The Scenes At Royal Ascot.

This week I am filming for five days at Royal Ascot, possibly one of the biggest horse racing meetings in the UK, not counting the Grand National. This is the fifth time I have filmed here and it is always a good event to be asked to work at, especially when the weather is at it's best and the sun is shining.

Here you can see John McCrirrick, of Sky At The Races talking with a colleague live into the racing programme, and the Soundman trying in vain to turn him down a bit. A very difficult job in any circumstances. Having said that, John is one of the nicest people to work with in live broadcasting because he certainly knows his horse racing, and his unpredictability in front of camera makes for an entertaining days work.

Ascot itself, since the big rebuild years ago, is a pleasure to work at. The grounds and the main stand are a stunning sight to see, and when the sun is out on Ladies day, the champers is flowing the fun starts and a good day is generally had by all. I like working here for obvious reasons and the fact that we, as the press, are very well catered for and well looked after.

Below is a picture of the Media village secreted away from the main stand where all the technical bods, satellite trucks and direction for the whole five days take place. My live camera is attached by digital wireless link to a SISLink truck, where my pictures are relayed via satellite to Melbourne in Australia, as I am working all week for Sky TV Australia.

I hope you liked a brief insight behind the scenes at Royal Ascot. I have taken plenty of pictures which I hope to post at another time, but for now, I have to be back at work in half an hour for day three. Take care, and bye for now.

Paul Martin.
Media Attention Ltd.
www.media-attention.co.uk

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More Reminders Of Not So Long Ago.

So, there I was, flicking through a few photo compact flash cards, when I came across a few nice pictures from way back when. You remember, the time when we were all pretty much up to our collective arses in snow and ice.

I took these from around the Meon Valley area in Hampshire whilst out and about filming stuff for my library. Luckily, I have a four wheel drive and managed to get about without getting myself stuck, unlike one car I came across. ( see below )

As I remember it, I had a very enjoyable day out, and the scenery was absolutely stunning. I also remember I used my towing rope on more than one occasion to rescue unlucky drivers from a freezing night in the car.

It still surprises me the amount of people willing to risk a drive in the country without being prepared for getting themselves stuck.

As this person found out, spending a night in the car in the freezing snow is a very uncomfortable experience.

So, there you have it. Sorry for the reminders of a winter that most of us would rather forget, but I thought that a few of you would like to see the pictures. I hope you liked them.

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Reminder Of Winter.

I just thought that now Summer is almost upon us, I would drag you all back to the dark days of only a few months ago.

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BBC News Live Shoot.

Whilst filming with the BBC Breakfast news in Chobham, Surrey, I took a few pictures of us at work for your viewing pleasure. I hope you like the sneak preview of the behind the scenes at the BBC News.
BBC and SKY News Outside Broadcast trucks.

Marcus, our intrepid ( and dry) satellite engineer / knob twiddler / tech genius.

My BBC Reporter Phil Lavelle, interviews Marmalade the pony.

And of course, yours truly, filming the whole shebang for the BBC audiences viewing pleasure, whilst they have their breakfast.

The whole morning went extremely well except for the rain, and the fact that every time i switched on the camera the horses and ponies seemed to sense that we were going live, and buggered off. But, we got on air at every request with no blips so that's a bonus.

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