Ball skills...

I left home in the bright sunshine this morning, full of good intentions of bringing you a worthwhile blip from Hampton Court, some flowers, or wildlife, or maybe some architectural curiosity. Upon arrival at Chubby Henry's riverside retreat, I pulled out my big grown-up camera, powered it up, and almost burst into tears of rage and frustration when I was greeted by the message "no card in camera". Sometimes I am left astounded by my own stupidity!

One unnecessarily slow bus journey, and a quick visit to Jessops to buy a cheap SD card later, I found myself sitting near the river bemoaning the lack of interesting subject matter to shoot. Just then this lad, who had been sitting a few benches away, got up and started performing the most amazing routines with a football that I've ever seen - Blip sorted!

These aren't the greatest shots as I didn't really think through the settings properly, but I think they convey some off the sense of movement involved.