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Around Brynllwyd Glamping, near Pontarfynach, approximately 15 miles east of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 2nd September 2023.
About the photograph.
Rali Ceredigion was the first actual rallying motorsport event I attended.
I’m really more of a Formula 1 fan, and keep up with the F1 news, even attended my first real live F1 race in 2019. I do like rally motorsports too, but hardly really keep up with the news and details.
Having lived my life with self-doubt because of the negativity I get from family, teachers, social workers, over my choice of career (I wanted to be a working photographer) due to myself being a deaf person with speech impaired, I now want to believe in myself, and break out of the negativity.
That’s why I am aiming to get to do non-paid freelance work, for myself, as a way of building up experience, and building up a portfolio, as my aim is to plan ahead and hope to set up my own business.
So, I’ve been doing some photojournalism of Pride parades, doing basketball photography, and even booked models for fashion photos.
Then I thought to see how I feel about motorsports photography, and thought about looking for a rallying event. In part, to see it and enjoy it for myself, and in part, to have a go doing rally photography.
I found out about Rali Ceredigion that was to take place not very far from Aberystwyth, which is where my closer friend was born. I figured to invite my best friend to come with me, because it would give my friend a chance to see their family too.
So we went there for the weekend, and I bought tickets for both of us to attend the event.
The photo shows my attempts to get to do rally photography. I think I have a long way to go, still got to get the right shutter speed, correct aperture, correct ISO setting, and all that stuff. I’m familiar with what techniques to use, but haven’t actually done photos of the rally event, so I lack the experience needed.
Who knows? Maybe next time I may decide to go to another rallying event, and try to improvise.
I didn’t get a programme guide, and I struggle to find the details of that event, so I don’t really know who the driver was.
The car in the photo, appears to be a second generation Ford Escort, usually referred as the Ford Escort Mark II. They were in production between December 1974 to August 1980. By the look of it, this model is a 2 door saloon.
They are typically rear wheel drive, and have petrol engines of various sizes mostly between 1.1 L to 1.8 L, and even have a 2.0 L. I have no idea which engine this one have, like I said, I did not have a programme guide or any other information about who’s driving what.
Here in the photo, the car had come from the B4343, drove down this short lane, and turning into another lane which will take them back to the B4343.
About Rali Ceredigion.
Rali Ceredigion first started in 2019, and took place on closed public roads in Wales, not far from Aberystwyth.
It is sponsored by JDS Machinery, and in the sponsorship form, the full name of the event is often called JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion.
Over the next few years, it expanded into the British Rally Championship (BRC) events for local and nation divers, and into the European Rally Championship (ERC) for nation and international drivers.
It is possible for up to around 150 cars to take part, in approximately 14 stages, over 113 miles, during the 3 days event (according to 2025 information).
For more details, including next events, simply Google “Rali Ceredigion”
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