Riding a Welsh crocodile..... - a photo on Flickriver

            
Yes that’s right folks, in order to get this little snaperoo with  the river flowing either side of me, old Magoo resorted to balancing on the back of a hungry Welsh crocodile.

Sigh - the things we do for art eh?

Now I realise there will be naysayers amongst you who doubt the existence of  such an exotic beast and, whilst I’ll grant you they are rare, almost as rare as their relative the Welsh dragon, the best advice I can give to such negative types is - stop listening to baseless rumours and just believe your own eyes. Look at the evidence, the proof,  look at the photo for goodness sake! 

Yes, yes, I realise you can’t actually see the crocodile’s head, but I could have got it - and I’ll be honest it was a coin toss, but if I had you also would have had my left foot and no view, and as the whole point of struggling to get atop the hellish creature was to snap the view, then the view is what you’ve got! So quit complaining, the crocodile was there and  I bested  the dread thing which wasn’t easy I can assure you …..

A bit of advice if you are thinking of trying this yourself, honestly, don’t bother with a tripod, he’ll just ruin it, carbon fibre no match for these  skittish fellows,  they are seriously disturbed - and when you first get atop the brute he won’t be at all happy and will try and dismount you by rolling or some such nonsense, so it might be prudent to get in some practice first on say a log in a swimming pool,  preferably one with a wave machine it will help you ride his antics, well the constant rolling anyhow, the violent thrashing you are gonna have to pick up as you go, on the hoof so to speak. Just be warned - these guys have absolutely no sense of humour so a fast shutter speed is good.

There you have it,  at a glance a dull and lack lustre day, but in reality anything but…..

Taken on: March 5, 2024

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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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