Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

My film features some of the pre-race atmosphere and start of the race in Oakham before following the cyclists out into the surrounding countryside and showcases the spectacular speed at which the bikes travel. The Rutland to Melton Cicle Classic is a road bicycle race that starts in Oakham and finishes in Melton Mowbray. The race features many off-road sections and short, sharp climbs on narrow farm tracks in this way it is similar to the Paris–Roubaix and Tour of Flanders races.

The GCR Railways At Work event featured period vehicles and traction engines helping to turn Quorn & Woodhouse station into a recreation of a working goods yard showing how the railways moved freight around the country, becoming a lifeline to towns and villages ahead of the age of mass road transportation. A Jinty type steam loco worked the Quorn sidings alongside the period vehicles and a 'blink and you`ll miss it' high speed mail train also featured. In my short film I hope to capture some of the atmosphere of the event and all that was going on at this busy and well attended event. Images follow