Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

The annual wartime era reenactment event The Victory Show took place at Foxlands Farm in Cosby over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of September. Featuring hundreds of reenactor and living history groups the event is one of the largest of its kind in the UK. The Victory Show features a woodland skirmish and battlefield recreation with troops, vehicles and loud explosions giving crowds a feel for warfare during this era. My film takes a look at the event and displays both in the woods and in the camp before moving to the airfield to see various planes on display. We end with a Hawker Hurricane waiting to take off and head back to its home base.

  The Archers Festive Tractor Run makes its way through the Leicestershire village of Cosby. For a 3rd year over 200 tractors and Dustbin (Refuse) trucks made their way along a route that takes in several Leicestershire villages and raises funds for local charities (Leicestershire MS Therapy Centre and The Air Ambulance) decorated in festive lights and decorations ranging from inflatable santa's through to life sized red cows and fully decorated Christmas trees the vehicles sounded their horns to great the gathered crowds lining the route, some horns even played versions of popular music !.

On the 30th Anniversary of Thrust 2 breaking the World Land Speed Record I visited the Coventry Transport Museum to meet driver Richard Noble and designer John Ackroyd. Thrust 2 is a British designed and built jet propelled car, which held the world land speed record from 1983 to 1997 and is currently on display at Coventry`s Transport Museum. The car (designed by John Ackroyd and driven by Richard Noble) reached a top speed of 650.88 mph (1,047.49 km/h) breaking the World Land Speed record at 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, USA on October 4, 1983. 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of this achievement and a special event was held at the Coventry Transport Museum (the cars current home) allowing the public a chance to get a close look at the car and meet the team behind it. The Cars successor (and current holder of the Land Speed Record) Thrust SSC is also housed at the museum and is also featured in my video.

A selection of VW Camper Vans (and their owners) meet at the Scarborough Surf Festival. The Campers where lined up along the seafront with a selection of colours, designs and types each one reflecting its owners personality. The backdrop of waves and professional surfers competing completed the scene as the public got the chance to examine every inch of the well loved vans.

A Short film by me featuring action from Saturday`s Wales Rally GB Sweet Lamb stage and its water splash. Wales Rally GB is the final round of the WRC and sees the worlds top rally drivers competing over a series of stages in the hills and valleys of Wales, Various models of car are used and are based on their road going counterparts but all have been highly modified for the demanding and fast paced motor sport of rallying. see some photos from the day after the jump. > Some images from the Wales rally GB Sweet lamb stage.