Overton Port Eynon, Swansea – BBC One Show Mother of All Challenges for Sports Relief
Here is a short collection of clips shot for the BBC One show “Mother of all Challenges” for Sports Relief with presenter Alex Jones. It was a very early start and a long hike with heavy equipment through muddy fields, but worth it for the breath taking Welsh cliffs and seascapes!
It was great to see a lot of the clips in the final show, that went out live the same day – here is the programme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p061dlmf
“Alex Jones teamed up with four inspirational Mums as they took on five days of gruelling challenges around the UK for Sport Relief. They put their bodies to the test to raise life-changing money and awareness of important issues around maternal health, with the nation following their journey on The One Show. The team braved the cold as they swam across Scotland’s most famous loch, hiked and cycled some of the Lake Districts most famous passes, battled the Porth Yr Ogof cave in the Brecon Beacons and finished with a cross-country run across the hilly Welsh coast. ” – BBC One Show
Bird Droppings, Lichen or a Cell Fault? How a Drone Solar Survey Tells Them Apart
Bird droppings and lichen both make solar cells run warm, and on a thermal image either can look like a genuine module defect. This article explains how each deposit presents, why a dropping can resemble a single cell anomaly and lichen at the frame can resemble an electrical edge pattern, and how a Level III thermographer separates surface growth from faults using the visual image, distribution and symmetry, so every finding reaches the right person.
Missing Insulation, Thermal Bridge or Air Leak: How a Drone Heat Loss Survey Tells Them Apart
A warmer patch on a heat loss thermogram can mean missing insulation, a thermal bridge or an air leak, and each sends the owner to a different specialist. This post explains how a Level III thermographer tells them apart, reading the shape and edges of each pattern against the construction of the building rather than the colour alone, why glass and metal can mislead, and why classification, not the picture, is the real value of a drone heat loss survey.
Why a Building Has to Settle Before a Heat Loss Survey: Thermal Mass Explained
A heat loss survey needs more than a cold night. It also needs a building heated steadily for long enough that heat is flowing through the walls at a settled rate. Thermal mass delays and dampens any change, so a building imaged while it is still warming up shows patterns that look like defects and are not. This post explains what thermal mass does to a thermogram and why the heating regime is agreed before a date is set.
