Last Monday evening the weatherman said that Tuesday was
going to have temperatures above the seasonal average and after the early cloud
had thinned there would be sunny spells....NAH!!....
.....It was cold, damp and foggy where I was!!
As I hadn't been for some time I decided, on the strength of
the weather forecast, to visit Ivinghoe Beacon. I left home in mild slightly
overcast conditions and drove the 8.5 miles to the Beacon car park. It was a
quite foggy when I arrived, and after about 20 minutes of sitting and waiting in the car the fog didn't seem to be clearing, but the weatherman did say it would clear
later so I was not really concerned!
So, off I set with binoculars, DSLR (fitted with the 400mm
'birding' lens) and my video camera in the hope of some good bird pictures....as
you've probably guessed by now the weather man is an a..e and the fog and mist
stayed all day, so no bird pictures.
However, I did manage to take quite a bit of video footage of
my walk to the top of the Beacon....in the fog!
After all the editing
was done I had a video of about 15 minutes long, so to spare you the agony of
watching the whole thing I've split it into two shorter videos.... giving you
the opportunity to skip out after the first one!!
Not only are there two videos for you to plough through but
you've got to suffer listening to my voice as well...yes! it's my first attempt
at 'talkies'!! I should now apologise
for the stilted commentary and the long pauses but I'm still having trouble,
thinking about what to say, and then saying it, whilst still pointing the
camera in the right direction!!
So, I hope you find the videos interesting and I look
forward to your comments, but please don't hold back, say it as it is, in the
hope that I can take heed and improve for next time....Aaargggh!! he's not
going to do some more, is he? I can hear you say......Well, maybe!!
Now the P.SS.D OFF bit...This post was supposed to happen
yesterday but after spending four and a half hours trying to upload the videos
to YouTube only to have them 'fail' with just minutes to go I said.. 'oh dear,
never mind'!!!!.. and went to bed. At
5.30 this morning they both loaded in about twenty minutes each......I hate
YouTube...[:-{{
The videos....
The videos....
