Welcome to vlog number three and today I'm going on another mission. It’s another big
one today and I’m really going to indulge in a personal project today. It’s something
I’ve been wanting to do for quite sometime and that is to take panoramic view of the
town where I was born. There’s a cliff overlooking the town, really nice place, really nice viewpoints.
Very self-indulgent so I can make blow it up really big, put it up on my wall and film
a tutorial as well of how to a photograph and then post-process panoramas. Today though
to get there is a bit of a long journey. I’ve got really big time constraints today and
I need to be back at home for around 5 o'clock because I'm catching the train. I’ve got
an overnight stay in the beautiful city of Durham. The weather is beautiful again at
the moment. Hopefully, it’s going to hold. So I’m all over the place today, not got
much time so I’m going to get cracking, get packed, get on the road.
Okay I’ve arrived. It’s just a short walk to get to the top. The weather has turned
a little bit, unfortunately, but I don't want this vlog to become all about the British
weather. I don't care because these woods are where I literally grew up. I spent all
my time here as a child bike riding, building dens, playing with friends. It’s so deep
in my heart, I absolutely love it. The time I spent 10 years down London I pined for these
hills time and time again but now I'm back I'm a happy man.
So I’ve just finished filming the panorama tutorial. Annoyingly, the laptop battery ran
out midway through doing the screen cast so, hopefully, you will have seen that tutorial
by now. See if you can see where that actually occurred. Batteries really are the bane of
my life. It really is about time that there’s some breakthrough in battery technology because
they’re such a pain in the backside. I’ve had so many gear issues recently, camera in
the water, that has actually come back to life, thankfully, but gear just not doing
what it should do. They’re tools. I just want them to work and when it doesn’t it’s
particularly annoying especially when you're on a tight timescale. Now I keep saying it’s
good to get into the great outdoors but I’ve got a good bit of advice for you. Earlier
on I was going to jump into that field over a fence so I could get right to the edge and
then get a view over the town that way. The gate was chained so I decided just, actually,
not to do it because just in case. That proved to be a pretty good decision because, I don't
know if you can see but, just around there is a bloody big bull. It’s been watching
me the whole time while I've been filming the tutorial. It probably doesn’t look very
big. Let me see if I can zoom in a little bit, see if you can see that. It might be
difficult to see but it is around there. Absolutely massive thing it is. I'm pretty pleased I
didn’t go in to that field because, as much as I do love my wildlife photography, I love
animals and love seeing them, I don't have any inclination whatsoever to have interaction
with them. I don’t ride horses, I don’t have a dog. As much as I like those animals,
I personally feel no need to interact with them whatsoever and that is most definitely
the case when it comes to a big, bloody bull. So nearly at the top. I'm aiming to get just
up to here which they call Highcliffe Nab. That’s the cliff that has nice view of the
town. So let's get up there and I can show you that view.
I’ve made it to the top and it’s pretty windy so if the audio is not very good I’m
sorry for that but this is the view I have been waiting for. That is the town of Guisborough
on north edge of North Yorkshire. It’s where I grew up. I was born and raised here and
this is definitely one of my most favourite places in the whole world. Just sitting down
on the edge, pondering life looking over the town where you're born. I could stay here
for hours on end. As you van see, it is a pretty nice view of this pretty stunning 360
view over to the North York moors. You get there and it really is a properly nice location.
Like I say, I’m sure most people could spend quite a lot of time up here. Sadly though,
as I said at the start, I’ve got time constraints today. I need to get back down, get back in
the car get, get home, then get on the train to Durham where we’ll probably finish up
today's vlog. I think I’m just going to take a minute, enjoy some scenery and really
make the most of being up here. I’ve finally made it to Durham. It’s been
a great day. I’m going to take in the city for a little while, get some food. It’s
a city with a big University so like a learned scholar.......
I'm gonna get a pint.
(......Outtake coming up.......)
Well that shot went wrong because a fly just flew right into my bloody ear. I told you....I don’t need these
close encounters with wildlife….