Go right round.....[Wind noise]...Oh my goodness
Hello. As you might be able to tell, today I have come to the Lake District again.
I am here for a couple of days
dedicated to making videos and, hopefully, shooting some beautiful landscapes.
I got here yesterday evening.
Weather was pretty cloudy, pretty grey.
Hopefully, I got a couple of pretty decent moody shots.
It’s still raining this morning so I’m still subject to that British weather but
it is forecast to clear up later on.
So I’m going to get up into the mountains again and I've got a little spot picked out that,
hopefully, I'm gonna get a really nice sunset at about 7 PM tonight.
I’ve got lots to do between now and then.
It is pretty wet at the moment.
I’ll show you.
Right let’s go.
I’ll show you very quickly the little place I’m staying.
This is a nice little B&B called Grisedale Lodge.
I’ll put a link to that down below if you're ever in the Ullswater area which is where
I am today.
Very simple, quite small but they are very friendly here so it’s been a nice stay so far.
I’m parked up, I’ve set off, I’ve got all the provisions I need and I'm gonna be
going up here.
It does go a lot higher, once you go behind that, and, as you can see, we’re in a pretty
decent landscape so we should be getting some great shots.
It is still raining, the sun is coming out though so all is looking good so let’s go.
So I’ve just stopped to take a time lapse of the scene here.
it's funny because every time I come on these trips, as you start climbing up the mountain,
these kind of views start opening themselves up and the temptation is to stop and shoot
absolutely everything because you’re just overwhelmed about how beautiful it is.
The thing is don't get carried away because, especially if you’re on limited time, which
I'm not today, so hI do have time to stop, but if you on limited time, just keep climbing
sometimes because the views you find just get better and better and better the higher
you go up.
So when get back, you put these images lower down the mountain into your computer and you’re
just a little bit underwhelmed by them even though at the time shooting they were incredible.
So use your time wisely.
There could always be something much better the higher you get.
That’s the message.
This could be one of the most epic time lapses I’ve ever taken.
If you ever do come to the Lake District, one of the places you’ve got to visit is
this little bad boy here.
It’s a lot bigger than it looks in the picture just there.
That is Helvellyn.
To get to Helvellyn, you’ve got to go across Striding Edge which is fascinating.
People have died.
It is dangerous but it is stunning.
It’s a challenge and it’s just great fun.
So if you are in the area, you definitely want to visit.
Left or right, left or right, left or right.
There are always choices to make.
That is a sheer wall that I’ve got to climb up.
Not particularly easy, especially when you’re filming.
Three points of contact, as my dad used to tell me, it does work.
There we go, up, and up and up.
Fitness is is improving, been out running.
Still hard but not as bad as last time last time.
Grrrr.
It’s severely windy now.
I really do hope you can hear me but I do love this moment.
I’ve got my cap on because my hair would be all over the place otherwise.
I love this moment when you’re just about to get to the top. Because all day, so far, I’ve
been looking at this view and, although it’s beautiful, I’m about to get to the top and
50% of the views are about to open up to me.
So, let’s get to the top and see what that looks like.
I’m very, very excited.
Okay, so I’m at the top.
I’m having to hold on to my hat because it’s so, so wind but I’ve got those 360
degree views. Go right round.....[Wind noise] Oh my goodness!!!!
I’m going to have to go find some shelter so I can have my dinner and,
hopefully…I don’t think I’m going to be capturing that many images from up here.
Ahhhhh
It’s not particularly pleasant, I’ve got to say.
Okay, so I’ve found somewhere where it is a little bit more sheltered from wind to have
my lunch.
That was insane.
I hope you could hear what I was saying
I’m still pleased I came up here.
Every time I do, it gives me such a boost.
Maybe, it’s the exercise, maybe it is just being above it all.
It really gives me a lift.
I defy anyone to come up here and not feel same.
If you’re feeling down, if you feel a little low, doing something like this will do you
the world of good.
I really believe that.
It's nice having a couple days away as well.
I’m dedicating it to photography which is what I love to do.
I do miss my family though but when I come up here but it really makes me reflect on
what's important in life.
For me, that is my family.
There’s no doubt about it, although, work does have to form a big part of that.
At the moment, this is my work, so, you still need to do it, you still need to dedicate
yourself to it and, sometimes, dedicate some time to it and that includes being away from
your family now and again.
So it’s important to come away, make the most of it, don't waste time, be busy, get
done what you need to get done and then it all will have been worth it.
So talking about it being worth it, I need to get off my backside and take some photos.
I’m going to film some footage around where I am, trying to capture some good images from
the top here.
That wind is so strong that it’s changing every single second.
One minute it is really cloudy, the next minute sunny.
There’s a lot going on, there’s to think about and there’s, possibly, some good images
to capture.
I don't think it’s going to be top-notch shots but I will do my best and we’ll see.
I’ve still got that one big sunset shot which I came for on the way back down today.
Like I say, the wind could affect that though.
There is some good cloud, at the moment, which could produce some really nice colour in the
sky.
But you never know because with that wind anything could happen.
You’ve got to be in the right place, at the right time, to make it happen.
If you’re not, you’re not going to get it.
So, I’m going to be there.
What will be, will be and I’ll show you the results at the end.
So that’s the shot I’m going for.
The wind’s, actually, died down a little bit.
It is changing so fast that every shot I take on the camera is looking different.
Some images that it’s creating, I think, are going to be spectacular.
The sun is coming through the clouds, shining down on the tarn the distance there.
I’m just going to grab another one.
Every shot’s going to be different.
The light is changing so quickly.
I was gonna stay here for sunset.
I might do, I might not.
If the wind dies down enough, then I might.
The cloud is now coming in a bit lower over the mountains.
It’s changing all the time.
That is where I’ve just come from.
It’s getting quite frustrating now.
There is some beautiful light coming through the clouds but the hill fog just will not
clear.
So, I’ve started making my way down to that tarn that you could see earlier.
Maybe I can capture a sunset over there, back into the blue sky that you can see over my
shoulder here.
Maybe get some of that golden light.
I don't think I will be able to see the sunset because of that hill fog.
I’ve got up to the tarn and that hill fog has come right across there now.
I don't really have time to stop and get a shot.
I did get this is shot of this waterfall so all is not lost again.
Again though....It hasn’t quite been the day I hoped for.
I think now I’m going to end the vlog there.
If you see a few pictures after this before the outro, then it means I will have captured a few
shots.
If not, then I hope you’ve enjoyed it.
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How you think i did, good, bad, not so good.
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I'm Adam.
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