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Post by 4wd on Jan 30, 2017 10:08:00 GMT
Late yesterday - just missed sun unfortunately as there was some cloud along the horizon. This is a request from a friend now living in Canada - who used to have a dairy farm just where the village starts towards the end. The barns are all converted now and where tin shed cubicles were is a more conventional farm shed.
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Post by 4wd on Feb 17, 2017 21:20:45 GMT
Misty start this morning.
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Post by 4wd on Mar 1, 2017 17:37:47 GMT
Another requested video for local History Group - though their version is edited differently. First half shows a ruined small farmstead which is thought to be the site of a Medieval Monastic 'Grange' - an extensive sheep farm basically, probably linked to Rievaulx at some point - however there is a suspicion the Knights Templar had a 'special' site here. It is well known they had a Preceptory locally but the exact location is not known despite numerous carved stone artefacts confirming they were here being found and on display at the Church. Remote and inaccessible now, but in the past a relatively well used route north to south over the moors passed close by. The area of interest is between the ruin and stream, I could see a raised trackway heading toards the present day farmhouse - and some other small bumpy features, just possibly three circles - could be where they had ring feeders! Then a jump to a second location which is a small Iron Age hill fort which is due to have geo-physics mapping this summer especially the flat central area. ( historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017826 )
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Post by 4wd on Mar 10, 2017 7:21:01 GMT
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Post by 4wd on Mar 26, 2017 16:11:06 GMT
This shows the stunning visibility yesterday with landmarks visible at least 30 miles up the coast (mainly turbines ) They are still busy burning heather until month end, but at least the smoke was minimal with very dry conditions and light wind it went straight up.
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Post by 4wd on Mar 26, 2017 21:22:30 GMT
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Post by 4wd on Apr 2, 2017 15:37:38 GMT
Late yesterday at sundown. (Sorry seems a bit LOUD)
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Post by 4wd on Apr 5, 2017 7:57:49 GMT
Great weather for this just now.
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Post by 4wd on May 3, 2017 6:34:02 GMT
Quick edit of aerial video from yesterday coming back from Whitby. St Oswolds is quite a large church but is for Sandsend Kettleness and Lythe right on the coast just up from Whitby. Just behind trees inland is Mulgrave Castle still a very important land-owning estate. Sea Fog came in which practically hides the fact it's only a couple of fields from the cliff edge. In the inevitable Victorian Refurb they found a number of carved stones from graves and a very early stone church. The stones are on display in a corner of the church. www.stoswaldslythe.org.uk/
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Post by 4wd on May 7, 2017 9:05:59 GMT
This was last Friday and at first I thought...hmm...boring... but looked at it again on a gloomy morning and decided to upload. The farm with tiled roof across the wooded valley is where we used to live in the 1960s. Parents had 12 cows on about a dozen fields. It was a rented place and the estate later took most of the best land (behind) in hand and it looks to be two big fields now though most of the boundaries were really poor flakey limestone walls. From about 8 years old we used to cycle on the now quite busy road below - to buy comics and sweets etc in small town a couple of miles away I don't actually remember there being traffic but must have been the odd speeding Morris Minor.
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Post by 4wd on May 15, 2017 6:32:05 GMT
Sunny spells and wind yesterday.
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Post by 4wd on May 25, 2017 11:54:40 GMT
West House is a curious place of considerable age just over the hill from here. The farmhouse is tucked away out of wind but a very cold damp and shady north-facing spot in winter. Due to the slope, more substantial Victorian barns and now modern range were set on the hill top behind. There was a 19th century murder/mystery whichhas led to haunting stories. The hill is steep and dangerous even when not icy, and 2 or 3 years ago a cyclist lost control and was killed after crashig into the house.
The marshy area below is the watershed point between River Esk and Leven (to Tees) northwards. During last Ice age the Esk could not drain to North Sea due to ice sheet from Norway, and backed up to form a substantal Lake which exited through this valley making it rather deep for the tickle now present. A useful way for railway to traverse the moors, but the deep peaty layer was a problem - solved by placing brushwood then gravel on top of thousands of sheep fleeces which are presumably still preserved in the peat to this day.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 2, 2017 10:20:03 GMT
Last time I used this there was a moment when it stopped responding to controls and just sat there hovering - about ten feet hight and tenty feet away. The app showed calibration needed but in red letters on black background you could hardly see outside in bright sun. It landed Ok on auto setting though so not exactly stuck... Anyway calibration done and it seemed normal and super smooth again.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 4, 2017 5:41:53 GMT
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Post by 4wd on Jun 6, 2017 15:33:09 GMT
Curlews are supposed to be declining, but at least 4 were circling menacingly during this - but kept their distance. Tried to get a screengrab but due to slow-ish shutter speed they are unimpressive - this is about the best - seagull sized things with unfeasibly silly beaks.
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