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Post by 4wd on Jun 17, 2017 6:31:15 GMT
Had to be done. Tune requested by drivers.
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Post by 4wd on Jun 19, 2017 20:16:37 GMT
Baling and wrapping at neighbours - another AC/DC man (on JCB) He likes Zetors too
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Post by 4wd on Jul 4, 2017 21:53:11 GMT
That baling video is already above 1000 10,000 15000 views surprisingly! Late yesterday flew up to look again at mystery circular features spotted earlier in the year. It's a long steep walk to visit these on foot and I'm inclined to think it could be an entirely natural effect making the drier (?) green areas and perhaps two other mounds - harder to see in the more grassy area to the left.
In the wet areas it might even be a peaty mound floating on liquid below - we actually have something similar in one of our sheep fields.
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Post by 4wd on Jul 9, 2017 6:05:28 GMT
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Post by 4wd on Jul 13, 2017 17:03:08 GMT
Very little actual cricket
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Post by 4wd on Jul 16, 2017 15:43:12 GMT
Stokesley YFC Tractor Run Saturday 15th July. They parked in my field to have lunch at the village hall. The run raised money for James Cook Hospital's neo-natal unit.
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Post by 4wd on Aug 11, 2017 6:07:51 GMT
Purpleness Peak
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Post by 4wd on Aug 16, 2017 10:06:42 GMT
Another heather video, but on these very high wetter areas it isn't always quite so dominant. Really good show this year though.
The little shed thing makes a focal point but is more interesting than it appears. (From my video descrption)
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Post by 4wd on Aug 18, 2017 9:32:43 GMT
High Hamer is a couple of barns which originally was a house at one end - there's still a chimney and fireplace inside but doors are locked now - however you can look through a window opening if tall enough. They still use it for sheep pens, but the drainage needs attention - in winter it's a quagmire and water streaming against the buildings even now (though no wonder with the constant soakings this summer) Low Hamer downstream is rapidly collapsing, I aren't convinced there ever was a house there, if so it must be lost in trees behind. You can see why as it's very hard to access. The first proper farm on left further down is Low Row Mires and though they can get out down the dale it's tortuous and gated, so often use a grassy track over fields and across the moor - landrover/tractor/quad only though.
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Post by 4wd on Aug 23, 2017 22:20:01 GMT
This is baling silage second cut yesterday, made a slight mistake in second part when recording baling - it was much more gloomy and misty by then, and should have changed white balance from sunny. Tried to alter when editing but couldn't get it quite right with low light levels too..
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Post by 4wd on Aug 28, 2017 8:06:14 GMT
Just did a re-edit of this from July using a digital zoom technique which has worked better than expected, though I pushed in too far at one point (looking at the gate) and it is a bit grainy. There's a really nice moment when pickup slowly cruises along the front, as in thumbnail.
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Post by 4wd on Sept 2, 2017 19:06:08 GMT
Foggy Mornings are hard to resist.
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Post by 4wd on Sept 2, 2017 19:26:56 GMT
Hutton-le-Hole the other day. You can see me parked in the pickup at the end. Two old ladies parked alongside halfway through in a smart car. When it returned I was sat inside to see phone better - reached out of window and landed it on my hand like a hawk. They were a little taken aback I suspect Towards the end are two houses on their own called Barmoor, in the late 60s we used to do extra hay there and it was common to bale up adders in the hay. They are very numerous on that south facing, low lying scrubby moor behind.
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Post by 4wd on Sept 16, 2017 9:04:14 GMT
I've recorded here before but had another go when passing. It was quite windy and when rising up inside as soon a it reached the top it was a bit scary as the sudden gustiness sent it towards the wall! However the closeups of upper levels are quite good.
The castle has become popular recently with DIY Ghosthunters, which is probably better than beer-monster partying which was also a problem at one time. It's privately owned with no restriction on access so has been slightly vandalised though nothing serious. If athletic enough to climb to the old first floor you can walk through the walls in a narrow passage looking out of arrow slits.
The main remains are only a gatehouse which survived as it was used as a barn, the roughly circular enclosure behind had a keep and the arched cellar remains were probably some kind of storage for that rather than dungeons.
The gatehouse is a 1500s rebuild but the castle dates back to the Norman invasion. It was used as a garrison base by those involved in the infamous "harrying of the north" when the Normans stamped their authority by burning every house and village, and killing all livestock so that anyone who wasn't also killed would be lucky not to starve to death. During the Black Death the adjacent village was more or less wiped out and never recovered.
Local legend (as usual) insists a tunnel leads from the castle to the similar period abandoned church 200 yards away. You can see why the ghosthuters like it.
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Post by 4wd on Oct 19, 2017 7:12:43 GMT
Hard to resist puddles of fog - yesterday morning at 2C
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