Ford Run 6th July

[Trugga]

Ha ha ha love the vid Lawrence (captain pugwash)
Where was Master bates?
Hey Lawrence did I see a bit of the divil come out on one of them fords he he.
Glad you guys had a good time.
Ste.

Not forgetting Seaman Staines & Roger the Cabin Boy (they're all an urban myth)

See the devil, er yes, slightly - I had to edit out the sound of the devil though.

Lawrence

[sollihull]

Hmm, I think there was some serious Audio editing! especially at Great Alne! lol
(Thanks for Mailing that Lawrence)

Excellent Video...
Lawrence ,
You need a Disclaimer attached to it
I nearly spilt a red hot coffee down myself!! lol

Matt,
I think your voice was fine for a First Time there!
Andys voice was almost as high when he first did it!

Although EVERY time I've gone into that Ford I've had a Rush as
You can't see round that corner, you don't know what the River's like at the Crossroads!

[Drift]

Ha ha ha love the vid Lawrence (captain pugwash)
Where was Master bates?
Hey Lawrence did I see a bit of the divil come out on one of them fords he he.
Glad you guys had a good time.
Ste.

Not forgetting Seaman Staines & Roger the Cabin Boy (they're all an urban myth)

See the devil, er yes, slightly - I had to edit out the sound of the devil though.

Lawrence

He he close connotations (is that a word) to the real cartoon names lol.
Im JEALOUS , BOOOOOO

Ste

[hl3]

Hey Lawrence did I see a bit of the divil come out on one of them fords he he.

Ste.

devil in great alne ford i reckoned there was a u-boat in there sure i saw a periscope

[sollihull]

it wouldn't suprise me!

It looks huge when you turn into it and it just opens up to more water!

[Trugga]

OK, just for Ste, the unedited version of "The deviil comming out": clicky Irresponcible behaviour I know, but might have something to do with an audience on the far bank.

Grab it while you can, as I'll remove it in a day or two.

Lawrence

[sollihull]

Lawrence,

You loved it!!
You would've been the same Audience or not!

[Trugga]

You have to let your hair down occasionally - it's better than pulling it out.

L

[sollihull]

Exactly!

Next time let me have a run-up PLEASEEEEEEEEE

[Drift]

Well I say Dixies and a big splash
Lawrence Im saving it to HD it might come in handy
Only messing
Ste.

(Edited for Safety Reasons)

[Drift]

OOOOOHHHH how happy I would be
I sort off like splashes dont I Lawrence
Reckon I would take a chance Ive always wanted to rebuild an enginge
Reckon I would with a board or tarp across the front .
As long as it wouldnt upset the locals , eco surroundings and was legal ect.
But realistically to be that silly it should be a pay and play day, though the water there is often alot muddier
When are we having a P+P Day ?
Ste 3ish

[sollihull]

Steve3

We Can See you Like Splashing Around Every Time You Post !!!!
Your Avatar says it all Mate!!

But Everything we Did on that Drive was properly Recce'ed (by me and some with Andy),
Was done Safely (We stopped before Coughton and Had a Good look at the Level and I answered questions about the Road Surface!), In Fact I think I pi**ed some people off as I stopped at nearly every ford and talked about it! Maybe Less chat next time hmmmmmm

And with Minimal Impact on the Surrounding Areas/Locals (The young Boy in his Dads Arms at Coughton when we did the Splashthroughs was Laughing his head off and had a HUGE Smile!! And at No Point did I see anyone or anything damaging the Enviroment in any way)

As to any move being Legal, All of the Roads with Fords on that we went through were National Speed Limit 60Mph , We did considerably Less than that and Less than 10mph on the Green Lane

IF we had had Time I was thinking about taking all the Vehicles down Berry Hall Lane as that floods every time it rains! But even after all that rain we had, Solihull Ford was dry so there was no Fording Reason to head that way!

Rant Over

Steve

[Trugga]

No need for a rant...

I have absolutely no problems with what we did that evening. That particular ford was the only one we "let our hair down" on (in).

Green laning is a little more contentious, in that there is an element that wants to see vehicular use of the lanes banned (we've recently lost half of the lanes that were available to us).

Ste's right though - a Pay & Play day is tempting.

Lawrence

[Apache-Andy]

I can highly reccommend Coney Green Farm in Stourport - especially the hill of hell
Could turn it into another monster Fronty meet?

[Trugga]

Oh dear, I got bored and had another play with the video footage: Clicky

Enjoy
Lawrence

[Frontera Administrator]

Trugga..Great bit of footage.

what setup do you use : eg camcorder editing software etc

its something im intrested in doing myself, but would'nt know where to start

Any Tips

[generation-x]

lawrence i to wud like to no wot u use i can edit onto dvd no probs but when i edit onto my pc it goes all steppy see my site in the video section under sukada video ur see wot i mean

thanx m8

simon

[Trugga]

Cheers Pete.

I use a Sony Handycam Digital 8, with "super steady shot", model DCR-TRV355E, which I bought for £150 from a guy at work (3 months old, only been used on Christmas day).

I borrowed a freinds lipstick camera and rigged it up on Frontera's roofrack - that captured some great footage.

Whilst it came with a USB lead, I bought a Firewire card and lead to get the digital tape footage to the PC.

On the PC, I use Windows Movie Maker 2 (that comes with Windows XP) to edit the footage.

I author the DVD's using Sonic's MyDVD that came with the DVD writer, although I'm also playing with Uleads Movie Factory, which does a better job but takes much, much longer to do it.

The video clips you've seen are reduced in size to 320x240, allthough when written to DVD they are proper TV quality (the camera will also do widescreen as well)

A few useful links

http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Forums/Default.aspx
DCR-TRV355E


If you have a video camera phone and can get the clips to your PC, give Windows Movie Maker a try.

Some of my other videos

I hope that helps

Lawrence

[Trugga]

lawrence i to wud like to no wot u use i can edit onto dvd no probs but when i edit onto my pc it goes all steppy see my site in the video section under sukada video ur see wot i mean

thanx m8

simon

Translation into English:

Lawence, I too would like to know what you use. I can edit onto DVD no problem but when I edit onto my PC, it all goes steppy. See my site, in the video section under "Sukada video" - do you see what I mean?"

Sorry, I don't use SMS speak myself .

To answer your question, I'm not really sure. The blockyness suggests a real small resolution and perhaps the jerkiness is to do with the frames per second the file is authored in. Is that particular video taken with a cameraphone in the new MPEG-4 format? My PDA does that but I changed it to the Windows WMV format for better compatibility with my Windos PC

Perhaps we need a Video Section in this forum.

Lawrence

[Drift]

Great vid Lawrence but did anyone notice what must be I asume a deliberate mistake on the vid
Lets see if you find it
Ste