As a New South Welshman (in an Australian 'State' thinking'...and knowing all of 'Britain' was originally 'Welsh') it is pure magic to put the text books aside(easy, as they are ignorant), and soar like an eagle over historical sights. If I had the money I would do it myself. I don't. So I can only offer you my deepest heart felt gratitude. You, and your work, are most certainly appreciated.
Ahhh, another beautiful video from the Wiltshire Man. Awesome, Sandy. Perfect for viewing Sunday morning. Great history lesson combined with excellent videography. Peace, Ken
Wow! Some amazing footage from the sky there Sandy. Some great information there too. I often learn something from your videos and when it's subject matter that fascinates me I go away a very happy man :-) Take care and look forward to seeing you soon. Matt
You have some truly marvelous prehistoric archaeological sites in the UK. You've recorded quite a number for us now, and I'm always impressed. Wonderful video - something else that's marvelous is how you get such quality in your films. Cheers, John
I have been to this place. I had a cup of tea with the sheep on the East side out of the wind. I had a map, but I did not 'see' the place till now. Thank you. Tony
Cracking epic video Sandy, thanks for posting. Its amazing how with a little imagination and some aerial footage, you can imagine what the place might have looked like in 500BC
Great footage Sandy! Good advice with pre-lauch checks, Iv'e lost a GoPro camera a few years back! I was up here in August filming the Crop Circle. :-)
Love learning history through your eyes, and of course the eye of the quad. I try and imagine all that went on in those lands back in time. How many horses traveled between the forts, and people working the land, and I assume battles fought. Was the land always so treeless? Take care Bruce PS. I have lost one drone and camera to date. Nice reminder to check systems. I didn't check that a major front was coming in and took my drone out to sea. Fought the good fight for 20 minutes just couldn't make it back. I got the same model as I had invested in compatible controller. I am more cautious in the wind now.
Love your aerial filming Sandy, were lucky to have all this history here in Wiltshire, you could make a good aerial video of Stonehenge mate, now the road has gone you can get right up close to the stones via the Avenue or the Curses, loads of burial mounds, Woodhenge, Durrington Walls, I could show round, keep up the good work, atb, Paul.
Great bit of flying there mate! The Ridgeway always has stunning scenery, whatever time of the year & I have walked and biked it several times. once as far as the MI motorway. Good to see how big these hillforts are and the way they are connected together, rather like the Roman staging posts which came later. I wonder if they served a similar purpose.
cool video and the history lesson was a fun bonus! and again soo cool lanscape. thinking of Knights and robin hood and so on :) now i'm of for the Woods for some slingbow shooting. se you my friend
+Tom Sykes Hi Tom, The best footage is when the sun is behind or to the side of the camera and also when the copter is taken upwind and then allowed to drift back with the air mass. No vibrations at all then.
You know Sandy , a flyover of the Uffington White Horse would make a damn good intro for your knifemaking channel . Your aerial photography runs are getting quite epic ... if we could sort out a straffing , launch and release systems , the 'epic epicness' would be beyond measure ... :) atb...
With the beautiful landscape and music - it's almost like a short video out of the massive film "Out of Africa" With your drone do you have a video screen on your drone controller to view the drone camera ? ATB Richard
+ExRE_Sapper Hi Richard. No I don't have any way to see what the camera see's so I have to guess, take lots of video and edit to get the best. I hope one day I will be able to upgrade to a better setup. Thanks for watching Sandy
Lovely video Sandy, Have you been to the west Kennet long Barrow? A really magical place, not dissimilar to Wayland's Smithy. It would make a great quad copter video as you would be able to get Silbury hill in it! atb Roger (outaboutwilts)
+Fat Dude No and Yes. No because the hillfort is not a classified SOTA summit. Not high enough. And yes the drone will return home if I lose sight of it. Just have to turn the remote controller off!
Still waiting for your Avebury drone film Sandy, (well I am anyway, ha, ha). Last time I mentioned the subject to you you said you feared they might stop you from filming with your drone there, (which is a shame because you'd make a good worthwhile interesting stimulating vid). I live in hope. thanks a lot mate.
+James Stewart Dunn I would love to fly over Avebury. Maybe one day when I get FPV cos then I could hide away and no one would know who was piloting the drone. I wouldn't get caught then haa
Yes I would be quite happy for Wikipedia to use this video. You have my permission to use this video. I have other videos of other Iron age hillforts which I am also happy to share: ua-cam.com/video/ixPQuJzQz6s/v-deo.html
Thank you. The pure and utter joy! Flying over a site... I literally cried in joy!
As a New South Welshman (in an Australian 'State' thinking'...and knowing all of 'Britain' was originally 'Welsh') it is pure magic to put the text books aside(easy, as they are ignorant), and soar like an eagle over historical sights. If I had the money I would do it myself. I don't. So I can only offer you my deepest heart felt gratitude. You, and your work, are most certainly appreciated.
A pleasure to watch Sandy, Thanks. ATB........Les.
Ahhh, another beautiful video from the Wiltshire Man. Awesome, Sandy. Perfect for viewing Sunday morning. Great history lesson combined with excellent videography. Peace, Ken
Great video mate nice music to, looks like a great place to land a UFO, atb John.
beautiful are thanks for the historic information to. atb John
Awesome video Sandy!
Love the music very much like Ralph Vaughan Williams who I love.
Stunning footage Sandy! Thank you! Sincerely, Ossie
Wow!
Some amazing footage from the sky there Sandy.
Some great information there too.
I often learn something from your videos and when it's subject matter that fascinates me I go away a very happy man :-)
Take care and look forward to seeing you soon.
Matt
Long live Her Majesty.
Beautifully done Sandy. Very atmospheric. When are you going to do one over the Uffington Horse? G
WoW
Nice footage and i dig the music you put with it
yet another cracking video wow its great to see the footage from the copter,,thank you Sandy.
Very beautiful : ) I love flying as well :) Cheers and God Bless! :)
wonderfully done Sandy. I love hearing England's history. Very good footage! Take care -Chris
Stupendous aerial footage Sandy. The music really brought out the vastness of the forts size Thanks. PEACE :-)
I love these vids, Sandy. Your hiking and history stuff are really enjoyable.
You have some truly marvelous prehistoric archaeological sites in the UK. You've recorded quite a number for us now, and I'm always impressed. Wonderful video - something else that's marvelous is how you get such quality in your films. Cheers, John
Absolutely gorgeous country.
+Deep South Experience Got quite a few of these hillforts nearby Stan. They date from the Neolithic age. to early iron age
I have been to this place. I had a cup of tea with the sheep on the East side out of the wind. I had a map, but I did not 'see' the place till now. Thank you.
Tony
Cracking epic video Sandy, thanks for posting. Its amazing how with a little imagination and some aerial footage, you can imagine what the place might have looked like in 500BC
Outstanding video -- great scenery, good history lesson.
Those were some awesome views! Great video
Enjoyed that Doctor...some amazing views from up there, and some interesting history.. :-)
What a fascinating video. Thank you for charing! I made a video from a hill fort in my area a little while ago. That place is so different.
- Martin
fantastic! thank you for taking us with you it's much appreciated. Give Jess a scratch for me atb safe travels. Mark in Texas
Great video! Thanks for sharing this!
Great footage Sandy! Good advice with pre-lauch checks, Iv'e lost a GoPro camera a few years back! I was up here in August filming the Crop Circle. :-)
Thanks for the tour!
Beautifully done! Thank you, Tom ABØJ
Love learning history through your eyes, and of course the eye of the quad. I try and imagine all that went on in those lands back in time. How many horses traveled between the forts, and people working the land, and I assume battles fought. Was the land always so treeless?
Take care
Bruce
PS. I have lost one drone and camera to date. Nice reminder to check systems. I didn't check that a major front was coming in and took my drone out to sea. Fought the good fight for 20 minutes just couldn't make it back. I got the same model as I had invested in compatible controller. I am more cautious in the wind now.
Awesome video Sandy, great footage and what looked to be one hell of a outing.
Atb sean.
Great aerial shots Sandy. Hope that your recovering well from your recent tooth troubles
Brilliant Scenery!
Love your aerial filming Sandy, were lucky to have all this history here in Wiltshire, you could make a good aerial video of Stonehenge mate, now the road has gone you can get right up close to the stones via the Avenue or the Curses, loads of burial mounds, Woodhenge, Durrington Walls, I could show round, keep up the good work, atb, Paul.
Great bit of flying there mate! The Ridgeway always has stunning scenery, whatever time of the year & I have walked and biked it several times. once as far as the MI motorway. Good to see how big these hillforts are and the way they are connected together, rather like the Roman staging posts which came later. I wonder if they served a similar purpose.
Very cool Sandy!!!!!
Thank you Sandy for that video, gives a real idea of the defences of a hill fort. Liddington next perhaps?
Captured the place perfectly. Nice choice of music too. atb
Superb video Sandy. What more can I say?
Love to all,
Noel
Great choice of soundtrack, .
cool video and the history lesson was a fun bonus! and again soo cool lanscape. thinking of Knights and robin hood and so on :) now i'm of for the Woods for some slingbow shooting. se you my friend
Great video mate
+Tom Sykes Hi Tom,
The best footage is when the sun is behind or to the side of the camera and also when the copter is taken upwind and then allowed to drift back with the air mass. No vibrations at all then.
I agree mate.
Great video!
Looks like you & your son had a lovely day out Sandy & the weather was a lot kinder to you than Dartmoor ! Take care & all the best, Neil.
You know Sandy , a flyover of the Uffington White Horse would make a damn good intro for your knifemaking channel . Your aerial photography runs are getting quite epic ... if we could sort out a straffing , launch and release systems , the 'epic epicness' would be beyond measure ... :) atb...
great footage sandy ,, all the best kenny
With the beautiful landscape and music - it's almost like a short video out of the massive film "Out of Africa"
With your drone do you have a video screen on your drone controller to view the drone camera ? ATB Richard
+ExRE_Sapper Hi Richard. No I don't have any way to see what the camera see's so I have to guess, take lots of video and edit to get the best. I hope one day I will be able to upgrade to a better setup.
Thanks for watching
Sandy
Great video again sandy :)
Lovely video Sandy,
Have you been to the west Kennet long Barrow?
A really magical place, not dissimilar to Wayland's Smithy.
It would make a great quad copter video as you would be able to get Silbury hill in it!
atb Roger (outaboutwilts)
Interesting about the trig points. Looking forward to combining the Amateur radio SOTA and hiking / bushcraft.
Good stuff. Wished I could fly one. Only I have the dexterity of a drunk pig on a skateboard. Keep up the great work.
Those berms are some serious defensive advantage. Also, how to occupy an army between battles.
Inspiring :)
+Tony Hobbs Thanks Tony. There are quite a few of these hill forts where I live.
Thanks for watching.
Sandy
Thank You Sandy !
Nice shots sandy atb ScottScott
Strange, who could dislike this, thanks Wiltshire Man
Maybe a couple of vertigo sufferers
YES LOL
Sandy, can you do SOTA from any of those locations? Also, don't the drones have GPS to return home, if they get out of range? N4API.
+Fat Dude No and Yes. No because the hillfort is not a classified SOTA summit. Not high enough. And yes the drone will return home if I lose sight of it. Just have to turn the remote controller off!
Still waiting for your Avebury drone film Sandy, (well I am anyway, ha, ha). Last time I mentioned the subject to you you said you feared they might stop you from filming with your drone there, (which is a shame because you'd make a good worthwhile interesting stimulating vid). I live in hope. thanks a lot mate.
+James Stewart Dunn I would love to fly over Avebury. Maybe one day when I get FPV cos then I could hide away and no one would know who was piloting the drone. I wouldn't get caught then haa
By any chance would you be prepared to put this under a Creative Commons licence? It would be great to be able to use this on Wikipedia.
Yes I would be quite happy for Wikipedia to use this video. You have my permission to use this video. I have other videos of other Iron age hillforts which I am also happy to share: ua-cam.com/video/ixPQuJzQz6s/v-deo.html
Excellent camera work i could do with meeting up and getting some tips on using my SJ 4000
Alan M1TAP
Sweet!
Sandy, did you ever think of trying FPV?
Hi SandyHave been here a few years ago and read that these places are connected by lay lines. Is this myth or based on fact.
Its mind boggling to think of the effort required to dig/construct those embankments, especially with basic tools.
10* More quadcopter drones should be used in archaeology, paleo-archaeology, ... other ancient site fly overs for tourism and academic studies ...
Wiltshire man rules.
Sandy, I hope you find my email per "de N4API" and it does not get lost in your spam. 73, Brian
I have bean there