That is a really good distinction to make. Many people capture things instead of living them. It was nice to share the drive with you Rick. All the best.
Thanks for the ride along Rick, you have a way of making ppl feel like their right there with you! Love your a deep thinker, a philosopher. Breaking away from the pack to find new adventures, maybe no frills but for someone like myself with ME, it's right up my alley!!!
Thank you for this video. I am from Spain and I am amazed how greener and prettier is your country from mine. You live in a beautiful place and you are an incredible person. I am starting English Philology degree and your videos help me so much to know more about your beautiful country. Keep these videos up please. Thanks!!
I enjoyed that Rick, started it with the intention of watching it in a couple parts then sat and watched it all the way through. I know exactly what you mean about the photography, I was a photographer and ended up feeling detached from the events I was doing, turning pro took all the fun away for me, since mum died almost a year ago now, I have sold it all and just have my GoPro and G1X compact. Not been tempted back at all. Re the camper, I think you need to rework it so you are comfy in bed then get yourself a little moped to stick on the back, on a moped you'll see more stuff riding around, can pop in to town pick up what you need, easy parking, very low fuel costs, closer to nature. Forget the caravan idea it will just come with a whole new set of problems. Your camper is already ideal if you can sort the sleeping out. Maybe you can rework the seats to slide out toward the kitchen and make a 3/4 bed situation, then you can lie across the bed and get those precious few inches.
So glad I went on that lovely drive with you, Rick. It reminded me of when I was so much younger,and the whole family would go off for a Sunday drive to one of our beautiful landmarks in Northamptonshire ending up in a local pub with a coke and a bag of crisps in the car park. Agree about the snapshot in your own mind, x x
lovely day out in the sun Rick, thanks for taking us along. Enjoyed your chat on the grassy knoll. Sunset is gorgeous .. got a bit spooky when you were engulfed in darkness pondering crop circles :))
I am so loving these drives and blogs. You make one feel like we are there with you and just riding along chatting. I was laughing when thepolice was behind you, as we have all been there. LOL. When you got out of the van and took us with you, I thought that must be what a toddler feels like when you pick them up and carry them along. The castle area was peaceful. Maybe they used stone axes prior to the iron age. I'm with you, you can. almost feel the presence of long ago people in a place like that. Who knows, maybe their spirits still remain even after they are long gone. It was a beautiful trip and I thank you for taking the time to bring me along. God Bless and take care.
Thanks for sharing Rick. I do enjoy these 'out and about' videos. This trip was especially interesting for me as I am into horse racing and the various shots around Barbury Castle were fascinating. Looking forward to the next trip!
This was lovely. Thank you! for taking us all along. And I like that you don't show the videos that you shoot,for Honest Guys Vids. Your videos make me really happy:) Length of time just makes these trips more real.
Really enjoyed watching this trip out Rick. If it had of been an hour long, I would still have said the same. Very interesting to see the sights and road trip, now looking forward to the next already.
Good to hear from you. I do love your part of the world and thank you for the Led Zeppelin lesson, I have that said album but never knew the origins of the cover. Every day's a school day. Cheers Matt
Really enjoying these Chatty Van Vlogs Rick. We are interested in buying a caravan too. We've used a tent up till now but want more comfort these days! You can always buy an older one first to see how you enjoy it and how much you use it before investing in a really new one. Don't think there is much point in 4K. Like you've said the file sizes are enormous and whilst it looks great, it's not the same amount better than HD as HD was over SD. Also the upload times will be ridiculous. Great video.
Spot on with the taking too many photographs Rick. I read about the exact same thing you said some year ago. Seems like you had a lovely evening despite arriving a bit too early :)
That long 'track' almost looked like the remnants of a Roman Road....It was so straight... and the ancient monument too.... I often just follow my nose and find some interesting spots.... I just call it going the 'pretty way.... Nice one...
Rick, Spot on about the vibe one gets from sites of antiquity. The Giza Pyramids gave me the same strong feeling and deep reflection too, I could feel the echo of humanities vibe. I at one time was always slinging a SLR(dating myself for sure...LOL)...and what you say about missing taking in what the camera doesn't take in through the lens...once again...spot on. Sometimes only sharing the moment...scene with oneself...is "spiritual currency", only you can cash in on. Another great "chatty" "natter" of a video...very poignant! Cheers mate
I enjoyed that Rick, thank you. I also took lots of sunset photos over the weekend and visited Glastonbury for the first time (recognised some places from your vid). I wonder after the fabulous day we have had today if sunset will be good tonight? I'm off out in the Forest of Dean later to see.
Remember the fuel costs of a caravan, Rick. My guess would be to just modify your bed. Im 6ft5 and camp in a VW T25, with a square poptop haha. Its really nice, back to basics. I plan on doing a year trip in it, maybe make a few videos etc.
Brilliant video, I live in Somerset and I'm located about five miles from a brilliant hill fort and in about a 25 mile radius there must be at least seven! Including lots of burial mounds and of course Stanton drew stone henge!
Very much enjoyed the video and the sunset and really liked the piano music towards the end! It has the kind of relaxing but cheerful sound that some of Joe Hisaishi's piano pieces have. Thank you for posting!
Oh my lord rick, classic use of the recirc button and as for post man pat remix, just crazy. Really good video again massivly enjoyable almost a masterpeice , the sunset was Actually really good too
In one way i agree with what you say about photos, that's why i don't 'spend time' taking them, even though i have a dslr, i try to take them quickly, advantage of dslr is that you can take loads, and go though them later. If you've ever been to a really nice place, enjoyed the scenery and bought a souvenir, then many years later you've found that souvenir and all the memories flood back, that's how i think of photos, there are no souvenir shops in very remote places, the photo (or video) is my souvenir. Heh, sounds like the move to Wales will happen sometime soon, might want to sell up before your place gets buried, good thing you did the redecorating :D Just messing ;)
Hey there Rick. On your idea of getting a caravan due to poor sleep in the MH - why not change your current bed/seats into a small double bed that folds away into a bench seat? That wouldn't be to much work would it and you could then sleep either diagonally or next to your kitchen unit with your feet into the aisle? Just an idea for you, guessing you may have thought of this already! Take care.
Fascinating stuff on the pre-historic sites and how people live! As you say there lives and outlook must have been so different. Can I suggest you check out the book and TV program Britain BC. If you haven't read/watched these before they are a great insite into pre-historic life. Take care anyway, Steve
I was considering buying a caravan but decided against it as I like to wild camp. You can't easily do that with a caravan. Like you, I prefer to travel overnight on long journeys. When you turned round on that byway through the race course, you only had a few yards to go before reaching the main road, I expect you checked that on Google Earth when you got back. Chris
ha ha, fair enough! I suppose it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation, so someone's got to be making the 4K content so that there's something to watch when people upgrade!
Rick, my "two cents", because that is what my opinion is worth. Build your own caravan to pull behind the van. Could be a teardrop or small stand-up style. Seen your van build videos, you look to have the skills. Suggested site for your reading would be www.tnttt.com . Everything your would want to know. Even a section on building foam sheet caravans.
Yes I would second that - it seems a shame that you have a van you can't sleep in (I would just lie on the floor) but as you say there are advantages to a caravan if you stay on campsites rather than wildcamp, so building your own would be a great project (and video series). A teardrop or a folding caravan - I would be tempted to buy a cheap caravan for the chassis strip it down and then build your own version on top. The possibilities are endless - how about a caravan that turns into a boat - there is a challenge.
From research online the iron age in western Europe started around 800BC to 1AD. Barbury Castle was first establish & occupied 2,500 years ago (500BC not 1,700BC as you said). In the 6th century the site came under the Saxon kingdom of Wessex following the Battle of Beranburgh in AD 556 having defeated the Celtic Briitons, the site of which is just north of the castle. Not much is known as to what use the Romans made of the hillfort during their occupation, but i did find some info: "A number of features have been found within the hillfort, including a Bronze Age roundhouse, Iron Age storage pits, and a Roman-style building. The Roman-style building has been interpreted as a temple, and it is possible that the hillfort was used as a place of worship in the Roman period." "Excavations at Barbury Castle in 1969 … 3.5km (2¼ miles) south of Wroughton: a possible Roman Camp, with a single entrance defended by an external clavicula looking south to Barbury Castle hill-fort, has been identified from crop marks.” (Britannia, 1970) This tentatively identified Roman camp was evidently built to control the population of the Iron-Age hillfort at Barbury Castle which lies just to the south of the Roman encampment."
Have a try at making a mini windsock for your headset. My camera is not bluetooth capable however my daughter just bought a new camera and said i can use it,(thank you :). ). Little by little costs add up for equipment, so it's always a good idea when you can use one of your previous how to vids to fix a smaller scale problem. There you go! Another vid idea :). Do I get commission for any of these? LOL Kidding :)
4:30 - I havent been able to watch your 4K footage, because my connection is old and poor, and many people do not have the best connections, so maybe 4K is no priority anyway
That is a really good distinction to make. Many people capture things instead of living them. It was nice to share the drive with you Rick. All the best.
Thanks for the ride along Rick, you have a way of making ppl feel like their right there with you! Love your a deep thinker, a philosopher. Breaking away from the pack to find new adventures, maybe no frills but for someone like myself with ME, it's right up my alley!!!
Pretty nice tour, Rick. Thanks for sharing a bit of history.
Thank you for this video. I am from Spain and I am amazed how greener and prettier is your country from mine. You live in a beautiful place and you are an incredible person. I am starting English Philology degree and your videos help me so much to know more about your beautiful country. Keep these videos up please. Thanks!!
I enjoyed that Rick, started it with the intention of watching it in a couple parts then sat and watched it all the way through. I know exactly what you mean about the photography, I was a photographer and ended up feeling detached from the events I was doing, turning pro took all the fun away for me, since mum died almost a year ago now, I have sold it all and just have my GoPro and G1X compact. Not been tempted back at all.
Re the camper, I think you need to rework it so you are comfy in bed then get yourself a little moped to stick on the back, on a moped you'll see more stuff riding around, can pop in to town pick up what you need, easy parking, very low fuel costs, closer to nature. Forget the caravan idea it will just come with a whole new set of problems. Your camper is already ideal if you can sort the sleeping out. Maybe you can rework the seats to slide out toward the kitchen and make a 3/4 bed situation, then you can lie across the bed and get those precious few inches.
So glad I went on that lovely drive with you, Rick. It reminded me of when I was so much younger,and the whole family would go off for a Sunday drive to one of our beautiful landmarks in Northamptonshire ending up in a local pub with a coke and a bag of crisps in the car park. Agree about the snapshot in your own mind, x x
That was a great run out with you. Loved the footage in the recent (brief) sun.
Thank you for making and sharing it.
lovely day out in the sun Rick, thanks for taking us along. Enjoyed your chat on the grassy knoll. Sunset is gorgeous .. got a bit spooky when you were engulfed in darkness pondering crop circles :))
I am so loving these drives and blogs. You make one feel like we are there with you and just riding along chatting. I was laughing when thepolice was behind you, as we have all been there. LOL. When you got out of the van and took us with you, I thought that must be what a toddler feels like when you pick them up and carry them along. The castle area was peaceful. Maybe they used stone axes prior to the iron age. I'm with you, you can. almost feel the presence of long ago people in a place like that. Who knows, maybe their spirits still remain even after they are long gone. It was a beautiful trip and I thank you for taking the time to bring me along. God Bless and take care.
Another great mini adventure in the van..Thanks for posting.
Thanks for sharing Rick. I do enjoy these 'out and about' videos. This trip was especially interesting for me as I am into horse racing and the various shots around Barbury Castle were fascinating. Looking forward to the next trip!
Thanks for this video. I watched it Sunday while suffering with a bad head cold. It really took me away to better place for awhile!
This was lovely. Thank you! for taking us all along. And I like that you don't show the videos that you shoot,for Honest Guys Vids. Your videos make me really happy:) Length of time just makes these trips more real.
Thank you, for showing the beautiful country side :)
loved the vlog, it was like we was all going on a ride out with you 👍🚐
great video nice to see what head up display looks like at night
Awesome update thank you for sharing have a blessed day
Well done with the music Rick, you are getting good.
Really enjoyed watching this trip out Rick. If it had of been an hour long, I would still have said the same. Very interesting to see the sights and road trip, now looking forward to the next already.
Hi Rick. Yay caravans. always a great idea. good idea for lots of videos too. great little video as always. Take care
Mike ☺
lovely afternoon out thanks Rick......
well I was watching while I worked so it was really good, and your sunset hit the spot, your patience paid off! good work
Enjoyed that trip out, thanks 👍
That castle looks like a nice stealth spot. ;-)
i love seeing the countryside. please keep doing these videos!
Great video Rick, and a nice ride and footage.
Good to hear from you.
I do love your part of the world and thank you for the Led Zeppelin lesson, I have that said album but never knew the origins of the cover.
Every day's a school day.
Cheers
Matt
Great vid. Just had to stop what I was doing and watch all the way through on a big screen. Love the driving about vids.
Jealous you have these places at your fingertips!! But loved the chill moments! Thanks again.
Really enjoying these Chatty Van Vlogs Rick. We are interested in buying a caravan too. We've used a tent up till now but want more comfort these days! You can always buy an older one first to see how you enjoy it and how much you use it before investing in a really new one. Don't think there is much point in 4K. Like you've said the file sizes are enormous and whilst it looks great, it's not the same amount better than HD as HD was over SD. Also the upload times will be ridiculous. Great video.
Haha that Postman Pat music was great! I really liked the sunset at the end. Another lovely video Rick, really enjoyed it :) Jazz.
Loved this!
Enjoying these video's of your's ...great stuff mate
Spot on with the taking too many photographs Rick. I read about the exact same thing you said some year ago. Seems like you had a lovely evening despite arriving a bit too early :)
That long 'track' almost looked like the remnants of a Roman Road....It was so straight... and the ancient monument too.... I often just follow my nose and find some interesting spots.... I just call it going the 'pretty way.... Nice one...
Rick,
Spot on about the vibe one gets from sites of antiquity. The Giza Pyramids gave me the same strong feeling and deep reflection too, I could feel the echo of humanities vibe. I at one time was always slinging a SLR(dating myself for sure...LOL)...and what you say about missing taking in what the camera doesn't take in through the lens...once again...spot on. Sometimes only sharing the moment...scene with oneself...is "spiritual currency", only you can cash in on. Another great "chatty" "natter" of a video...very poignant!
Cheers mate
Another enjoyable video!
I enjoyed that Rick, thank you. I also took lots of sunset photos over the weekend and visited Glastonbury for the first time (recognised some places from your vid). I wonder after the fabulous day we have had today if sunset will be good tonight? I'm off out in the Forest of Dean later to see.
Remember the fuel costs of a caravan, Rick. My guess would be to just modify your bed. Im 6ft5 and camp in a VW T25, with a square poptop haha. Its really nice, back to basics. I plan on doing a year trip in it, maybe make a few videos etc.
Brilliant video, I live in Somerset and I'm located about five miles from a brilliant hill fort and in about a 25 mile radius there must be at least seven! Including lots of burial mounds and of course Stanton drew stone henge!
Never heard a reggae version of Postman Pat before. Kinda funky :-)
Very much enjoyed the video and the sunset and really liked the piano music towards the end! It has the kind of relaxing but cheerful sound that some of Joe Hisaishi's piano pieces have. Thank you for posting!
loved the music
Oh my lord rick, classic use of the recirc button and as for post man pat remix, just crazy. Really good video again massivly enjoyable almost a masterpeice , the sunset was Actually really good too
Music choice around 23 mins. Postman Pat Goes all Ghetto haha! It's great watching your van journeys and random chatter :).
In one way i agree with what you say about photos, that's why i don't 'spend time' taking them, even though i have a dslr, i try to take them quickly, advantage of dslr is that you can take loads, and go though them later.
If you've ever been to a really nice place, enjoyed the scenery and bought a souvenir, then many years later you've found that souvenir and all the memories flood back, that's how i think of photos, there are no souvenir shops in very remote places, the photo (or video) is my souvenir.
Heh, sounds like the move to Wales will happen sometime soon, might want to sell up before your place gets buried, good thing you did the redecorating :D
Just messing ;)
At 20 minutes in, it's where they do the Barbury Horse trials every year. I am live streaming from it this year
Oh Rick, what on earth did you do to the Post Man Pat theme song ! Well done!
I like the "chatty van vlog" title.
still got the sat navi rings on the windscreen😉. great video once again. please can you mention plot 37 next time as our girls love watching!
Yay nice trip out mate, good to see ya well. :-) I'm struggling with 1080 from the gopro. lol beutiful sunset. :-)
Yay, Wiltshire! Put the camera down day, I like that and gimme back my Sunday of rest! lol. Night driving is soothing.
Hey there Rick. On your idea of getting a caravan due to poor sleep in the MH - why not change your current bed/seats into a small double bed that folds away into a bench seat? That wouldn't be to much work would it and you could then sleep either diagonally or next to your kitchen unit with your feet into the aisle? Just an idea for you, guessing you may have thought of this already! Take care.
Very nice. I like the little history lessons. Is the time lapse a setting on the camera or something you do in editing?
You went past my allotment site 😀. Good video!
Fascinating stuff on the pre-historic sites and how people live! As you say there lives and outlook must have been so different. Can I suggest you check out the book and TV program Britain BC. If you haven't read/watched these before they are a great insite into pre-historic life. Take care anyway, Steve
Cheers rick 👍
Wow, please could you tell me what headset are you using? I need one like that with a nice mic.
I was considering buying a caravan but decided against it as I like to wild camp. You can't easily do that with a caravan. Like you, I prefer to travel overnight on long journeys. When you turned round on that byway through the race course, you only had a few yards to go before reaching the main road, I expect you checked that on Google Earth when you got back.
Chris
Rick, forget about 4k - until everyone's got 4k monitors and graphics cards, it's really not worth worrying about.
+tjf4375 He's ahead of the curve :)
ha ha, fair enough! I suppose it's a bit of a chicken and egg situation, so someone's got to be making the 4K content so that there's something to watch when people upgrade!
Rick, my "two cents", because that is what my opinion is worth. Build your own caravan to pull behind the van. Could be a teardrop or small stand-up style. Seen your van build videos, you look to have the skills. Suggested site for your reading would be www.tnttt.com . Everything your would want to know. Even a section on building foam sheet caravans.
Yes I would second that - it seems a shame that you have a van you can't sleep in (I would just lie on the floor) but as you say there are advantages to a caravan if you stay on campsites rather than wildcamp, so building your own would be a great project (and video series). A teardrop or a folding caravan - I would be tempted to buy a cheap caravan for the chassis strip it down and then build your own version on top. The possibilities are endless - how about a caravan that turns into a boat - there is a challenge.
My edit suite cannot deal with 4K either buddy.
Cool vid rick love the HUD how does that work. And could I buy one for my t4 camper van ? Cheers rick. ;-)
From research online the iron age in western Europe started around 800BC to 1AD. Barbury Castle was first establish & occupied 2,500 years ago (500BC not 1,700BC as you said). In the 6th century the site came under the Saxon kingdom of Wessex following the Battle of Beranburgh in AD 556 having defeated the Celtic Briitons, the site of which is just north of the castle.
Not much is known as to what use the Romans made of the hillfort during their occupation, but i did find some info:
"A number of features have been found within the hillfort, including a Bronze Age roundhouse, Iron Age storage pits, and a Roman-style building. The Roman-style building has been interpreted as a temple, and it is possible that the hillfort was used as a place of worship in the Roman period."
"Excavations at Barbury Castle in 1969
… 3.5km (2¼ miles) south of Wroughton: a possible Roman Camp, with a single entrance defended by an external clavicula looking south to Barbury Castle hill-fort, has been identified from crop marks.” (Britannia, 1970)
This tentatively identified Roman camp was evidently built to control the population of the Iron-Age hillfort at Barbury Castle which lies just to the south of the Roman encampment."
There is a good south west crop circle page on Facebook. I must remember to invite you at some point
RIck, get a slightly bigger van and also an e-bike to pop away from it now and then :)
Can you go camping in your large tent
Have a try at making a mini windsock for your headset. My camera is not bluetooth capable however my daughter just bought a new camera and said i can use it,(thank you :). ). Little by little costs add up for equipment, so it's always a good idea when you can use one of your previous how to vids to fix a smaller scale problem. There you go! Another vid idea :). Do I get commission for any of these? LOL Kidding :)
+Werejusdoinit Loving the idea - thanks :o)
Hey rick... Happy birthday!!! What do you think on the EU referendum? Video chatter about that maybe?
Blue sky ? i see clouds
4:30 - I havent been able to watch your 4K footage, because my connection is old and poor, and many people do not have the best connections, so maybe 4K is no priority anyway
35:38 So one might say that right now there's a darkness on the edge of town.
you can take a very cheap Dacia.
you're 6 foot 1? I thought you were like 5 foot 10.
get a nice tent. cheaper. and more space.
a canvas tent. only one pole. really easy to set up.