Monthly Archives: August 2014

Adding videos is a long process.

I used to be able to edit photos & upload them pretty quickly, but the videos take much longer, which is why I am sometimes very late adding the updates to this blog. Editing videos is an easy task, but the uploading can take a long time. Once uploaded I have to add the description, comments etc. not too long a job but not always done on the same day. After that, I try to add the details to the calendar page – this is mostly for my benefit for future reference. Once that is done, I add it to a “loco list”, which is a list of numbers linking to the appropriate video. This gives me some idea of what I have actually filmed, and when. Finally, I add the update page to the blog.

So, the last week is more or less complete, but I am only part way through the videos from Doncaster just over a week ago. Most of the other videos from August have been “processed” through my system and if I don’t get carried away with other tasks my aim is to complete the Doncaster videos before too long.

It’s all good, clean fun!!

Update 945. 66167 at Stourbridge, 22/08/14

I should’ve seen two freights, but my DMU was cancelled & I had to wait 30 minutes for the next one, by which time the northbound freight had passed through Stourbridge. Good job the southbound was on a later schedule, otherwise I might’ve missed that as well. After filming the freight, 139002 can be seen in the background.

Update 940. 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe at Snow Hill, 24/08/14

Not many more Shakespeare Express runs this year, so better make the most of it. Last time I saw it the loco was 4965 & I was expecting the same today, but when I walked to the end of the platform I realised it was the Castle. I hadn’t noticed which loco it was as I filmed it coming out of the tunnel! Also a couple of shots of it running round, then returning with the stock to Tyseley.

Link to video

Update 938. 60059 on the Shakespearean Tug at Tyseley, 25/08/14

Too wet to go to Arley, but the opportunity to see a 60 on a railtour was worth an hour or two out. Tyseley was a suitable station to go to, as there is plenty of cover from the rain and a good shot looking through the road bridge. I still managed to get a spot of water on the lens though!

The tour was returning to Leeds from Stratford-upon-Avon.

Link to video

Turned off “comments” option

There has been so much spam coming through recently that I decided to block all comments. Dozens were coming through every hour, and as I rarely get any real comments the best solution seemed to stop them altogether. If I spend less time deleting spam, then I might have more time doing something more constructive, well, that’s the theory….