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Shap Film Festival

Here is the film I made for the festival (unfortunately I couldn’t go, so don’t know if it was actually shown).  All the rivers featured are with in a 40 minute drive of Lancaster, some considerably closer.  Enjoy.

0:00 – Kent – Force Falls

0:17 – Sprint – Garnett Bridge

0.28 – Troutbeck

0.40 – Artle Beck – 1st rapid/ledge

0.48 – Wenning Wave

1:07 – Doe – Beezley Falls

1:11 – Kent – Gunpowder

1:23 – Hindburn – Double Drop

1:33 – Doe – Beezley Falls

1:37 – Clough (upper) – Ledge Drop

1:41 – Brathay – Skelwith Force

1:46 – Artle Beck – Weir Drop

2:01 – Leck Beck – 1st drop

2:06 – Kent – Force Falls

2:16 – Clough (lower) – 2nd ledge

2:21 – Sprint – Garnett Bridge

2:29 – Doe – 3rd drop

2:37 – Leven – Backbarrow

2:41 – Birk Beck – Docker Force

2:46 – Sprint – Slot and Drop

2:52 – Leck Beck – Drops 1,2 and 3 in the gorge

3:10 – Dee – Ibbeth Peril

3:15 – Clough (upper) – Lemmings Falls

3:26 – Doe – Kiwi Pot

3:31 – Leven – Backbarrow Weir

3:37 – Leck Beck – 4th (last) drop in gorge

3:41 – Sprint – Sprint Mill falls

3:51 – Clough (lower) – exit drop from gorge

3:57 – Kent – Force falls

 

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Testing my new GOPRO HD headcam.

I thought I would treat myself to a new gadget this week, the GOPRO HERO HD headcam.

So first impressions were good, it looks well put together and the waterproof casing looks bombproof.  Apparently it is slightly bigger than the original HERO so if you are thinking of upgrading you will have to buy the whole package and not just the camera.  I bought the helmet cam package, which comes with several attachments.  The ones I was interested in were the sticky attachments – 2 curved and 2 flat.  I have attached one to my helmet and one to front deck of my boat.  They appear very solid, but I have improvised a leash just in cast they do fail.

There are 5 different video settings with 4 of them being HD.  I chose to use 960p @ 30fps (1280 x 960) as it gives the maximum overall view in my opinion.  With the 16gb card I should be able to get roughly 2 hrs 45 mins of footage.  However, the battery will run out before that.

Anyway I will let the footage speak for itself.

Leven Headcam

Kent Deckcam