I love all your walks, but that one was a bit special. I lived in Worthing before moving to NZ, so Findon was right on my doorstep and a place I visited often. It used to be very famous for the racing stables, which produced Grand National winners, and for the annual Sheep Fair on Nepcote Green, which I remember well although I last saw it over 50 years ago. I was pleasantly surprised to see, after checking on Google, that the fair is still going. A highlight of this video was the (short) shot of the lizard. I used to love watching those creatures, although it was never easy to spot them. You did well to get it on camera, and the other wildlife scenes were all great as usual. And spring looks as wonderful as it always did. Thank you!!!
Thank you for your kind comments, Jim. You are right, the lizards are very difficult to spot - though that one was very obliging. I managed to capture a few minutes of footage, but it is about striking a balance within the video. The history and fame of Findon is nicely encapsulated on the village sign. Spring was here for a couple of days but we have had yet more rain and storms recently. Thanks for watching, and we are pleased you enjoyed it.
After seeing the news on Monday night I was worried that you had been flooded. And then you put this wonderful video up taken during a beautiful sunny,dry,calm Easter Day ( I think). It was a tonic to see it. I hope you are ok but we have rain yet again today & grey skies! I loved that circular seat around the tree- wanted to sit down on that! Everything looked beautiful- the bluebells( ours are just beginning to show) primroses,celandines,( front gdn have quite a few- none in the back)& the birds,lizard & insects! I liked the Easter display at the shops & what an unusual elegant P.O. Thank you so much- hope you are not flooded- take care!😢
We are okay, thank you Diana. Sadly, some people in Arundel and Climping, just a few miles from us, have been flooded. We saw fields today under water that never normally flood. This video was filmed on Easter Saturday - the weather was perfect, which is a rarity these days. You may have seen on the plaque, the tree around which the seat is sited was planted to commemorate the marriage of HRH Prince Charles and Lady Diana. We have been checking out the local bluebells, and estimate mid next week should see the majority open - assuming we have more sunshine rather than rain! The lizards and brimstones were fabulous, and definitely the highlights of the walk for us. As a regular viewer, we would be interested to know your thoughts on the 'Coming up' section set to the music. We are trying to increase our viewer retention by showing a few highlights upfront. We are also considering eliminating or shortening the opening and closing drone sequences. Yet again, we are struggling to coincide our walks around work and good weather for filming. Thank you for watching and for your kind comments.
Thanks for asking my opinion on the content. I honestly don’t know the answer. Maybe there is a bit of repetition with the intro but the photography is so good that it’s a pleasure to see it twice! I don’t know how to attract viewers & keep them. I would say just keep doing what you’re doing. Not very helpful! I couldn’t read the plaque on the tree with the bench so thanks for letting me know what it commemorated! Apologies for the emoji . I think my hand must have caught it by accident. ( oh no as I went to upload this that emoji was there again!!!!)
Thank you for your comments. As you suggest, I think we will continue along similar lines. There is so much competition on YT, with most walking/nature channels done in vlog style, and we wanted to be different. The emphasis is not on us, but producing high quality imagery of what we see, presented in a relaxing manner. 'Talking head' pieces or commentary, we feel, would detract from this.
