Hey folks, this is the 4th episode in the Avebury series. Episode 1-3 cover 'Windmill Hill', 'West Kennet Long Barrow', and the 'Valley of Stones'. The next in the series will be of Avebury Henge and Stone Circle. The series will also cover The Sanctury and Silbury Hill, and more importantly, how they relate to one and other. As always, feedback is very much appreciated. Stay safe 👏👍
Thanks. Amazing footage of the ancient waterways. So the entrance to the Valley of Stones wil also have been their exit way and solves the problem of transport from Valley of Stones to both Avebury henge and perhaps Stonehenge. They went by water. The white oxen may also have been involved of course. Wondering if they were placed before, during or after the advance and retreat of the water levels. Perhaps the large sarsens may have been linked by some dry stone walling, since re-used elsewhere, to provide substantiall walls. Druidic records suggest the main purpose of both sites as major tribal meeting places - for market and parliaments, as well as burials. A straight route can be traced from Silbury to Bath, through barrow fields and beyond. Names Avebury and Amesbury may refer to post Roman rule of Brithonic Aurelius Ambrosius and his brother Uther (since suppressed by Romish Catholic Saxon monks.) Sul, Sil, Sel, Sal and Sol may refer to Brithonic Solar Sun God. Cf. Salisbury and its earlier incarnation at Old Sarum, next to Stonehenge - also quite a large mound. Many thanks for the fly past. Excellant work.
Thank you! This is where I spend all my Solstices. It's a fascinating place. Made my EMF go off. And one Summer Solstice I found a pair of brand-new winter boots in my size in there. It's definitely my favourite place to spend a night.
Great to hear you enjoyed the vid! And thank you for the sub! It is certainly a magical place, I love visiting there. Although haven't spent the night, you brave thing. Did you hear the hound? Well done on the free pair of boots. I have met people there before making offerings. Thanks again 👍
@@LamboPhoto Unfortunately, no hounds. :'( Yet. We'll see about this year. My EMF went off like crazy when I put down my offerings and sat down to meditate. I had to turn it off. It was constantly beeping. Made me a bit nervous, to be honest, but I ended up having the most amazing trance there. So, from my experience, it's definitely a highly spiritually charged place. The whole area is but the Den is my favourite spot to worship and connect with the spirit world.
It’s well deserved mate, BBC ITV , should be calling you up, your videos would make great little documentaries, well researched and nicely produced keep them coming 👍
Hello, popped over from watto's channel. Liked this very much. Excellent vid. Thank you. By the way, I'm watto's sister. Hope you have a great weekend 😊
Thanks for coming! Watto's sister? Wow, then you are most welcome! Watto and Kim are always a pleasure to watch, such a great channel. Thank you for stopping by 👍
Thanks for the sub! I am glad to hear you enjoyed the vid. I love these places, loads of fun to learn about them, and even more fun filming them with the drones 👍
Do you like Larry the cabal guy ? He he , seriously though I'm not into English TV and actors, but Mr lamb.bourne is really the best in documentary and Vista
Cheers Richard, thanks for watching. It's best part of 15 minutes, but hopefully didn't feel like that 😂 Narration wasn't my best. I'd lost my voice the week before, and I was struggling a bit. Anyways, on to the next adventure!! 👏👍
Great story, Chris. I'm really impressed with your graphics and animation again. Of course my favorite parts were the opening and the rest of the Insta 360 footage! hahaha Excellent work!
Thanks Christian! The animation hopefully helps 'tell the story', but it does take quite a bit of time to create, hence new videos aren't weekly anymore. But I think it pays off. What makes the opening and 360 scenes your favourite then? Are you keen on the 360? Keen to get feedback on this, as it's my first go using any 360 cameras, let alone this new Insta360 X3. Thanks mate, all the best 👏👍
@@LamboPhoto Ok, just a mini critique. Your video is a mix of humor and serious. I might have edited it a little more. You kinda went on about the rain and weather but, heck, I loved the Insta 360 footage! I always like it on everybody's channels. The animation is extremely good and adds a lot of credibility to the video but you mix it with humor and I don't know if that's the best thing because of the contrast. Do you watch Tom Scott's channel? He packs a lot into 5 minutes. I'm always really conscious of my viewers' time and I'm always concerned that they'll get bored and turn my video off. Actually my analytics tell me they do! 🤣 I don't what to be a busybody know-it-all. I love your content, narration and final production. Maybe just tighten it up a bit?
@@MainlightDrone So, no humour and make it shorter? The humour I can do. Not sure how I can make it significantly shorter. Tom Scott's 5-minute vids a full of punchy facts, cut scenes. Mine are full of flythroughs, animations, LiDAR maps, reference photos ... plus then the drone, vlog, b-roll. And I am not the fastest, most articulate speaker (unlike Tom Scott). Filming this vid took over a month, editing took a good 4 days. I would be hard pressed to tell 'the story' - with the visuals - in 5 minutes. I guess the only way would be to chop some content 🤷♂ I don't monitor analytics, maybe I should ... but maybe I best not 🙈 Thanks for the feedback, Christian, as always, appreciated 👍
Fantastic video and props for going through the elements to get it! My question is how many takes until you make it through the rocks with your drone 😂. Great video my friend
Cheers Jason, yeah, it's been crappy weather here for weeks now. Ha, ha 😂 ... the first time with the Avata, I went slow and got through fine. The second time, full of confidence, I tried sports mode and clipped one edge of the pillar stones 😣 I thought it was destroyed, but when I got there, it was still filming! Excellent build quality on the Avata! Thanks for your support, mate, always appreciated 👏👍
Brilliantly put together so interesting I'd give you 50 thumbs up if I could So glad the weather improved for you, bud, and flying thru the stone's awesome 👌 great work.
Much appreciated, Jim! You're too kind. The last 2 vids took about 12 visits to the place. A lot of times I was rained off. It's that time of year! 😣 The edit took me 4 days, but am happy with the end result. As long as folk like it, that's what matters 😉 I did 2 flythroughs with the Mini 3 Pro and 3 with the Avata ... and one of those ended in disaster 😆 Cheers mate 👍
@@jimthorleydronefootage yes, Avata is rock solid. 2 crashes at 30+ mph into a 10-ton rock and another into a gate post. And there is zero damage! I wish DJI made camera drones like this!!
Chris I love your productions mate. Awesome footage engaging well presented info. Absolutely spot on. Keep em coming my friend. Maybe hook up for a collab somewhere sometime. Take it easy. 👍🏻🚶🏻♂️🚶♀️Watto.
Cheers Watto, means a lot! As you will know more than most, a lot of effort goes into the filming, but also the editing. And feedback makes it all worthwhile 😀 Yeah, defo up for collab, sounds like great fun 👍 Have a good'n mate, and thanks again 👏
Great video again. I liked the etymology of the name, after all, most people don't spare it a thought but this was built thousands of years before the Biblical notion of a devil came to our shores. Any devilish resonance is simply our projection upon it. This kind of thing happens all the time with old names in Ireland, An Daingean becomes 'Dingle' and Corcaigh becomes 'Cork'.
Good advice, John. I did have one on the back, but snapped it off putting the bike in the boot 😖 Thanks for commenting, and really happy you liked it. All the best.
Mind blowing footage Chris!! The effort you have put into creating this is epic my friend!! I'm in awe!! Shame about the weather, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!!😊Robbie
Glad you enjoyed it, Robbie! Always nice to hear from you mate! 3 things in life you can depend on; death, taxes and crap British weather 😆 You're up early, aren't you? 😮 Take care mate 👏👍
