Coming to my YouTube Channel This Week - Delayed Footage from August

It's the middle of November, and I've finally got the last of my video footage (I think it's the last) from the Whitby Regatta back in August uploaded to my YouTube Channel.

So, last month I had a slight mishap with a can of baked beans and one of my fingers/knucles.......

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So, last Wednesday I had a slight mishap with a can of Heinz Baked Beans trying to get the last one out the bottom of the tin, and trying to reach in with my fingers instead of using a spoon.... here's what the little finger on me left hand looks like a night shy of a week later.....

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Whitby Regatta 2018: More Video Footage from Saturday

The 3rd of my videos from last weekend's Whitby Regatta went live on Thursday afternoon, just a cobbled together collection of leftover footage from Saturday afternoon, and here it is:

 Full playlists of this and previous Whitby Regatta footage I've recorded can be found through my videos website:

• Whitby Regatta 2018
• Whitby Regatta 2017
• Whitby Regatta 2016
• Whitby Regatta 2015
• Whitby Regatta 2014
• Whitby Regatta 2013
• Whitby Regatta 2012
• Whitby Regatta 2011
• Whitby Regatta 2010
• Whitby Regatta 2006 to 2009

Whitby Regatta 2018 - Greasy Pole

The Second of the vids I've been able to get from the 2018 Whitby Regatta is up, and is of the Greasy Pole competition on the lifeboat pier.

Still not as good as the footage as I got back in 2016, as I couldn't get a decent position in the scrum assembled on the pier to watch up close, and had to basically stretch my arm up as high as I could with the camera pointed in roughly the right direction, not really being able to see the tilt viewscreen on the camera because it was in a position I couldn't really see it without burning out my retina's from staring in the direction of the Sun.

Full playlists of this and previous Whitby Regatta footage I've recorded can be found through my videos website:

• Whitby Regatta 2018
• Whitby Regatta 2017
• Whitby Regatta 2016
• Whitby Regatta 2015
• Whitby Regatta 2014
• Whitby Regatta 2013
• Whitby Regatta 2012
• Whitby Regatta 2011
• Whitby Regatta 2010
• Whitby Regatta 2006 to 2009

Whitby Regatta 2018 - The Raft Race

The first of my video clips from the 2018 Whitby Regatta has been released onto my YouTube channel, and it's of the Raft Race. Another low participation effort this year (2 Rafts), and the footage doesn't really pick up until after they cross the finishing line.

Full playlists of this and previous Whitby Regatta footage I've recorded can be found through my videos website:

• Whitby Regatta 2018
• Whitby Regatta 2017
• Whitby Regatta 2016
• Whitby Regatta 2015
• Whitby Regatta 2014
• Whitby Regatta 2013
• Whitby Regatta 2012
• Whitby Regatta 2011
• Whitby Regatta 2010
• Whitby Regatta 2006 to 2009

More footage from this year's Regatta still to come... next to sort out is the cackhanded footage of the Greasy Pole Contest that came after the Raft Race, and was shot best I could among the scrum on the Lifeboat Pier.

Cook 250 Whitby Event Footage

Back on 6th July 2018 there was a "Captain Cook 250" event in Whitby with a replica of Captain Cook's ship recently acquired from Stockton, and a couple of tall ships sailing into the harbour.
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It just about finished me off getting into position to get the footage, and after many delays I've finally got footage cobbled together into something I could upload to YouTube and (eventually) my other video channels as appropriate.

Whitby Snow 2018

Back in January 2013 I shot a video of a snow weather event in my local area, then stitched the clips together into a full video that I uploaded to YouTube, and it has sinced notched up over 10,000 views.

I had a long wait to see enough snow again round here to be able to film the sequel, but on 27th February 2018, it finally happened.
It's taken me a while to get round to editing the footage (31st July / 1st August), but now it's finally up (see above, or Click Here to view it on my YouTube Channel).

Of course the original snow vid is still uploaded, as well as a less well viewed prequel to it from 2010.

More of my online video content can be found by going to the JDUCK1979 Vids website I knocked together.

I Just Shot a Deer!

So I briefly got off my ass early this morning to stretch me legs after being sat at the computer too long, and I saw this.......

For more Wildlife and Nature video Content, CLICK HERE.

Blog more

It seems the blogger app also still works on me old iPad that's still running on iOS5 (don't like the app icons on newer versions).

So maybe I will get round to blog more often like I keep promising myself

One thing I hate about May

As I lay here in bed, I'm beginning to think I don't like the month of May very much.

For the 3rd year running my chances of getting to sleep is being hampered by the buzzing noise of the wild bees that have taken up residence in the wall cavity next to my bed.

The only upside is that it's given me the chance to see if this old app for my old phone still works for typing posts to this thing.

My life may be lacking Lemon Buns

Lemon Bun, by Botham's

Lately I've been trying to remember when I last got to have a "Lemon Bun", somewhat a traditional staple of Northern English bakeries, and it's close cousin the "Lemon Finger Roll" (basically the same idea but more in the shape of a hot dog bun).

Basically it's like a sweet Bread roll / Fruit Teacake with sultana's in it, and a big dollop of lemon flavoured white icing on top. Used to get them all the time from Botham's bakery in Whitby delivered to the family grocery store (TV chef James Martin is also apparently a big fan of these too), while in other bakery chains dotted around Yorkshire (e.g. Cooplands?) I remember seeing more elongated versions, and I think same too over in Lancashire when I was a kid and my Grandparents took me over that way for Holidays around Blackpool / Morecambe / Lancaster / Lake District in Cumbria, etc.

Starting this post has also got me thinking about other products from the same place I don't seem to often enough these days such as the Butter Bun + the Chocolate Jap (still get stuff delivered in from Botham's, but my Dad seems to go easy on the range to save wastage).

The Butter bun is basically a sweet bread roll that's been slashed open, had a generous dollop of buttercream stuffed in it, then had a generous dusting of icing sugar.

The Chocolate Jap, is like 2 biscuits that kind of remind me a little of a Farley's rusk that've been sandwiched together with a generous coating of chocolate buttercream, then liberally covered in chocolate sprinkles.... they're really messy to get hold of, but taste so good.

If you liked this post, don't forget to check out my personal website (been re-building it, think there's still a bit more to remember to do) + the new site I knocked together to put my video content.

YouTube changes

It was recently announced that YouTube were making some changes to the service that means small time plebs can no longer make money from their vids on YouTube's platform.
[vid about it 1 | vid about it 2]

So I made this.......
http://video.jduck1979.co.uk/