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JED THE SPREAD Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2009 Posts: 626 Location: South London UK
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Jeff's Old Volks Home Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2011 Posts: 819 Location: Chester Basin, Nova Scotia
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:14 am Post subject: |
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Weather is not just strange where you are, it was +11c last evening and rain when I went to bed, and this morning -11c and blizzard warnings province wide, I can't see 10 ft in front of me. My vans will stay in bed for a little while yet...
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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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Salem7 Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2010 Posts: 207 Location: Washington County, New York
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for sharing. _________________ 1982 Westfalia 1.6NA diesel. Converted to Turbo 1.6 and sold.
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Antron Samba Member
Joined: July 13, 2004 Posts: 289 Location: Greenville Mi
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Jed,
Do you have info about the roof rack and light bar ?
Thanks for sharing the vids !
Bob
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photogdave Samba Member
Joined: April 05, 2004 Posts: 3053 Location: Vancouver Island, B.C.
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7757 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Love it - keep 'em coming!
I wish we all could just pull off the road anywhere & overnight like that.
Stateside, we come across way too many of these:
...or maybe you're just better at it...???
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joetiger Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 5078 Location: denver
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Great Video, Jed, as always. I was lacking motivation to repack CV joints today, but your videos always help me keep my eyes on the next trip. _________________ Joe T.
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JaxJava Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: Washington
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Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:51 pm Post subject: Thanks for sharing |
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I really enjoyed the info on the old bridge and the short tour of the old churches (my favorite part of that was the high tech spotted in the hands of your traveling companion). We don't have anything "old" in the United States yet, so it was nice to take a "tour" with you. Love your van, too! Thank you. |
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snowsyncro Samba Member
Joined: January 11, 2009 Posts: 1557 Location: East Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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JED THE SPREAD Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2009 Posts: 626 Location: South London UK
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the kind words chaps
The roof rack and light bar was made from things I have collected over the years and bolted together by myself really. It has lots of other bits to it that clip on and off, it was in lightweight mode in this video.
The weather is weird for sure, it was freezing again today . We get loads of those "NO CAMPING" signs too but there is an art in finding good places in the UK and I like to think I have developed the knack and become quite good at it I am glad you liked the info on the bridge and had our American and Canadian subscribers in mind when I did that. The truth is though that there are literally hundreds of thousands of random old things like that dotted around the place that no body takes any notice of, I like trying to get a feel of the history in them and try and imagine what it was like all those years ago.
Glad you all liked it and watch out for the next one,
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trebus Samba Member
Joined: January 29, 2005 Posts: 45 Location: southern england,uk...
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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,Greatham bridge is about 5 miles from me and I was going to go to the farmers market in Arundel on saturday!Where was the beach?...I don't recognise it.Petworth's a nice town too |
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scottychop Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2013 Posts: 187 Location: Seattle
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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Great shots man! I'd love to know more about your camera gear too. Are you using a dolly for the panning shots or just have a steady hand? |
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zippyslug31 Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2007 Posts: 799 Location: Central Oregon
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:24 am Post subject: |
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scottychop wrote: |
I'd love to know more about your camera gear too. Are you using a dolly for the panning shots or just have a steady hand? |
Take a look around Jed's site... I know I've seen other video(s) where he tests some of the panning equipment.
Jed, thanks for the latest installment!
At the beginning of this vid, did you happen to talk to the owners of the green RV? I'm curious what kind of stove they had inside that was smoking. Wood fired I assume? _________________ previous:
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JED THE SPREAD Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2009 Posts: 626 Location: South London UK
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:54 am Post subject: |
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trebus wrote: |
,Greatham bridge is about 5 miles from me and I was going to go to the farmers market in Arundel on saturday!Where was the beach?...I don't recognise it.Petworth's a nice town too |
I could tell you but then I would have to kill you
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At the beginning of this vid, did you happen to talk to the owners of the green RV? I'm curious what kind of stove they had inside that was smoking. Wood fired I assume? |
You know what I didn't speak with him. When you get two wild campers using the same area in the UK its rare you do speak, its usually because you respect each others space and consider the fact that the other person is wild camping means they want to get away from the crowds to be alone. You usually give each other a nod or a wave when leaving or say a good morning if you come face to face while doing something. That said all those rules go out of the window if both vans have kids on board
I did notice he had a bow saw on the front seat so assume he was burning wood.
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Great shots man! I'd love to know more about your camera gear too. Are you using a dolly for the panning shots or just have a steady hand? |
This one was done just using a Gopro, nothing flash. I do use a slide rail though that we were given to try out and review for a Korean company and I have got to say it is very good indeed.
Here is a video of us messing around with it when we first got it. The chap you can see using it in the video is Alan@Campervanculture who designed and is selling the plasma clock gauge kits on the website at the moment,
http://campervanculture.com/2012/07/muddy-action-packed-weekend-filmed-using-varavan-slidecam-crane/
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BC Westie Samba Member
Joined: September 05, 2007 Posts: 331 Location: British Columbia
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Great video Jed! I used to live in Oxford in the 80's and the Caravans were all around showing up sometimes for days. These are the horse pulled variety.
Do we have a stealth camping thread? Tips and tricks? My tip is I crack open a beer than another one etc... If the fuz shows up I cannot drive anymore Also keep the roof down if in a busy area.
Sometimes you get the best ocean or lake side spots doing it stealth. _________________ 1980 Vanagon Cali Import 86,000Miles
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Johnnymoped Samba Member
Joined: January 23, 2013 Posts: 19 Location: Los Angeles
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:49 pm Post subject: vid |
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Great Video Jed, i lived in Arundel for a year and half before i came running back to the warm weather of Southern california, superb little village, tons of history, but all my neighbors were curtain twitching old ladies who whinged about everything. but your video brought back some great memories cheers. |
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JED THE SPREAD Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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BC Westie wrote: |
Sometimes you get the best ocean or lake side spots doing it stealth. |
You know it
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JED THE SPREAD Samba Member
Joined: July 14, 2009 Posts: 626 Location: South London UK
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Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:36 pm Post subject: Re: vid |
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Johnnymoped wrote: |
Great Video Jed, i lived in Arundel for a year and half before i came running back to the warm weather of Southern california, superb little village, tons of history, but all my neighbors were curtain twitching old ladies who whinged about everything. but your video brought back some great memories cheers. |
Yeh, its quite an unusual place is Arundel and I can imagine what you mean by the coffin dodgers that must live around there. I often wonder why a city never developed around the castle and cathedral rather than just the quaint village Maybe the houses back then were made of wood and have rotted away.
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