18hr Solstice ride

[GLA55Y]

On the weekend of Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th June, I and a few friends decided to have a Summer solstice rideout. We left Teesside at Midday on Saturday and rode over to Caernarfon, North Wales to watch the sunset beside the Castle. We then rode over to Whitby, North Yorkshire to watch it rise again.
We had a great time and the weather was very kind to us.
My wife took some photo's and I did a bit of droning. The video is here https://youtu.be/0uF4n2QWp7A if you want to watch.
The bike ran faultlessly and was super smooth all the way, 2 up. She's just ran over 30k miles now. We got back home to Middlesbrough around 6am on Sunday and enjoyed every minute of it.

Mick

[O.C.]

Great pictures and footage of some spectacular scenery, thanks for sharing Mick         

[Lonewolf]

Thanks for posting, I'll watch that on't telly tomorrow 

[pross]

Lovely pictures and  footage you and Steve make this droning look so easy 👌

[GLA55Y]

I was hoping to have a chat with Steve at the Scotland meeting but it wasn't to be....maybe another time

[Lonewolf]

Flying a drone is relatively easy, it's the responsibility in flying a drone which could catch you out. Most of it I've found is just muscle memory, like riding a bike, you don't consciously think about everything you do, you just do it because it's second nature to you. I'm learning to do more manoeuvres manually now than rely on the quick shots, more freedom to customise your moves. 

I did my first ever commercial shoot with it a couple of weeks ago on a farm, capturing aerial stills of the farmhouse and some video footage of the farm, surrounding land, and woodland. The owner was very impressed and actually said they felt quite emotional after watching it. 

It was high pressure work but I enjoyed doing it.