Jimmy's Farm was a morning visit at best, so we visited nearby Suffolk Owl Sanctuary in the afternoon. The Bataleur eagle was a highlight, along with our first yellow-headed caracara. The other highlight was to be able put the intro into to this video, I've been holding onto it for ages, waiting for my first owl sanctuary....
I just googled it, apparently Alan took Jill to Eagle Heights in Kent. That's burst my bubble a little, thought it would've been more geographically correct! Btw, thanks @sooty mangabey
Another lovely video. And I have done none of mine since way back when I said I was very behind. Even more behind now, especially as I've just had a couple of days at Chester Zoo!!
He is, but he also lived for a while in the Linton Travel Tavern, so he has feet in Cambridgeshire too! Either way, I am sure he would have loved the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary, and the hour or so it would have taken him to drive would have been a good opportunity to give the Rover 800 a spin....
I'm currently 18 videos behind. From the end of May (just before our 10 in 10 Netherlands trip) we were back to two cameras, so here's to sifting through 2 hours+ for each visit, to try and narrow down to 3-4 mins.... Luckily I don't make videos of repeat zoos otherwise I'd have t quit my job just to keep up!
That's where I am going wrong - I make a video of every visit. Ignoring the repeat visits, I only have a handful of new zoo videos to make, so that makes me feel a bit better, hehe!
I thoroughly recommend quitting your job to go to zoo's 5 days a week. It's the most enjoyable thing I've ever done! It's just the other two days writing things up and going through thousands of pictures and deleting many that becomes tedious
I have shamed myself into action - made the Chester video of my trip at the weekend (even if it is 10 minutes long!) and just rapidly sorted two from over a year ago. It must be said it is much easier to make the video a long time after the visit, when I am less emotionally attached to all the videos and instead can more objectively think "Yeah, that bit of video is rubbish, cut!"
It's quite nice to look back through the footage 6+ months late. For me, it brings back the memories of the visit. Do you post your videos anywhere?
No, mine aren't anything special, mostly just a nice way for me to remember my visits. Plus I have used music I couldn't post even if I wanted to!
We had a double trip to Mulhouse Zoo back in Feb (with Basel Zoo sandwiched between). Really enjoyed the park, though the big cat enclosures could be better.
80 videos now completed, will be at video 100 by 30th December, so am still a lonnng way behind. Anyway, hope you enjoy our first trip to Switzerland...
As ever an excellent watch. I very much appreciate the time and effort that must go into these Paul. Keep em coming, they're great!
Thans @NigeW, I really enjoy making them, shame they take me forever. Have got 3 more on the go at the moment, hopefully won't be too long until the next is finished
