A cold but sunny day at the start of March allowed us the opportunity to get out early and take a trip to the Yorkshire Dales, with all 3 drones in the car and a need to fly and brush off the winter no-fly blues!

Our first idea was to head to Ribblehead and then Bolton Castle, before coming back via Gordale Scar and Malham, but on leaving we decided to reverse the direction and head to Gordale first, and although it was busy, it was not too busy for a flight.

Met a MAVIC 2 drone flyer on the walk in, then flew the MINI3 Pro in close to the falls, the high overhanging cliffs made it difficult to get any satelite signal, so the flight was taken slowly and with great care. Then we retreated back along Gordale Beck and flew the AIR3 - staying further away from people as per CAA rules and my A2CofC licence permissions - and captured the more distant vistas…

Following on from this we flew up a snow clad Pen-y-Ghent and Fountains Fell, then onto Ribblehead to capture the Viaduct surrounded by snow clad peaks, and then finally on to a windfarm overlooking the Irish Sea and with views to the snow capped Mountains of the Lake District - footage of these to follow soon, once edited…

Editing the footage was interesting, a piece of music by the Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson suggested itself to me, a majestic yet slow and deceptively simple piece, so bracing myself for the fact that most won’t have the attention span to last 3 minutes let alone 6 minutes I decided to go with it and produce something serene, relaxing and very chilled out - I hope I have succeeded!

Always on the money with these videos..that closing shot was my favorite.

Cacike47 Posted at 3-5 08:34
Always on the money with these videos..that closing shot was my favorite.

Thank you kindly... I am enjoying the creativity, but wih a broad streak of perfectionism running through me it makes me work hard to get them as good as I can...

Albion Drones Posted at 3-5 08:49
Thank you kindly... I am enjoying the creativity, but wih a broad streak of perfectionism running through me it makes me work hard to get them as good as I can...

Don't stress... you cannot go wrong,  great work every time

Stunning footage and really nice, precision flying.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-5 09:52
Stunning footage and really nice, precision flying.

Thank you... one or two bits I could have done better, but I am being my usual hypercritical self... Overall I am happy with it... Now to edit the other 4 pieces of footage, hopefully on the new laptop arriving tomorrow

Beautiful countryside and views - nicely flown

Codgerzh2 Posted at 3-5 12:21
Beautiful countryside and views - nicely flown

Thank you kindly

Another beautiful video.

BetterBizTech Posted at 3-5 17:10
Another beautiful video.

Thank you kindly..

Great place. What day of the week did you go?

Simply awesome.  I'm trying to imagine what it must have been like at the end of the Ice Age, when that was getting carved out. Who was the photographer stood on the edge of the cliff at the end?

Depp Posted at 3-5 22:55
Great place. What day of the week did you go?

Thanks, we went on a Sunday morning, arriving bout 1030am, it was reasonably busy, but not too many folks to stop us from flying...

Blériot53 Posted at 3-5 23:12
Simply awesome.  I'm trying to imagine what it must have been like at the end of the Ice Age, when that was getting carved out. Who was the photographer stood on the edge of the cliff at the end?

Thanks... I guess it was an amazing site when it was carved out by the meltwater...

As to the photographer, no idea, I saw him there and thought a reveal over the top of him would be a good way to finish the video... Flew that bit with the MINI3 Pro, so was no issue with overflight as under 250gm

Albion Drones Posted at 3-5 23:19
Thanks... I guess it was an amazing site when it was carved out by the meltwater...

As to the photographer, no idea, I saw him there and thought a reveal over the top of him would be a good way to finish the video... Flew that bit with the MINI3 Pro, so was no issue with overflight as under 250gm

Thought it might have been hubby   Whoever, he had a head for heights

Blériot53 Posted at 3-5 23:22
Thought it might have been hubby   Whoever, he had a head for heights

Yeh, a 300 ft sheer climb up a steep slope, perhaps not with his hip as it is, I dont think I am up to climbing that atm either

Albion Drones Posted at 3-5 23:33
Yeh, a 300 ft sheer climb up a steep slope, perhaps not with his hip as it is, I dont think I am up to climbing that atm either

Er, no. Me neither

Lovely work as always.  

DAFlys Posted at 3-6 01:16
Lovely work as always.

Thank you...

Albion Drones Posted at 3-6 01:17
Thank you...

You're very welcome.

Albion Drones Posted at 3-5 09:58
Thank you... one or two bits I could have done better, but I am being my usual hypercritical self... Overall I am happy with it... Now to edit the other 4 pieces of footage, hopefully on the new laptop arriving tomorrow

It's my pleasure.  Congrats on getting a new laptop.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 3-6 03:19
It's my pleasure.  Congrats on getting a new laptop.

Thanks, shoould be here in an hour or two...

Albion Drones Posted at 3-6 03:37
Thanks, shoould be here in an hour or two...

Woohoo!  Almost like Christmas, sounds like you are excited.

Beautiful footage!