Video - "Duffield, But not as you know it!", kaleidoscopic trippy car journey in Duffield, Derbyshire.

Here is my latest video "Duffield, But not as you know it!".
Its a Kaleidoscopic Trippy car journey in Duffield, Derbyshire, UK.
This is a car journey in Duffield, Derbyshire, UK which I did on Sunday 16th March 2014.
Can you guess the driving route I took?

This is best watched at 1080/720p fullscreen.

See if you can work out where I am or any of the locations.



Or use this link - Duffield, but not as you know it!

Hope you like it.
thanks
Andy

Derby Assembly Rooms car park fire, 14th March 2014 - videos

There was a massive fire at Derby Assembly Rooms car park on Friday night. At this stage its under investigation as to the cause.
When I was up there a few weeks ago I noticed that there was a large area in the middle that was surrounded by wooded sheeting, Not sure what was behind that, maybe building materials for the current work that is being done on the car park? 

Here are some videos of Derby Assembly Rooms Car Park Fire  :








I was on the top floor of the Assembly Rooms Car park only a few weeks ago when I took this video of the former Full Street Police Station being cleared.

thanks
Andy

Red Bull Quadcopter, 360 degree and high tech filming at Ashbourne Shrovetide Football 2014.

While I was at this years Ashbourne Shrovetide Football on Tuesday 4th March and Wednesday 5th of March I noticed some new and unusual filming going on. Perhaps you saw them too?

The first thing that was rather obvious was a quadcopter flying over the crowd, well just out of the way of the crowd.
Apparently this was being filmed for Red Bull, I took two photographs of the Quadcopter when it landed.
As you can see its being controlled by two people, one to fly the quadcopter and another operator for the camera control.
This is a nice bit of kit, must have some serious power in those 8 blades to lift that camera up, it was very stable in the air too.






I also caught the Red Bull quadcopter in flight in my video here :


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Film Crew No 2
Another filming unit I saw consisted of four people. This consisted of a very fancy camera which was held aloft, a microphone boom operator, a camera operator and a support guy.
I took a few photographs of this crew.
The camera that was being help up in the air has all sorts of interesting stuff on it. As you can see the actual camera is hung below the framework. This is being controlled remotely by the woman. She has a screen shield to view the footage and a remote control to control the view that is being captured.











Film Crew No. 3
Another capturing method I saw a few of was a 360 degree camera on a pole. I saw a few of these during the game.
As you can see it consists of 6 small wide angle cameras made into the shape of a cube.
Not sure if they were capturing single shot 360 degree images or 360 degree video.




If anyone knows where I can find footage that was taken from these three filming crews let me know by posting a reply to this post.

Forest v Derby Legends, Sunday March 23rd 2014 at Grange Park, Long Eaton United FC. FREE charity match for Sport Relief.

Did you know that on Sunday March 23rd 2014 there is a free football match taking place Forest v Derby Legends ? This will take place at Grange Park, Long Eaton United FC, Derbyshire.
This is a FREE event, no need to buy tickets, just turn up. Seriously its really free just give a donation.

Long Eaton United.

Long Eaton's ground is quite small, it has a capacity of 2,000 (180 seated). So if you want a seat its first come first served !

The Nottingham Forest Legends v Derby County Legends charity game is to raise funds for Sport Relief and the match starts at 1pm.

Players confirmed so far :
Derby County :
Roger Davies, Dick Pratley, Trevor Hebberd, Jason Kavanagh, ,Mark Edworthy, Graham Harbey, Neil Bailey, Michael Johnson, Craig Ramage, Kevin Hector, Tommy Johnson, Lee Carsley, Rory Delap, Rob Kozluk.

TBC : Andy Garner, Tommy Johnson, Darren Moore.

Nottingham Forest :
Des Walker, David Johnson, Jason Lee, Ian Breckin, Craig Armstrong.

Long Eaton United FC  :

The ground has a very small car park, which is accessed down a road off Station Road, Long Eaton. Its not very well sign posted so is easy to miss the road. Look out for the sign for "Erewash indoor bowls club" as this shares the same road.

Map for Long Eaton United Football Club (Grange Park) :


Thanks
Andy

#dcfcfans #derbycountylegends #sportrelief

Burton Beer Festival 2014 - Thursday 13th March to Saturday 15th March at Burton Town Hall, Burton-on-Trent.

Just down the A38 from Derby is the town of Burton, and this is where you will find Burton's 35th Beer Festival in March 2014.
The CAMRA Burton Beer Festival 2013 runs from Thursday 13th March to Saturday 15th March.

This is a great venue for a beer festival. In the main hall beers are located all around in the archways (see in the video).

There is a large stage where Martin Atterbury will perform on Friday/Saturday lunchtimes and live entertainment in the evenings by retracting the Wurlitzer organ into the opening in the stage wall.
Ciders and more beers are located down two short corridors in the Lingen room. There is also a food area serving meals and a quiet room too.

Here in my video you can watch a few tunes played by Martin Atterbury at last years Burton Beer Festival.
It features Martin Atterbury on the Wurlitzer at Burton Town Hall.

This Wurlitzer organ is from Cleveland Ohio where it was manufactured in 1921. After a fire in the Cinema, the organ was shipped to England in 1939 and installed in The Forum at Northenden, Manchester.
In 1971 the organ was purchased by Burton Council and installed in Burton Town Hall where it has been ever since.


Or use this link : Video of Martin Atterbury on the Wurlitzer at Burton Beer Festival 2012.

Here is what Burton Beer Festival looks like :


Location :
Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.

Date and times :
Thursday 13th March 2014  6:30pm - 11pm
Friday     14th March 2014 11am - 11pm
Saturday 15th March 2014 11am - 10pm


Admission Prices:
Thursday Free to Camra members, £1 non-members.
Friday lunchtime £2 (free for CAMRA members)
Friday Evening £6 (£2 for CAMRA members)
Saturday all day £3 (£1 for CAMRA members)

Entertainment:
Friday and Saturday (Lunchtime)  Martin Atterbury on the Wurlitzer playing popular classics.
Friday (Evening)     The Nuts
Saturday (Evening) Little Dynamite

Glass hire for all sessions is £2 returnable on departure from the festival if required or you can keep it as a souvenir.



Beer and Cider List for the 2014 Burton Beer Festival :
2014 Beer List (PDF)

Google Streetview of Burton Town Hall :

View Burton Beer Festival. in a larger map
Post Code for the venue :
DE14 2EB



Getting to Burton Beer Festival by Train:
If you are thinking of going to Burton Beer Festival by Train from Derby then it will only take around 9 to 12 minutes and will cost £7 for a day return. (or £6.50 off-peak day return)
On Friday, The very last train back from Burton to Derby is at 23:40.

Depending on where you live the cheapest option may be a Derbyshire Wayfarer as this only costs £11.10 for unlimited travel all day on train and bus over the area below :

Derbyshire Wayfarer routes covered by train and bus.

Map Location for Burton Beer Festival :

View Burton Beer Festival. in a larger map


To find the Beer Festival simply turn left out of Burton station and walk down Borough Road. You will see the Town Hall directly in front of you, a fine Gothic looking building here :

Photograph of Burton Town Hall


Thanks
Andy

2014 Belper Farmers Market, 2nd Saturday of every month. Get some great local produce.

Belper Farmers' Market takes place this Saturday 8th March and on the second Saturday of every month. The market runs from 9am to 1pm on Belper Market Place, Belper, Derbyshire.

Photograph of Belper Farmers Market :



You will find all sorts of local food for sale here such as Cheese,Eggs,Pies,Meat etc.
The Pudding Room, Lime Tree Pantry, Heage Windmill, Amber Ales, Yorkshire Crisps, Honeypot etc.




Here are some websites of producers who are often at Belper Farmers Market :
www.localhoney.co.uk
www.limetreepantryfoods.com
www.amberales.co.uk
www.thepuddingroom.com
www.heagewindmill.co.uk

Dates in 2014 for the Belper Farmers Market.
Saturday 8th February 2014
Saturday 8th March 2014
Saturday 12th April 2014
Saturday 10th May 2014
Saturday 14th June 2014
Saturday 12th July 2014
Saturday 9th August 2014
Saturday 13th September 2014
Saturday 11th October 2014
Saturday 8th November 2014
Saturday 13th December 2014

Belper Market Place is located at the very top of King Street where it meets the A609.

Location map for Belper Farmers Market :

View Belper Farmers Market. in a larger map

Thanks
Andy

My videos from Ashbourne Shrovetide Football, Wednesday 5th March 2014.

I was at Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game and took lots of video. This is the best footage I have ever taken in the 12 years of seeing the football.
I will be uploading the footage from Wednesdays game over the next few days and updating this post with them.

Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 1 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 2 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 3 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 4 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 5 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 6 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 7 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 8 :


Wednesdays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 9 :


If you would like to link to the playlist which has all 9 parts in one series the  use my playlist here :
Ashbourne Shrovetide Football, Wednesday 5th March video Playlist.

Thanks
Andy

My videos from Ashbourne Shrovetide Football, Tuesday 4th March 2014.

I was at todays Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game and took lots of video.
I have spit the videos in to small parts.

2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 1 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 2 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 3 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 4 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 5 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 6 :


2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football. Part 7 :



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Andy

2014 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football, Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th March. The maddest game of football in the World!

Note videos of the game will appear on my YouTube channel, Subscribe to see them. or follow me on Twitter so you get notified : https://twitter.com/AndySavage1969

Its that time of year again when the maddest game of football in the world takes place in Ashbourne Derbyshire. Here are the details for 2014 :

The 2014 game takes place on the 4th and 5th March.
On Tuesday Stuart Lees a retired firefighter who now runs a building business, Walker and Lees, will be turning up the ball at 2.00pm. And on Ash Wednesday,   Stephen Bott, engineer will have the honour.

Ashbourne in Derbyshire is host to one of the Oldest Shrovetide football games in England and this annual event is one not to be missed.

It was first recorded in 1682, though thought to date back to the 12th Century ,various attempts were made to suppress it over the years.

It has continued unabated ever since, and by 1928 it had become so respectable that the then Prince of Wales was invited to start the game. From that year on it was known as the Royal Shrovetide Football game.

The Game is played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, and consists of two teams, one from anyone born to the North of the River Henmore, and one from people born South of the river, these are known as Upards and Downards.

The Goals are on the sites of Old mills, one at Clifton and one at Sturston, these are three miles apart.
A goal is scored by a player striking the mill wheel three times with the Ball.

The ball may be kicked, carried or thrown, but generally proceeds in a series of hugs invisible to the spectator. The game can last for many hours, finishing well after dark.

The game starts at 2pm in the afternoon, when a specially prepared ball - larger than a football and filled with cork which weighs around 4lbs is thrown in by a visiting guest of honor. The balls used for the Shrovetide games are made by Ashbourne man John Harrison.
The hand sewn leather balls are filled with cork chippings.
The balls are a work of art and take a few weeks to paint.

The Rules
If the balls are goaled, then it will become the proud possession of the person who has goaled it. If no-one goals it, then the person that turned-up the ball gets to take it home.
The game starts in the Shawcroft Carpark (back of Waitrose supermarket), See my detailed map lower down. I have provided a detailed interactive Shrovetide map lower down in this post which will enable you to see all the key points of the playing field which 3 miles between the two goals at Sturston and Clifton.

Ashbourne Royal Shrovetide Football is something that you just have to see to believe your eyes.
Here is part one of four videos I made of the game in 2012 to give you an idea of what its like :



Here is part one of six videos I made of the game in 2013 to give you an idea of what its like :






I have lots of photographs and several videos from past games that you can view :

Photographs:
Photographs from the 2008 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game.

Photographs from the 2007 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game.

Photographs from the 2006 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game.

Photographs from the 2004 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game.

Photographs from the 2002 Ashbourne Shrovetide Footbal game.


Videos :
Video footage from the 2010 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football Game.

Video footage from the 2009 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football Game.

Video footage from the 2007 Ashbourne Shrovetide Footaball game.

Extra video footage from the 2007 Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game.

Time-lapse driving video from Derby to Ashbourne.

Time-lapse driving video from Derby to Ashbourne 2012.

Location Map:
Smartphone drop pin locator for Ashbourne Shrovetide Football,
If you own a smartphone (iPhone,HTC etc) then CLICK HERE and it will launch your mapping app with a "drop pin" which I have perfectly located above the turning up plinth, If you have never been to Ashbourne then you can use this to get walking directions to where the action will be at 2pm.
On an iPhone, once the map shows up there will be a red drop pin in the middle of the screen with the title "Ashbourne Shrovetide" above it. Touch "Directions" at the bottom and then "by foot" icon at the top of the screen to get detailed walking directions to the start of the game.


The town of Ashbourne is located in Derbyshire just off the A52, see my time-lapse driving video to Ashbourne Football.
I have created an interactive map which shows all the key points in the game such as the turning up plinth where the ball is thrown, the two goals and the Henmore which is what determines if you are an Upard or a Downard, Click the link below the map for a large view of all the points of interest :

View Ashbourne Shrovetide Football game map. in a larger map

Transport
If you are travelling from Derby then you could catch the Swift Bus from Derby Bus Station for £3.80 single/£7.50 return. This stops at Ashbourne Bus Station which is a two minute walk from the Shorecroft car park. Information on the Swift Bus Service.

Accommodation
If your looking for somewhere to stay over then there is the White Hart pub just down the road or the Station Hotel or Compton Guest House or a Travel Lodge at the other end of the town.

Thanks
Andy