Walk: 2pm to 5pm, 5.5 miles and 650ft of ascent
Only three days ago when we were out in the Peak District, Malc mentioned how he had seen a drone and would quite like one, and, today he had one delivered! And not the £500 model he had mentioned on Sunday, but a £1,300 DJI Maverick Pro. He never does anything by half
So as he was on a day off, and obviously I am on lots of days off, I asked if he fancied coming over for a bit of a local hike, and he ought to bring along his drone. It was all a bit rushed as when Malc arrived, all he'd done was charge up a battery so we spent almost an hour setting up the drone, then off we went.
We only drove for 5 minutes up to Laughton where we parked up in the community centre car-park. It was another warm and sticky day so whilst we shouldn't complain, I must admit that we did a tad. Although we've lived around here for 20 years now, I'd never actually walked this route, it took us out along the lane from Laughton then across a number of fields for a couple of miles and then through some woods to Roche Abbey, an English Heritage site that I visited with my camera a year or so ago after around a 45 year gap.
You can't fly drones over the property, but that wasn't the aim of the walk anyway, but on the large flat area next to it was a great place to give the drone it's maiden flight. It was only set to beginner mode, but both of us easily managed to pilot it, it is very straightforward I must admit. So a successful first trip out, there will be many more by Malc I can safely say.
We took the path back through the woods but then took the right-hand fork and headed over to Brookhouse, then picked up the path back uphill to the church in Laughton. It had now started to rain, and as it was still very clammy it became very uncomfortable walking.
The last little surprise I had for Malc, and one that I didn't even know about until I planned out this route, was an old Motte & Bailey castle that is in the grounds of the church; I was stunned when I saw it on the OS Map. Ok, if you didn't know what you were looking at you might just think it's a mound of earth, but prior knowledge is always a good friend.
So just the walk back down through the village to the car, the short drive home, and the godsend of a shower.
Only three days ago when we were out in the Peak District, Malc mentioned how he had seen a drone and would quite like one, and, today he had one delivered! And not the £500 model he had mentioned on Sunday, but a £1,300 DJI Maverick Pro. He never does anything by half
So as he was on a day off, and obviously I am on lots of days off, I asked if he fancied coming over for a bit of a local hike, and he ought to bring along his drone. It was all a bit rushed as when Malc arrived, all he'd done was charge up a battery so we spent almost an hour setting up the drone, then off we went.
We only drove for 5 minutes up to Laughton where we parked up in the community centre car-park. It was another warm and sticky day so whilst we shouldn't complain, I must admit that we did a tad. Although we've lived around here for 20 years now, I'd never actually walked this route, it took us out along the lane from Laughton then across a number of fields for a couple of miles and then through some woods to Roche Abbey, an English Heritage site that I visited with my camera a year or so ago after around a 45 year gap.
You can't fly drones over the property, but that wasn't the aim of the walk anyway, but on the large flat area next to it was a great place to give the drone it's maiden flight. It was only set to beginner mode, but both of us easily managed to pilot it, it is very straightforward I must admit. So a successful first trip out, there will be many more by Malc I can safely say.
We took the path back through the woods but then took the right-hand fork and headed over to Brookhouse, then picked up the path back uphill to the church in Laughton. It had now started to rain, and as it was still very clammy it became very uncomfortable walking.
The last little surprise I had for Malc, and one that I didn't even know about until I planned out this route, was an old Motte & Bailey castle that is in the grounds of the church; I was stunned when I saw it on the OS Map. Ok, if you didn't know what you were looking at you might just think it's a mound of earth, but prior knowledge is always a good friend.
So just the walk back down through the village to the car, the short drive home, and the godsend of a shower.
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