To be honest Alfred, I'm not too sure that it is vertigo, it's just a very weird feeling that I get, even at ground level, but is made worse when going up high, even at the top of the stairs at home, I have to be careful not to feel panicked. I have had tests in hospital, but they have yet to put a finger on it, so to speak.

This panelist enjoys all kinds of music, not being a music expert, it's difficult for me to describe the kind of music I enjoy most. Probably something with a tune that can be hummed in the shower, what you might call "middle of the road" music.The only music I don't like is "heavy metal" and "rap".

Anyway, back on topic. This is my latest offering of Sissinghurst Castle Garden, just over 8 minutes https://youtu.be/5fpIWbXsTcs You may need your sunglasses to watch as it was quite a bright day.

Quite right, Gordon, not suitable at all, what a truly disgusting thing to subject us oldies to, I nearly fell out of my bath chair and had to be resuscitated by my good lady wife - what an experience that was!

I enjoyed reading the comment how one of your viewers said that it's been on repeat for two hours - where do they get the money from to afford the leccy?

Time now for one of my pills, and nurse says that it's time for bed - night night...

Nice video Gordon, from your description of it I didn't expect that good a video; how wrong I was, I wouldn't even say that it was "rough around the edges", all edges were nice and smooth IMHO!!

I have another video for you all, it's quite embarrassing to say that it is yet another one of the gardens at good 'ole Hyde Hall in Essex. https://youtu.be/NpoxlvmXjnY

We went there with our chum Richard which was his first visit here since the pandemic. We took him to Sissinghurst and Leonardslee, both sets of rushes are residing on my hard drive waiting for me to do something with them...

In the meantime, please do enjoy eight minutes of your life that you will never get back again - assuming you manage to get through it!

Beautifully filmed Eric, I find it amazing that you can get that much quality from a phone, the flowers were pin sharp, most impressive. I don't think I will be using my phone for films any time soon, I have a little difficulty seeing the screen in anything but dull light with my phone, which is not ideal when shooting on a bright summer's day. I even find it difficult to use the pull out screen on my camcorder unless I am standing in shadow. Maybe it's my eyes that need sorting out rather than my equipment.

Thanks Gordon, my question regarding mobile phone being able to edit video was really rhetorical, but I thought somebody on this forum may have had some experience of such things. The problem I have with mobile phones in general, is that if you don't touch the screen every 7 or eight seconds, the blooming thing turns itself off, which must make editing videos extremely difficult to say the least. Oh well, I think I will stick to my desktop and mouse for now.

I do hope that the likes of Sony and Panasonic are still making camcorders at a reasonable price, if not I don't know what I will do when my present camcorder hits the buffers. I cannot imaging having to use a smartphone on a gimbal, it's simply not natural, well not to me.

You can always tell when a video has been made using a smartphone, so much more camera movement is involved, but most of it is super smooth, however how do you edit such a video. I don't mean technically, but how do you trim a scene when the camera is part way through a pan and start the next clip with a similar camera movement, maybe with a dissolve I guess, there, I've answered my own question!! 

I used to enjoy editing my super 8 films, slicing them up and then cementing them together, happy days. You only got one chance though, there was no 'undo' buttons in those days. That was all we knew back then, having to wait until it got dark in order to show your film off, then half way through, the film decided to snap where you hadn't put quite enough cement on. Who knew that just a few short years later you could take video which could be shown on a TV screen, only thing was we had to wait another four or five years before we could edit it and take all of the tedious scenes out.

Thanks Eric, I guess everybody over the age of 19 can be classified as a "recycled teenager", or do you have to own a mobile phone to qualify as one, sounds like a subject that William could quite easily get his teeth into...

I have to admit, I had to consult AI on what a terrestrial video was, I had not heard that term before, turns out that it means a video that can be shared without resorting to satellite dishes  or even an internet connection, just a straight forward antenna is needed. Every day's a school day!! Do you think that all video groups are declining, and if so, is that the result of mobile phone usage, where everyone takes video, rather than just video enthusiasts, it's a bit sad really, but things evolve and the modern generation are now taking over, with all of their gadgets that our parents wouldn't have the slightest clue about. Not sure that I do either! Enough of my ramblings.

What an outstanding video Eric, I loved every second of it. The pictures were so colourful and sharp, despite the bit of condensation you mentioned "top left". I wish Colchester zoo had such good clear glass on their aquarium, it was all scratched and 'oribble when we visited last summer. Thanks, that was quite magnificent.

Yes, I thought they'd never end!

Nothing if not obvious..

I think I've hit rock bottom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_WWnKt4GAY

No, no and thrice no Joe. Perhaps I should take up poetry!

My parents were never interested in football and therefore never did the pools, and as such I was never subjected to the jargon of the pools. I can remember watching "Grandstand" in the 60s and 70s and after the reading of the football results David Coleman always said things like, there were 15 draws and no jackpot, or there were 8 draws and a very good chance of somebody winning the jackpot.

That reminds me of Mrs Reginald Perrin asking her husband if he could bring himself to having an actual conversation with her, as he never seems to find the time to speak to her.
His reply was, what shall we talk about then I know, I'll kick it off. After a brief pause he said "do you think a Labour government can be true to its socialists beliefs operating in a capitalist society? A question that seems to be oh so contrived, is, in my opinion a very valid one, only problem with it, is that by its very nature, is political, and as such should not be asked in a public forum, unless Mr Musk is the owner of the forum.