Not really a gadget person, I operate with just a camcorder, no extra lens', but I do have a spare battery about my person when going out into the field, so to speak. The spare battery came in useful last Monday when we visited Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire.

Hope you enjoy the five minute video https://youtu.be/UkPc-ON4BSA

What a wonderful video Eric, it may have been very frustrating for you, but for me, it was simply brilliant.
It's funny but we all love to see butterflies, but as to where they come from, the caterpillar we detest them, munching away on our home grown produce, that also is just as frustrating. I don't think I have seen such beautifully coloured caterpillars, the ones we see in the back garden all seem to be green with no noticeable markings at all.

Eric, we have been getting pictures on our news bulletins over here and Auckland looks horrendous, with pictures of people up to their waist in water. I did think of you as I was watching the pictures. Keep safe over there.

You can split up a long track automatically, rather than doing it manually.

If memory serves, drag down the track to the timeline, highlight the track and then open up the 'trim' window on the context toolbar. Select 'Scene Detection' and wait. You will get a progress bar on the trim window while the program splits up the individual scenes and puts the thumbnails onto the media pane.

Hope this helps.

We can still use cheques here in the UK Eric and the only time I write one is if the plumber needs to call. One cheque book would last quite a few years these days. I seem to remember that the government stated a few years back that they wanted to do away with them, but for whatever reason did not do so.

Do you not have credit cards or debit cards in New Zealand, that's how we normally pay for things?

I do take your point though, society is turning more and more towards technology and people like myself are slowly being left behind. Even the NHS are using smartphone apps. I don't understand it.

Just spent a happy hour or so going through all of the videos I missed over the last few days! Thanks Eric, Paul and Gordon. It's funny, very few submissions over the last few weeks, and suddenly a whole lot come up in the space of a few days. Great stuff!!

I had a bit of trouble with the last one "Flipper, Splash & Friends". For some reason it just would not play. It started off OK once I altered the quality down to 240, then after about 20 seconds it just gave up. I'll have another go tomorrow, the computer is probably getting a bit tired, at one stage it actually told me that it had "encountered a problem" and had to be restarted.

Such is the joy of computers in the 21st century, can't live with them, can't live without them.

Just a quick update. I have now cleared the cache but still cannot watch Samoa. The strange thing is that I can watch some of Eric's older videos like the one made in 2015 featuring the insects in his back garden, etc., but as for Samoa...

I'll see if I can watch it with my Alexa device.

That's a bit like the Monty Python sketch Alfred, "just what did the Romans do for us"!!

I now know why I am useless when it comes to cryptic crosswords. Not a single solution to Jack's question did I begin to understand. All I can think off would be "cod, for example, plus cream for example".

William rote:

"retired, no longer driving, a computer is essential. I need it in order to arrange grocery deliveries from Tesco."

I wish my late father in law was as thoughtful as you William. For a long time I was trying to persuade him to get a computer in order that his daughter, who lived nearby, didn't have to do his shopping for him. Being a very old fashioned type of person, he didn't even consider the possibility. I thought I was stuck in my ways, but there you are, it takes all sorts to make a world.

Joe wrote:

At least one overseas holiday (vacation) per year.
Upgrade to the latest 85" television.
Televisions for other rooms.
Phone contracts with unlimited data for the whole family.
Multiple TV streaming service subscriptions.
Audio streaming service subscriptions.
New pc, laptop or tablet.
New/new to you car.
A second car.
Same spend on Christmas presents as last year.
Lottery tickets and scratchcards.
Gambling.

An interesting list Joe, quite thought provoking.

The last overseas holiday we took was back in 2017, mainly due to the pandemic rather than financial hardship.
We just have the one TV in our living room, although this computer can double up as a TV when required.
Don't understand about phone contracts or data, all a bit beyond me, I told you I was a stick in the mud.
Multiple streaming stuff, again don't quite comprehend, and having a million channels with Virgin media, we don't see the need for them.
We only buy laptops, computers and cars, when the old ones breakdown and are irreparable.

You may turn your nose up at lottery tickets and scratch cards, but at least the proceeds do go to charity and good causes in general, so cannot be too sniffy about them.