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by Andrew » Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:24 am
Good morning!
You create videos faster than I can watch them Rik, but I treated myself to a catch-up over the weekend - and what a treat it was!
I really enjoy your "day in the life" kind of films. It's occurred to me that I watch them in the same way that I do murder mysteries on the telly - I don't really follow the plot (whether it's complex motives for bumping off the vicar or the late-running of the mixed goods to Peckforton), just enjoy the process and soak in the atmosphere - and you've got tons of that going on. I notice something new every time, but with these films I was particularly taken with how you've got the approaches to stations just right, the way grotty huts and overgrown sidings with the odd wagon gradually "solidify" into platforms, whole rakes of wagons, station buildings etc.
I really like the commentary too - I think I've said it before, but there's something comfortingly Oliver Postgate-esque about your narration!
The live steam made a nice change, nice to see DVLR motive power out and about too. With your GE leanings, are you ever tempted to stick a Wisbech-style tram body over that Regner Chaloner?
Thanks for the film fun,
Andrew.