BEYOND THE BRIDGE: A celebration of a year on my home river.

[nickthomas]

For those of you, like me, who can't get out on the river, or are waiting for the trout season to open, here's something to pass the time. Put it on a decent size screen, sit back with a glass and enjoy. Cheers, Nick.

 

[shropshire_lad]

Nick, what a truly stunning piece of work!

I watched it on my iMac screen with the sound playing via a high quality headphone system. Everything about it was faultless. The audio over the headphones was particularly spectacular - three dimensional - I was there on the bank with you.

I have seen some lovely films made by folk on here but that is a cut above.

My daughter has been studying in Cardiff and it has given me a chance to get to know the place a bit. I have walked the Taff through Bute Park a fair bit and have ridden the Taff Trail from Cardiff to Caerphilly on several occasions. I have spotted shoals of mullet in the tidal reaches and know from watching Will Millard that salmon have returned. Otherwise, I found myself gazing at the river and wondering what else is in there.

Truly spectacular - thanks so much for sharing

 

[eddleston123]

What a beautiful film to watch on a cold dreich February day. Loved the poem. Did you write that?

Very enjoyable, I'll watch it again soon.


Douglas

 

[nickthomas]

Nick, what a truly stunning piece of work!

I watched it on my iMac screen with the sound playing via a high quality headphone system. Everything about it was faultless. The audio over the headphones was particularly spectacular - three dimensional - I was there on the bank with you.

I have seen some lovely films made by folk on here but that is a cut above.

My daughter has been studying in Cardiff and it has given me a chance to get to know the place a bit. I have walked the Taff through Bute Park a fair bit and have ridden the Taff Trail from Cardiff to Caerphilly on several occasions. I have spotted shoals of mullet in the tidal reaches and know from watching Will Millard that salmon have returned. Otherwise, I found myself gazing at the river and wondering what else is in there.

Truly spectacular - thanks so much for sharing

Thank you, it all looks a bit different now after the flooding, but it will return to normal in time. Cheers, Nick.

 

[nickthomas]

What a beautiful film to watch on a cold dreich February day. Loved the poem. Did you write that?

Very enjoyable, I'll watch it again soon.


Douglas

Thanks. Yes the poem at the end is mine, and there was me worrying that nobody would watch to the end to read it.

 

[shropshire_lad]

What a beautiful film to watch on a cold dreich February day. Loved the poem. Did you write that?

Very enjoyable, I'll watch it again soon.


Douglas

Thanks Douglas, I now have a new word in my vocabulary - "dreich" However, being a Sasanach I'll no doubt get the pronunciation wrong!

Likewise, I thought the poem was excellent

 

[sofasurfer]

Great piece of work, I remember the title from the Autumn edition of Fly Culture magazine. The Winter sequence made me shiver

 

[lukewarm]

Will look forward to watching that tonight Nick , if it’s anything like previous films it’ll be worth watching
Is your ‘bridge’ still there? , you city slickers certainly had a fair ole’ flood at the weekend . It was’nt good here but compared to you!

 

[nickthomas]

Great piece of work, I remember the title from the Autumn edition of Fly Culture magazine. The Winter sequence made me shiver

Thanks, yes it was cold and I did film a couple of those sequences with leaking waders!

 

[nickthomas]

Will look forward to watching that tonight Nick , if it’s anything like previous films it’ll be worth watching
Is your ‘bridge’ still there? , you city slickers certainly had a fair ole’ flood at the weekend . It was’nt good here but compared to you!

Hope you enjoy it. The bridge is still there - the Victorians knew how to build railway bridges to last. The path underneath, which features in the film is looking a bit worse for wear though...

 

[wobbly face]

Excellent Nick, many thanks for all the hard work put in and sharing. Very professional and quality viewing.

 

[Reg Wyatt]

Very nice film. Personal choice but the beautiful natural sounds you captured were slightly masked by the music - as nice as the music was! Just a personal choice.
Great watch thank you.

Reg Wyatt

 

[Scotty90]

Lovely filming nick, good looking fishing too.

 

[Rod44]

Absolute quality , im now feeling so chilled after immersing myself in that , thanks for sharing . I should be on the Neath this year as im right by it , but would like to hop over for a look at the Taff some time . Lovely poem too ...cheers .

 

[skajtrout]

Hiraeth...

Skaj

 

[mebu]

Gorgeous.

Peter

 

[DaveM]

What a privilege to watch such a lovely film with no narrative, just the soothing music and fantastic scenery.
Many thanks for that, shall watch it a few more times I think.

Dave

 

[jaybeegee]

Many thanks Nick, I’ve been saving it and it was well worth the wait. Beautiful.
Brendan

 

[streams]

Fantastic I loved every minute of it

 

[redietz]

Wonderful film! I enjoyed it very much.