Hi Andy - sorry, but I'm not sure about how many cubs this year - I haven't been to this sett since Covid lockdown times. Thanks Simon

@@badgerlandcouk Yes its been a few years since i,ve been to this sett,there are more setts nearby this location.

You are so kind - thanks for watching!

Thanks for liking

Thank you so much!

Yes - all users of the trails, footpaths and roads should play nicely together. Giving plenty of advance warning, passing one another slowly and with loads of space; would save a whole lot of grief. You can still enjoy the outdoors without causing harm to others users.

Thanks for the kind words...

Noted!

One of my favorite films.😊😊😊😊😊

It's a great track for new mountain bikers and for those to practice skills like cornering. Note that there was a message a week or two back about trees being down, so go careful if you are heading into any blind corners...

J'ai entendu parler de la persécution du blaireau en France. J'ai vu des vidéos de festivals de chasse au blaireau en France. Je souhaite que les gens en Grande-Bretagne, en France et dans le reste du monde soient plus gentils avec les animaux. I have heard about badger persecution in France. I have seen videos of badger hunting festivals in France. I wish that people in Britain, France and the rest of the world were kinder to animals.

I am absolutely agree with you.

I built my own camera track slider. It is basically a wooden board with a couple of runners on it. A moving trolley runs between the runners. The trolley is connected to a threaded rod which is driven by a small battery-powered stepper motor. A tripod head is fitted to the trolley, so I can adjust the angle of the camera. The stepper motor means that I can vary the track speed; which is good for different time lapse speeds. I can vary the track speeds from about 20 minutes per metre of travel; to as long as 5 hours. It isn't a perfect track slider by any means, but it was cheap to make (guessing about £75); so it was a good way to make a few moving time lapse videos. Professional track sliders with fully programmable electronics and so on, are likely to be well above £1000. One example would be the Syrp Genie kit: syrp.co.nz/products/genie-kits

Gisburn Forest is a great place to learn. This video starts out at the Cocklet HIll car park (this is the first car park you will see if you approach from the south). Nowadays, I think you are better to drive past Cocklet Hill for another 300 metres or so and then turn right into The Hub car park (mind the potholes on the forest road!). The Hub car park gives good access to the trails, there are toilets and a cafe for a spot of lunch and usually loads of people about who are happy to give directions. There are also some good maps on large display boards near the toilets; which you can photograph on your phone if you don't have a paper copy. There is also a set of skills loops which are great for a quick warm up beforehand or a cool down afterwards. You can get a sense of direction from this map shown here: pmba.org.uk/Gisburn-Forest-map-web.pdf The forest is generally very well signposted. On pretty much all the routes I've ridden there will be a marker post at every entrance to a bike route; along with colour coded arrows as to what routes go where and how serious they are. The colour codes are important, because Green and Blue are suitable for pretty much anyone, whereas Black and Orange are serious/high-risk routes for experts with high-quality bikes. The fire roads are all wide and gravelly and can be ridden in either direction. However, the single-track routes are one-direction only; so don't go against the direction arrows on narrow trails. Last few times I've been there, there has been a picnic table at the Hub car park, at Point 17 and at the top of the Hope Line. On a good day the view from the top of the Hope Line is superb. If you don't fancy flying down the Hope Line (Orange route), it's a nice downhill ride on the fire roads (past Points 3 and 4) back to the Hub car park. The single track route through Park Wood is a nice diversion from the fire road; and should test your balance and bike skills a bit without being too risky. Just be sure to have a puncture repair kit and a pump in your group; as a bike carry isn't fun if you end up a long way away from the car. And, if it's been wet and you are going off the fire roads; a large bin liner per person is good for the car seats on the way home. Seriously though, I hope you have a good time.

Badgerland.co.uk That's great, thanks for your help!

I shot the individual frames using a wide-angle lens, then edited them into a temporary video using CyberLink Power Director. In then put the temporary video back into the video editor and selected a small part of the frame on the left then slowly panned across to the right hand side of the frame. I then saved this as the video you see on KZfaq. As well as giving the side-to-side "movement", this also meant that I was able to edit out a few bits of litter which were in the bottom of the original shots.

Thanks for the explanation. It certainly worked well!