Ed Goes to Oxford, Summer of 2023 and Visits Stonehenge

Ed goes to Oxford, Summer of 2023. Find out what happens!
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[@nostalgiaarcadefuture]

Dude.... I've been watching the channel for years now, I never miss a video, and this video is seriously top notch professional stuff. I hope this video gets hundreds of millions of views. The information, the camera work, the choice of playing some Satie music and all the history and legacy and just the sheer number of famous people to have gone through there, as well as the incredible architecture and just imagining the years and years of ideas and knowledge being shared and spread through there, almost brought a tear to my eye. I never would have thought it was quite as special and important a place at it is. To be honest I knew absolutely nothing about it other than that it existed, and now I want so badly to have been born in another time and to go to school there. Truly, this was something special Ed, and you should get your own series on the history channel doing stuff like this. Anyways, I had to say thanks for the inspiring video, you did the place proud I'm sure. Truly a person worthy of walking the grounds. Take care.

[@crazyspaceman1]

💀💀💀

[@jerbyjerb5672]

I'm happy to see the new and surprising content! Loved it, and I can't wait for more. Thank you, thank you!

[@ducatifriedrich2910]

Definitely one of your best. The story line is great, and then you get this fantastic photography which really makes it outstanding.

[@davidhoskin6144]

Fascinating presentation Ed. Thanks for posting!

[@blutey]

Back in the 1970s there were music festivals at Stonehenge (The Stonehenge Free Festival). This was before it was all fenced off and the festivalgoers were still able to mingle with the stones.

[@blutey]

Nice to see such a respectful visitor to the area!

[@CharlieDawsonMusic]

Ed, Love all your videos. All very well done. You kept mentioning your 'Club' and finally I realized it was the NHAS. I live in the Lakes Region so joined the club last week after I purchased a used 'very vintage' Celestron C8 with a wedge mount.. Looking forward to meeting you sometime at one of the events or meetings at the Discovery center. Just great videos and great quality as well. I very much smiled at your discussion of using 4K, 1080 or 720, as I have been through the same anguish producing my own music videos during the Covid shutdown time. Also loved the travel ones as well, also very well done ... thanks for putting in the effort. It's a lot of work and takes a lot of time... Best to you, thanks Charlie R

[@MarkASmith48]

Thanks you for bringing us along to a place most of us will never see. Beautiful and historic indeed! beautifully filmed and put together.

[@carminelupertazzi9851]

Thank you, Ed. I love your channel. Wonderful videography here. Definitely some Carl Sagan vibes!

[@kevchard5214]

Perfect choice of music Ed.

[@xlandscaper]

Composition and framing of your still shots and video are superb and let’s not forget to mention that dam near perfect turf grass! Looks like a great place to visit.

[@davidsussman7476]

Ed, this is beautifully filmed. This is near PBS-quality programming. Long shots, such as you crossing the small bridge, approaching the camera while speaking, a moving/panning shot from behind columns, interesting low-angle shots aimed upward. Most impressive is how you deliver spoken information, which, sure, must have been planned in your head in advance, yet it is presented flawlessly. If it were me, I’d keep screwing up, cursing loudly, trying again, screwing up and cursing again, etc. for eternity. Nicely done!

[@philhunter9134]

In 1974, when I was in England with a choir group, you could walk amongst the stones. Touch them. Whatever. Times have changed.

[@ADF_Cable]

So wonderful Ed... What another great adventure for you! Thankyou so much for sharing your story and history you've learnt. Your playing the piano is memorizing as always.... Thanks, cheers from Australia

[@jomon723]

Great to see you there Ed

[@ezrawilson6986]

Outstanding video, thanks so much for posting it. Looks like it never quite gets warm there, even in summer.

[@philipnewman3916]

Very interesting thanks for the tour.

[@user-oj1fl5sy4g]

Good stuff Ed, keep up providing the great knowledge and information

[@gordanmomcilovic3737]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@bacca71]

Wonderful videography (and stills)! Look forward to seeing you as a mysterious and enigmatic character in a new 'Endeavour.'

[@mschmalenbach]

I see what you did there! Nice!

[@marlapinaire944]

What a great tour of an iconic place. Thanks for your wonderful treatment!

[@KumarChalla]

Excellent choice of using Gymnopédie!

[@georgebottarini1788]

I visited Stonehenge in the 1990’s and back then the bus brought you up to the circle and you were allowed to walk among the stones. It was a very spiritual experience, only the sound of the wind and no one spoke.

[@edting]

Apparently they had a problem with vandalism so they had to rope it off. Too bad...

[@nighttrain1236]

I believe it was fenced off in the late 70s, although it's possible you were given special access to go behind the fence. IIRC when I visited it as a kid in the late 80s, it was enclosed by a fence. I remember getting a shock from an electrified fence, which presumably was keeping some farmer's sheep in a field rather than me away from the stones. In the 80s they still had the brutalist visitors center which resembled a series of concrete bunkers. I believe a new and better one was opened about 10 years ago to replace what had long been deemed a national disgrace.

[@jamesw5713]

Nice video, reminds me what a nice place Oxford is at times, one of the locals 😊

[@worstuserever]

Come on, Ed. You know perfectly well who built all those henges... 👽

[@grahambohl5205]

Thanks for this. Love your filmography!

[@geoffreykeane4072]

What a wonderful video.

[@kathymiskell7658]

What a treat! This video is a treasure! Beautiful architecture &scenery, beautiful piano piece, and interesting history and tidbits about Lewis Carroll to boot! Thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@joeparham2889]

Nice video! Thanks

[@GaryPClark]

How did you manage to have so many places all to yourself? Real power.

[@Biscoid]

Beautiful video Ed. Glad you enjoyed Oxford, it really has an air of magic about it.

[@alandyer910]

Thank you for the excellent tour.

[@irishmays]

Great video as always. Next time your group should make a trip here to ireland. A nice video of newgrange or cèide feilds by yourself would make great viewing. 👍

[@sureits4reall]

I actually thought this one wouldnt interest me, but wow was I wrong lol. Great presenting and presentation Ed, kept me interested to the last gong lol👍🏽

[@edting]

Thanks for the nice comments!

[@ronboe6325]

A quandary, do you go to the college to study something, or do you go to the college to study the college? Looks like either route would be very rewarding. I'd love to talk to the maintenance staff about the buildings, the challenges they face repairing or just keeping things up to snuff.

[@jrpstonecarver]

Ah, my friend. I am jealous. Congrats on going back, and thank you for sharing it with us!

[@russhendrix9674]

Bravo! Great video thank you for posting. As a side note I purchased a 10" Dob after finding your channel over a year ago. Thank you

[@Ricardovio]

Thanks for sharing! Awesome places! Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

[@robi4514]

Very enjoyable video Ed, thanks. Rob (from UK)

[@dumpydalekobservatory]

Great video Ed nice to see you back here in the UK, weirdly enough I've still yet to visit stone henge one day soon maybe.

[@jeffreystyles9472]

Beautiful architecture.

[@richardnellyer2334]

Lovely video Ed! Did you get to do some astro whilst here? We've had a good few nights recently. Keep up the great content as always and clear skies to you from here in Somerset!

[@astrochumak]

Great video, Ed!

[@ultrametric9317]

Very nice. You have a career narrating and writing scripts for documentaries and travelogues, if you want one :) Is that you playing Satie? Very nice.

[@googlecrazy657]

oH oxFord how fancy

[@EdwardRLyons]

I worked in archaeology for many years, and attended several conferences in various Oxford colleges. At one such conference in the 1990s (I don't remember at which college) on the first night we had a dinner laid on for the conference. I went along and found a place at a table -- but I recognised nobody there. I thought nothing much of that, since it was a big conference and I was unfamiliar with most of the attendees anyway. So I settled in, chatted with my neighbours, ate the fantastic food, and near the end there were a couple of speeches by those at the high table -- all about the subject of chemistry. Turned out I had gone to the wrong conference dinner!

[@edting]

Nice story!

[@JamesAdams-ev6fc]

Glad to see you branching out and enjoying the summer. The music by Erik Satie was a little melancholy, though.

[@billmurphypenguins3774]

i thought we were gonna get all 101 bongs then, phew.

[@Astronurd]

My home town. I pass Christchurch college daily. Are the deer still in the gardens?

[@davidducharme5308]

I have to say. I would contribute to PBS to watch videos like this. Enjoyed it immensely.

[@edting]

Thank you for your nice comments!

[@BirdFinder]

Great video Ed. Very nice composition, sound design, and editing. So what scope did you bring?

[@edting]

I tried to bring a TV85, but couldn't justify carrying a mount with me!

[@worstuserever]

@@edting Next time you come over, you can borrow my Starblast. On one of our clearer nights you can make out the finder.

[@kwitee]

Next time, I will take you punting on the Isis. Did you spot any observatory domes (there’s a few)? Or see the Observatory at Green Templeton College?

[@edting]

I might go back next year, so let's keep in touch...

[@kwitee]

@@edting Looking forward to it!

[@curly_bill1629]

I loved they story of the young girl and the keyhole.

[@ronlouie830]

Oxford has one of the highest murder rates in the UK, according to an analysis of PBS British detective shows including Morse, Lewis and Endeavor, set in Oxford. Of course, the writer and creator had Morse smart enough to be at Oxford, not at Christchurch, but had him fail and leave school, heartbroken from a college love affair. Hope you read some PG Wodehouse on your trip, since Bertie Wooster went to Magdalen, Oxford! Liked your piano solo during the outro (a bit maudlin, perhaps; not quite a paronomasia but at least a homophone word). Waiting to see if you tucked a small telescope in your luggage (Dwarf2?), but with so things to light up a night, I'm guessing the light pollution in Oxford (and at Stonehenge) was pretty bad.

[@markbarber7839]

Viewers may also be interested in Mario Buildrep's channel about the true age of stone hedge

[@ftumschk]

For future ref, Wolsey is pronounced "Wool-zee"

[@togray619]

Mr. Ting, was any of the campus destroyed during WWII?

[@edting]

We asked that. The answer is no. Hitler gave express orders not to bomb the campus. His plan was to make Oxford his headquarters after he won the war. Oh my.

[@Beaver-be8vk]

Curious. What camera and lens did you use for the stills at the end?

[@edting]

Video was shot with a Sony ZV-1. Most of the images were taken with (believe it or not) my iPhone 11(!)

[@Beaver-be8vk]

@@edting wow!!! Nice

[@laserguide]

Beautifully edited, Ed 👍

[@ronmcmartin4513]

Ya know Ed, if you'd just buckle-down and graduate high school, perhaps they would welcome you as a regular College student!😁

[@edting]

Good point!

[@ronmcmartin4513]

@@edting--Thanks for understanding the joke.

[@ldsklLtgmer]

Trevlig gubbe, you transtalte