The Uffington White Horse

[@TheMendipman]

Brilliant job Sandy. Definitely the best ever video of the Uffington White Horse. Enjoyed every minute. Noel

[@WiltshireMan]

Noel, I managed to get out for an evening flight to the Faringdon folly this eveing with my brother. Shot some good footage and the video will be up in an hour or so.. Sandy

[@briangranville1238]

Hello Wiltshire Man Loved your video of the Uffington White Horse. We've been there! It's awesome!. Joyce & Brian granville - San Francisco Bay Area

[@livesatellitestudios]

Sandy this may be the best ever Aerial Video on you tube. And I have watched them all for the past year+. This video really lifted my spirits, the BBC called they want their stuff back now and their Director..... Absolutely 1st class Thanks

[@wolswildcamping1257]

Well you're certainly having some fun with your new toy Sandy and what an awe inspiring place to do it. I can't live all that far from you, I'm just off the Ridgeway on the stretch between Scutchamer and Goring and have visited the white horse and wayland smithy as you have so we've certainly stomped through the same mud. I absolutely love the Ridgeway so thank you so much for this new perspective. Be safe and be lucky. Wol

[@KennethKramm]

Awesome videography, Sandy. Brilliant music. Your'e really good at doing drone video. Spectacular! ATB, Ken

[@nicholaspullen7261]

My grandmother, born in 1925 in California, used to tell us stories about HER grandmother and great parents coming from a place with a white horse on the hill before they came to the US. A relative just sent me a census copy of their info listing their town as "Vale Of White Horse" and the Google search kind of shocked me. That's the f'ing White Horse that has teased my curiosity ever since I could remember. I guess it sounds silly but Grandma was hearing that story in the 1930s from her grandmother who was born in the 1860s, retelling it from her father who was born in the 1830s. Finding the White Horse was pretty awesome but your video made me feel like I found it in person. Great work!

[@WiltshireMan]

Thats a wonderful story. I have lived within 7 miles of the White horse all my life and even where I am sat now if it weren't for trees and houses I could look out and see it. The Vale of the White horse is a district but in that area are many villages and a small town called Wantage

[@nicholaspullen7261]

@@WiltshireMan Amazing. Thank you for the information, I will look into the area further. Again, outstanding video work!

[@rdotkey]

I visited in 1976. Thank you for the video, I learned something I never knew, even having visited there.

[@PaulDeFitter]

Yep, been there, cycled the Ridge Way once ! what a fantastic place & the chopper shots are just great

[@tektonadventures]

Very nice Sandy,I'm really enjoying these vids. Would love to see more of the area. Thanks for sharing.

[@inkerlot]

Excellent Thank You

[@Brummiejohn200]

Great video Sandy quad shots are fantastic, atb John.

[@wendysalter]

It seems to me that these wonderful ancient sites have been waiting for drone-cams to be invented! They give us a bird's-eye view of the landscape's artistic story-telling in what really must have been the way they were intended to be seen - from the air. Perhaps the builders had to live above deep, un-penetrable, dangerous forests or on the high points they felt closer to their Creator, but who did they expect would see them? Probably other folk miles away on another hilltop above the forests, but they seem to be angled towards the sky. The landscape itself is like a living body, an earth goddess, all soft and curvy and so perhaps the 'horse' (or dragon) was a 'tattoo' for her (one commenter said he wanted a tattoo in its style because it is a 'beautiful design'. It reminds me more of a wild cat - a panther or cheetah. Could they have been here once? Great musical accompaniment. Well done, I really enjoyed it. Thanks

[@janebaker966]

I've really enjoyed just watching this excellent film. I stayed at The White Horse at Woolstone in July 2022 in order to see the White Horse and the Ridgeway which I did but unfortunately I got an attack of a recurring condition so had to phone a friend to get me home. But it was worth it.

[@Zedoutdoors]

Absolutely brilliant! ~Peace~

[@adelarsen9776]

I love and enjoy history. Thanks.

[@adelarsen9776]

@Rosida Andriyana Cheers.

[@AussieMark909]

Awesome Sandy, really enjoying these videos.

[@WiltshireMan]

Thanks Mark, Got a few more places to visit over the coming days. hope the weather holds out a bit so I can get them done. ATB Sandy

[@bluwalker64]

Sandy, thanks for sharing, we keep meaning to head back for a wander. My OH and I had our first date, walking and talking around White horse hill, Dragon hill and Wayland's smithy. Eighteen years later, I want a small tattoo of the horse, as it means something and is a simple but beautiful design. I used to live in Letcombe Bassett, a beautiful area.

[@waynefredrickson6780]

I love to go their where is this

[@funkyprepper]

sandy my friend - you are a legend absolutely stunning film loved the wave at the end - you should do that on all your aerial videos as your little trade mark ;) may sheep safely graze by bach is one of my faves - should of stuck that in there lol see you tomorrow mate - the woods has 5' nettles everywhere - bring a suitable clearing tool :)

[@MikeSmith777]

Another brilliant video Sandy, Atb Mike.

[@TheCS1x]

absolutely superb sandy

[@thetopicala]

Thank you for the sightseeing!

[@12gaoobuck2]

Very few videos that I go to full screen but the quad chopper view needs full screen Cant wait for Wife to get home so we can hookup to big TV Thank you very much for sharing Sandy

[@jamessd7677]

You'll have to take that thing to Avebury one day now Sandy, i'll wait for that one for sure, wow!

[@WiltshireMan]

Hopefully going to Avebury soon, weather permitting

[@MintOutdoors]

Another super video captain Sandy.

[@jamessd7677]

Wow, those things are fantastic, the wonders of modern tech! Seen that from the train many times, always wanted to go and have a close look, dont have to now after watching your film, amazing, thanks.

[@DrRobert7898]

Lovely video sandy. I have never been there before but I feel I have now. I don't live very far away so I will have to pay a visit.

[@DrRobert7898]

@Rosida Andriyana Bristol

[@johnjames218]

wow sandy that chopper has got a fantastic range

[@magoo1uk2003]

Stunning video very well done

[@louisemissouri4410]

hahaha, I was wondering how long it would take you to do this vid of the horse. :) Loved it!! Still drooling over the homes.

[@NeathVideos]

Amazing views there Sandy,i can never make my mind up,about the wide angle lenses though, they tend to have a rounding effect, but like everything else it has its uses...would it take the weight of your camcorder? Atb Martin

[@indaba1960]

I think that is an artifact of the camera being used - if it is a SJ4000 (GoPro lookalike) then it is definitely the lens / camera combination

[@fepowson]

Lovely video Sandy with choice music :) ATB......Les.

[@Dustypilgrim1]

Sandy ... what's that I can feel... Is it StoneHenge approaching over the horizon ? Avebury ? Silbury Hill ?

[@lbcustomknives]

great vif brother. Keep smiling bud.

[@RDPproject]

Im not english mate....But this video made me homesick. Excellent arial shots. Maybe you and your quadcopter could help me out with some arial shots when im over there next year (fingers crossed) Ive got a very special project coming up soon. I'll be in touch with you about it as i would like your help with it if possible. Until then. Keep up the great work.

[@lptb13]

Great vid Sandy, some really fantastic shots. Is the horse naturally occurring or the chalk rich ground been dug up in the shape of a horse. atb. Luke

[@outaboutwilts]

Have you been to Cherhill White Horse? It's similar to the one at Uffington but also has the famous Landsdowne Monument. It would make good quadcopter videos.

[@WiltshireMan]

It's on my list of sites to fly

[@barrywoodcock3544]

whitewolf, aka baz you are a natural model flyer sandy and your videos are amazing, ever thought of changing your name to attenborough.LoL ,keep up the good work ,best videos to date.All the best,Baz.

[@xenoptryx]

Thats really nice Sandy. Respect?

[@harbourwoodlandvisitor2445]

Sandy i have watched a number of your videos. i have a question for you. I'm looking for information on local Christmas time traditions that are unique to the white horse hill and Westbury horse area locations. on Christmas eve 2017 i set off from Dorset to Derbyshire on my 1983 125cc Suzuki scooter. i had not ridden that route before but as a passed through towards the end of a lightly forested area i was able to for the first time to see in the distance a white horse on a hill on my left and on my right i noticed sat back off the forest road four people standing by the road. two small children and an elderly couple with them all waving friendly at passers by including myself. i once heard on bbc south that some local traditions have been passed down the generations even today are kept alive by grandparents and such like. Sandy are you aware of this tradition that as far as I'm aware only takes place in those locations on Christmas eve. where does its beginnings come from. are you aware of this tradition at all? not being from that area myself i wanted to find out more about it.

[@WiltshireMan]

I'm not aware of this tradition and even did a search online but nothing associated with the Uffington white horse

[@MrJohnestall]

Good video Thank you

[@swinderby]

I like your music. How do you select it?

[@bonnie43uk]

Bit of trivia, this was the setting for some of the video to Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting" also featuring Donald Sutherland. Good video :-)

[@evillabrador1]

You could see crop marks from structures inside the hill fort.

[@ramfrancisuk]

Very nice

[@ZeroPence]

Sandy Waw man amazing ATB ZP

[@dgs9000]

Great footage Sandy At that altitude how long do the batteries last?

[@RaindanceBushcraft]

Epic.

[@binghamguevara6814]

i live in london and want to visit. whats the nearest station to the Horse? thank you.

[@WiltshireMan]

I would say either Swindon or Didcot. Swindon is about 9 miles west as the crow flies and Didcot is 14 miles east

[@binghamguevara6814]

@@WiltshireMan thanks for replying so quickly Mr … well, I guess I have to call you Mr Wiltshire Man. I hope you don’t mind. I want to see the Horse from afar and close up. Any advice on the best viewing points on both. Thank you

[@scoutsbushcraft7680]

Top vid.ps bbc1 quality

[@huldaburgh]

For goodness sake it is a CAT not a horse - feline not equine, what is the matter with people?

[@WiltshireMan]

Meeeooowwwww

[@haroldwalton932]

loved the film. but the music...not so good

[@WiltshireMan]

yes I agree

[@alexanderguesthistorical7842]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGKpfqShorqDebM Some info on the Uffington Horse and the other White Horse hill figures for you.

[@WiltshireMan]

Thats quite interesting, I'm not sure though is there was any for thought in the alignments as the figures had to be placed on high ground which occurs seemingly randomly. I've got a book here by ALfred Watkins called The Old straight track, he talks about alignments and how early man would have navigated this country. A learned friend of mine says some of what he says is accurate but some is just fanciful. Just have to try and keep an open mind on some this as they can be difficult to prove. Thanks for sending me your video, Much appreciated :)

[@NeathVideos]

This video was the first one i ever saw on youtube,still makes my jaw drop !! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2nFgH16gdN1oLc

[@WiltshireMan]

I've already watched that video. It's awesome but also very risky. When I first started flying my copter I flew it in my garden to a good height, but I will never fly it again in a built up area with people close by because they can fail and have been know to go out of control so caution has to be exercised.

[@FutzWith]

Giday EH! Very, Very Cool!! Great Video! Thank You! Later, FW.