Night Beachride

Night Shadow man...

Been a while but finally i tried out my lights on sand using the 1300 lumen CREE XL-M torch along with the two 1600 lumen Magicshine 872 bar mounted lights to see if it would improve filming using the Go Pro camera...

I went a ride around the sandy single track trails and beach with friend Jason on the pugsleys,  while in real life the helmet torch was unbelievable in power the Go Pro only saw a bright centre spot, so not as good as hoped, Think i need to try another magicshine from one of many mates who now have them on the helmet and see if view when looking away from the bars is good.
How ever film riding on the Bake Bean trail  previously mentioned in the last blog was quite good, the whiteness of the sand and bushes to the side gave a good contrast,

Here is the Bake been trail all the way from Gullane village down to the Pine Woods at Jamies Neuk, a nice trail, deserted too at 6pm once dark,

Song is `Nightbook` by Ludovico Einaudi

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It was blowing a gale but once into the pine woods you could here a pin drop...
Compact camera picture with no flash shows just how bright these combined lights are on full power...

I love night riding and never feel scared out in the woods, in fact i need to make a film riding to all the spooky places i can think of!, some old Tombs in some old Estates and that WW2 German POW Cooler cells would be well spooky at night, along with some ruins and  big woods...

Best read this before you go out on your own, just in case -:)...

It came with the film, now available on DVD, this week from Amazon, I really really wish i went to see this on the big screen as i thought it is ace!...
If you like goofing about in woods at night on bikes and with big torches then this film is right up your street...

The Troll Hunter is a Norwegian Dark Fantasy made in a `found footage` mockumentary,  3 students set out to make a documentary film about an alleged bear poacher called Hans...

 But when they stumble upon him at his work they discover something far more scary!, he decides to let them film and go with him on his job...and they get close to the action to film, a bit too close...

It has a decent script and seems to cover all aspects to say it can`t happen or be true,  It is best to watch in Norwegian with subtitles too rather than the optional English (dubbed)
A great movie if its your thing...

Trailer...




The Troll Hunter ranks alongside the other classic `Pre Night Ride`  film  `Dog Soilders`
Someone has managed to upload the full 1 Hour 40 mins film on Youtube, go scare yourself -:)...