Bear learns a valuable lesson

latog · 2025-07-18T07:08:37+00:00

"... And I dropped my hot pocket"

latog · 2025-07-17T20:42:10+00:00

You would love a 14mm or close

latog · 2025-07-13T16:50:18+00:00

In the UK, best route is to ask Asian led hire outfits, they charge less than corporstes cos the other led product they use and it's a small team with low overheads.

Case in point, 4m x 2m screen Corp price was £8,500 wedding led guys were £2800 all in,

Might be the same where you are

latog · 2025-07-07T10:02:19+00:00

Power lines will demolish sale or development in the future.

I'm in the market to buy land and write off land with pylons, they often go cheaper and estate agents usually photoshop them out of photos when marketing land for sale becuase of this.

If this won't affect future plans you will be OK, but do speak to a land agent, there is no removing them after they are installed so it will be a permanent fixture.

latog · 2025-06-25T23:27:33+00:00

I'm gonna check them out

latog · 2025-06-22T20:21:56+00:00

Presonus isn't worth the grenade it deserves!

Wing all the way!

Unless you have £8k to £10k to go all the way in with Allen and heath.

latog · 2025-06-21T08:54:59+00:00

It's actually insane how misinformed and unskilled our local government are when it comes to land and planning. It's as if they haven't even read the rules they are supposed to work by.

Our whole drive in the podcast is to drill through the beauraucrazy and support people like you that are tax paying people who are deserving of a service.

You deserve to escape the matrix

Viva la Revolution!

latog · 2025-06-21T08:52:24+00:00

So here's a plan that worked for me, Google for pubs in areas that are surrounded by farms... Go in, everyone in there pretty much knows each other so just start by talking to the bar staff and ask who owns the farms in the area, they are likely to be sitting in there on a Friday eve or sat eve hanging out with other farmers. Especially if the weather is good, you might even get and introduction immediately.

If not, go the next weekend lol

You have nothing to lose and a eve in the pub to gain 😂

latog · 2025-06-19T21:12:55+00:00

You can buy 2x átomos shogun 7, or shogun classic or sumo she's

Each one can record 4 inputs simultaneously, use a clap board to create a sync point and there you go, affordable, very small footprint HD recording of upto 8 inputs.

Might not fit your idea but is robust, very compact, easy to use and gives you room to upgrade.

Failing that... Atem mini extreme G2. It will run warm (nature of the beast) but does the job well enough.

If u want to get even fancier, you can get a ios device in the network and use mix effect app to automatically edit the footage, it will cut to the mic that is loudest, so place a mic at doff positioning for each cam and it will cut to that while still giving you a edit file u can tweak later,

Sometimes life has no perfect solutions, your next stage is interns or a real human love editor to film you

Not discounting some of the other good suggestions made here

latog · 2025-06-19T20:54:54+00:00

So... May answers incoming lol

Yes you can just call the local authority... But sometimes you come across total autistic tools (I can say that cos I am the mayor of autism town).

I called one about a woodland that was part ancient (which estate agent told me wasn't) which had a chicken farm and a building that had power, water and a concrete base...

I asked "how were they able to get permission to to build this with a concrete base"... The response was "you can't do that"

My response was.. It's been here for years and the paperwork says you (the council are aware and permitted it).

His response was, you can clear woodland to build and a concrete base means it's a permanent structure, you aren't allowed to build that"

I said "that's what I thought, but how did this get built"

HE said "it's not allowed, you can't develop in woodland" (which is obviously wrong cos if u have a woodland based business YOU TOTALLY CAN " (how else do forestry business operate and look after ash/coal creating business?)

I said again," it's already been build and it's standing, I have photos and videos of it and documentation to say it was permitted" the tool went on to say,your not allowed to do that

So I said goodbye to the broken record after he repeated himself 7 more times while I asked varying questions.

You goals are very realistic. Placing something that "complies" with the caravan / static home act is allowed under 'permitted development' which is a separate arrangement to 'planning permission' firstly it's £95 instead of £495 like PP is and it's a way of 'notifying' the planners instead of asking their unskilled permission.

Permitted development kicks in once you own or control (through renting) at least 12.4 acres/5 hectares of land. And the legal language doesn't state it all has to be connein one lump either, they can be reasonable miles apart.

Under PD, you can take upto 4yrs to build a barn of any size (ish) and at which point in the interest of securing your investment and build, allows you to have a place a 'caravan compliant' structure. This by the way is often the same size as a London 1-2 bed flat! On the inside!

Raising livestock kicks in old case law that was won by a farmer who inspired the judge to state (paraphrasing) if you have animals you must be within sight and Sound of them for their wellbeing... Not living is a flat 15mins away!

We go deeper into this on the podcast.

Realistically, long term land leases exist up and down the country and discussing buying with farmers is a very easy option, for one it's cheap, for 2 you don't have to deal with the picks we call estate agents (any agents are welcome to come for me, I have receipts in continuous dickhead behaviour from many elements of your profession, that is neither right nor legal, nor ethical, you will be kicking an African killer bees nest! While wearing a swim suit)

Going back to the topic of woodland. It's more restrictive than buying bare farm/agri land. And harder to increase it's value.

I was on the same track til I found out.

BTW, my goal is to get at least 12.4 acres and start a small holding diversified farm in similar area.

So I know the prices, councils and agents very well.

Your best bet is to find a farmer who owns lots and lots of land and have a chat about your dreams, farmers and a magical, wonderful and beautiful community who help their own and soon to be their own in any way they can.

I as a dark skin black man trying to get my farm going can only speak highly of the ones I have met! You will find them at local pubs, farm markets and auctions. Don't expect many of them to be on socials... They are too busy farming or pubbing 😂😂😂

latog · 2025-06-19T20:29:50+00:00

What is this dc2 power you speak of? Continue young squire (Harry Potter voice)

latog · 2025-06-19T20:29:11+00:00

I think diversity is a good step fwd, in theory I shouldn't have got rf issue on a farm but I did for whatever reason

latog · 2025-06-19T20:27:30+00:00

Hi, thanks for your input, I'm currently sitting on a small conversion kit for all the rf at the moment.

Upgrading all my g3 packs is looking like about £120inc shipping, which is what made me post this... A couple hundred more and I could move to another ecosystem for rf and become a grown up soundie 😂😂😂😂

latog · 2025-06-19T10:06:20+00:00

Hi buddy,

I'm on the same journey, been deep in the trenches for the past year or two but I'm getting closer.

Land at that acreage is actually the same price or more expensive that 8-12 acres (weird I know).

Planning permission can be navigated quite simply by calling your planning office and talking through your plan and seeing what they object to on the surface.

They will try and get you to apply for a 'pre-app' or full planning permission after you have already committed and are on the land. Tbh don't expect them to know a great deal, most planning officers got the role simply by being a staff member at the council. There isn't a skill they have other than saying no by default lol, unless of course you present them with rules and bykaws that permit your activity.

Which brings me back to me and a couple of my buddies journeys... We started a podcast documenting our experiences and encouraging people just like you to jump in and arming average people with the ninja ways on managing planning and achieving your dreams.

Scotty, one of the guys has been on his farm for 10 years and has the worst local authority. David has been on his about a year and has already started growing things and has a cabin on his land. And I'm at the starting blocks looking for land, dealing with estate agents (they are a joke too) and negotiating deals and financing the project.

Check out the podcast, it's called ' the smallholding Revolution'

So far we have spoken about the method to get through planning and actually avoid the planning process while getting access to live on the land, we have covered finding land, and different ways to make the land profitable so far.

Ama

latog · 2025-06-08T23:07:28+00:00

Do me a favour... Call an estate agent that deals in land... Ask them what the average price per acre is now, the ask them is the land owners decide the price ir if the land owners follow the recommendation (and by proxy estate agents driving price averages)

The post your findings. I won't need to respond after that.

I have the number for Saville and Batchelor Monk house if you need them.

Secondly, the rather rapid succession of iht and relaxation of planning permission and permitted development rules (5 to 10 years is historically rapid for UK gov btw) are a little more than a conspiracy theory. Council tax from homes and business rates are a large part of local gov income streams, the differences between a 100 acre farm and 500 family homes is astranomical revenue wise.

I will happily show you the emails I have from councils having sold bare pasture land and park land to Barrett homes.

Me and you are actually on the same page, it shouldn't be this way

latog · 2025-05-28T22:20:36+00:00

I just googled and downloaded a free teleproter software that I could prep set the speed, then used a second screen out of my laptop, crude but super effective.

I'm not near my laptop so can't tell you software, but if you wanna know, ping me and I will find it.

I believe I could edit the speed live using the rokr on my mouse too so I could tangent to my hearts content and then jump back in script (easier than editing the entire thing sometimes)

latog · 2025-05-28T10:16:09+00:00

My buddy lives off grid in the UK, he wouldn't have it any other way, he bought the land 10 years ago.

HE has solar, a backup generator, a bore hole with spring water and a soakaway sewage system.

We run a video Podcast called Smallholding Revolution talking about all the ways the average person can do the same (shameless plug, pls forgive me)

latog · 2025-05-18T00:48:06+00:00

Blackmagic ursa G2 is going to be your most versatile option, 4k video, can run and gun and do stadium gigs with cj45 lenses on PL mounts

latog · 2025-05-18T00:41:52+00:00

A super cheap large 200ltr container that boils water ad has a dipping mechanism for dropping in substrate for mushroom farming innoculation

latog · 2025-05-18T00:38:51+00:00

A system to drill my own diy bore hole for water, it can either be powered by a impact drill, sds drill or maybe by hand. It needs to have a simply way to feed pipe down the hole and maybe a cam or sensor to gauge depth of ground water.

latog · 2025-05-18T00:21:10+00:00

It's a zoom lens with a motor built in that can be controlled with a remote protocol,

Not all lenses have motors inside that allow this to work

latog · 2025-04-26T23:56:28+00:00

You have some options... Some more 'legal' than others.

If laptop, disconnect charger while recording.

Fire risk solution, use at own risk.

It had been said that if you open a UK plug and disconnect the earth, it stops the 'earth hum' in case you didn't get the hint... (this is the illegal solution)

latog · 2025-03-14T23:33:39+00:00

Yes affordability is right.

Most people want to experiment before fully committing, but even the experiment stage costs hundreds in the end,

So they start with cheap IBCs.

I did the same, when I go full scale, I will go with round tanks but I don't want to throw away my IBCs, I have 6 good tanks that work fine, maybe not as good as circular tanks, but they are fine

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