Great Witcombe Roman Villa

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Happy Friday folks. Another video, this time of an 1800 year old Roman villa near Gloucester.

I head out to Gloucestershire today, hunting for a luxurious Roman villa :wedding:, located a stones throw from Cotswolds Way :star_struck: Armed with my drones, camera and supported by LIDAR modelling, I reconstruct :hammer: the Great Witcombe Roman Villa to how it probably looked 1800 years ago :clap:

Hope you enjoy it :grin:

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Another excellent instalment Chris, I really look forward to these now.
Thank you :+1: :+1: :+1:

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I agree with Andy @Onanist Chris @clinkadink. They are so informative and easy watching. Before long I think maybe the BBC could get you doing a program. As I have said before you are the full package no backup crew doing all the legwork.

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Cheers Andy. Most kind mate :+1:

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Thanks Bruce. Great feedback. I love visiting and filming these places, and it’s always great to hear that other folk are like minded and appreciate it. Definitely motivating :wink::+1:

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The missus wants to know if there’s any toilets there!

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John, tell the Mrs … “unfortunately not” :wink:

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Superb, I did enjoy that. Thank you.

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Well done! A brilliant video of part of the history that fills this land. You really find some crackers. Did you do the rebuilding graphics Chris?

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Thank you, Abby, great to hear :star_struck:

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Cheers, Clive! I used to pass a little sign at the end of a tiny lane every day when I worked at Barnwood, Gloucester for 2 years. Finally, I got around to having a look :mag:

Yes, the 3D model was built using Sketchup. I used to use it years ago, so I had to refamiliarise myself. But the rendering was done using V-Ray, which gave it the realistic feel, with sunrays and texture. It took 18 hours to render the model using my RTX 3090 :sleeping: It would taken more than twice that if it was set to use the CPU alone (which is the setting I started with) :woozy_face:

Whilst making the video, I requested adding Sketchup (obj) models to Planlauf Terrain (the LiDAR software I use) with their support team. And yesterday, they released a nightly build with this new feature :clap: So now I have LiDAR and 3D modelling in one package :grin:

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Excellent …really enjoyed that !!

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Having used all the techy stuff before has certainly proved its worth now Chris.
The films you produce certainly have a professional look to them.
The link to the lane sign and “driving” up there on street view is excellent. Another one on the list to visit, thank you.

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Cheers Mike, glad you enjoyed it mate :+1:

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As always from Chris, another thoroughly professional and absorbing video :smile:

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@clinkadink - Do you take requests of sites for the Lambourne treatment ? :wink:

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Cheers Trevor, that’s is really great to hear :grin: Thanks so much :+1:

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Hey @ximi … I do. In fact the ‘Black Death’ vid was a request by Clive @Clive.R, and that was a whole load of fun. I suppose there are certain caveats, like the location being that I’m down the South West. Not that I don’t want to travel further - it’s just time (and diesel) and that thing called a day job :wink: Where abouts are you thinking :man_shrugging:

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Nothing particar in mind, though I do have fond memories of childhood holidays near Poole vising Corfe castle, Woolsbarrow hillfort and Studland bay.

We’ve got some cracking stuff ‘oop north’ if you ever wander this way :slight_smile:

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I’ve added them to my list mate :+1: