Hesitations removed

My last couple of posts have involved YouTube videos where I provide a commentary on some PowerPoint presentations on the history of the local area.

If I'm honest, I was a bit embarrassed by the quality of my speech, with a lot of ums and ahs and errs, which made the presentations sound unprofessional.

Anyway, we live in the 21st century, and I discovered a marvellous little AI trick whereby the AI can remove all of my ums and errs and hesitations. It makes the presentations much more professional sounding, at least.

To that end, below I'm going to post the two videos again, and if you turned the videos off in disgust at my appalling voice-over without finishing them, you may find these versions a little less unprofessional.

Removing Mink from the Sherborne Brook

Thanks to supporters of the Brook Group for putting me in touch with the Waterlife Recovery Trust. This group is running a national campaign to remove invasive mink from the countryside. Mink are an invasive species and can cause devastation to a lot of wild fowl stocks, water voles and

Careful solstice measurements will blow your socks off.

This morning it was the summer solstice sunrise, and as I did last year, I obtained permission to enter Lodge Park and to view the solstice as it rose over the long barrow, framed between the two ancient 500-year-old oak trees. I took some careful measurements using a

Lodge Park Long Barrow is the centre of the Universe!

Okay, I'm exaggerating. I admit it.But there's something really interesting going on. I was encouraged to post this story by reading a press report this morning at this link, describing the discovery of some prehistoric features aligned to the summer solstice sunrise, and of course

Biodiversity Net Gain in Sherborne: What We Know So Far

Biodiversity Net Gain has been generating quiet interest in Sherborne for some time. The parish council minutes have carried references to it since September 2024. Earlier this year, the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership sent its members a newsletter announcing the first registered BNG site in the county. I wrote a

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Removing Mink from the Sherborne Brook

Careful solstice measurements will blow your socks off.

Lodge Park Long Barrow is the centre of the Universe!

Biodiversity Net Gain in Sherborne: What We Know So Far