12/11 Jersey Blog

Jersey Blog         Father Christmas hits the barrier December 7, 2010 at 4:14 AM   Every year Father Christmas arrives into the island by aeroplane, picks up his sleigh and travels around Jersey giving children early Christmas presents. This is the first of two trips Saint Nick makes to Jersey's shore, the second, is the main one on Christmas Eve. But this year the jolly old chap had a bit of a bump on the way out of the airport car park and it was captured on video by an islander with a camera and posted to YouTube. In the video above, posted by gromit9084, you can see Santa and his sliegh hit the short stay car park barrier. In the post Gromit said: "It would only happen in Jersey!" "Times may be hard and the charges at Jersey Airport's short stay car park may be the most expensive but did they really have to bring down the barrier on Father Christmas as he didn't have a valid ticket?" You can watch the video 'Father Christmas hits barrier at Jersey Airport' on YouTube.         Driving around the island in 2:37 November 29, 2010 at 4:36 PM   You can watch Driving Time Lapse on YouTube. On YouTube there is a video filmed from the back of a soft top car with Rise by Eddie Vedder playing in the background. The video takes the viewer on a whistle stop tour of Jersey's roads and coast. The time lapse video goes from coast to coast, through countries roads and even stops for a tractor in just over two and a half minutes. It was filmed and edited by Jersey resident Sean Kinsella who wanted to show off the island. Sean said: "I went down to Corbiere, down the back roads and got a nicer view of the island." The video was made in just over two hours, the life battery life of the camera he used, and took two or three days to edit. Sean had wanted to make the film for a while, after seeing other similar projects on YouTube. "I make a lot of videos in general, I saw something like this before with someone driving across America. "When I eventually got my hands on a soft top car I set the camera in the back and set off." This isn't the end of Sean's time lapsed Jersey tours though, he has other ideas up his sleeve. "I'd love to get similar stuff but from different angles then edit different angles into the video I already have." There are other areas of the island he wants to get to as well. He said: "I want to get up to Greve de Lecq, or park in St Ouen to catch surfers. "I also want to show the things the island is famous for, catch a Jersey cow."             This email was sent to asad.ali2.mirjat@blogger.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Account Login Unsubscribe Here