It's the much-anticipated jubilee weekend.  Perfect excuse for well... a long weekend.  This also means it is time for me to unveil my third adventure, my third official video for the Sony campaign.

As part of the campaign, I wanted to do a fun 'Flapper the Tourist' series of me exploring the sights of Singapore leading up to our grand SG50 National Day.  And one thing that I really wanted to do - go on the Singapore Flyer and video the spectacular manmade skyline vision of our country.

Ah-but-then.
I was politely rejected for 'safety reasons'.

Whatever.

Uncle Nic, "Have you tried the railway trail?  It's quite nice."

Then mummy and I recalled the days we used to hang out at Blooie's, staring at the railway track opposite us.   I know, I know... the rail corridor has been there a long time and maybe loads of the other dogs in Singapore have already done this trail.  Better late than never.

We found the Green Corridor website.

And with many thanks to a particular CY Leong for doing up those spectacular maps of the routes, I discussed with mummy and we decided that this shall be our third official adventure.  We will do it (not the entire route at once!) to show our support for this preservation cause.

When one thing does not happen, some thing else would come along.
That's life.

We, dogs, love nature. Period.
Perfect cause to support.


Conversations with Uncle Nic (excerpts):






Breaking the news to Frodo:





28 July 2015, Wednesday
Walking the Railway Trail
We were blessed with pleasant weather.   It was nice and cool as we were walking and it was worryingly HOT during our lunch break then the weather started behaving itself as we made our way back.

For this adventure, even though it seems to be just a boring 'ol straight walking trail that should probably not qualify as a 'new adventure' but the railway track was a part of Singapore's history.

I am glad I did this easy trail because...

1. I have never done this trail;
2. A nice change to the artificial urban landscape.  
3. An escape into 'so don't feel like Singapore';
4. It is nice and quiet.  
5. Nice to pretend I could actually be carefree in this country once in a while;
6. I got to 'bush dive' (watch the video)!

Using the Sony Action Cam

Uncle Nic would usually lug along one of his huge-a** DSLR camera to either experiment or just to capture the moments but we decided to go 100% Sony Action Cam for this Railway Trail.

In addition, we used the Advanced SteadyShot function as well.  For the fast-paced action shots, the camera was set at 1080/120fps - for smoother slow-mo shots.

Tips on using the Action Cam:

• Dog Harness Mount: Position the harness slightly further back from the shoulder area to help minimize the nauseating shakes from the dog's POV videos.  The dog harness mount continues to get low rating from me as the design is not ideal for taking good dog's POV.  Thin straps, lacking middle anchoring strap and filmsy.

Action Cam positioned further back from the shoulder. Image taken with Action Cam.