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Urban exploration #1 - The River Rea (Birmingham's hidden river)
In this video Ben and I take a break from nature and take to the ex industrial areas of central Birmingham, where a hidden river concourse that snakes it's way underneath and alongside all the old factories of Birmingham was too tempting a place to ignore, despite the unpleasantries. Our lovely ...
Foraging with Ben #2 - Wild Garlic and a Surprise Giant Mushroom
The second of a handful of miniature foraging expeditions with my brother Ben, who has recently been learning how to forage. This week we set out to find wild garlic in Cuckoo's Nook, Aldridge, along with anything else we could find. That ended up being Vetch, part of the pea family, but that wa...
Laying down an organ part for "Loyal girl" and guitar parts for "Michael"
Very roughly mixed at the moment. Coming along though!
Uni kid #4 ..Fifa (Part 1)
Episode 4 in the mini series Uni kid which I made back in 2015. I play an exaggerated version of the typical modern university student. He's spoilt, selfish, desperate to fit in and unbelievably annoying. Uni kid persuades his "mate" from uni Tom to host a Fifa tournament, where Greg wit...
Lockdown haircut
3 hours I sat there...
Foraging with Ben #1 - Nettle Soup
The first of a handful of miniature foraging expeditions with my brother Ben, who has recently been learning how to forage. By no means are we experts, but we know just enough to KNOW that what we're eating won't kill us. Soon, we plan to put all of our knowledge and practice to good use and...
Laying down some guitar for "Loyal Girl"
Me laying down a nice crunchy guitar on the 70's inspired track "Loyal girl" which will hopefully be released this year in the album "Leisure centre" It's coming along nicely!
Uni Kid #3 ..Shower
Episode 3 in the mini series Uni kid which I made back in 2015. I play an exaggerated version of the typical modern university student. He's spoilt, selfish, desperate to fit in and unbelievably annoying. Whilst Uni Kid takes a much needed shower, Greg uses the opportunity to rummage around in h...
Highlights of a Quiz with my mates.
As promised, a few highlights of one of the quizzes me and a few mates did. The vibe was jovial and relaxed, the questions questionable at best, and the burps and roastings plentiful.I kept in a few geography related questions for you to maybe have a crack at. This is also Verity's first attempt...
Carlos Santana - Samba Pa Ti (Guitar cover)
Filmed back in 2017. Tried to capture Santana's unique, soulful style.
Uni kid #2 ..Bin
Episode 2 in the mini series Uni kid which I made back in 2015. I play an exaggerated version of the typical modern university student. He's spoilt, selfish, desperate to fit in and unbelievably annoying. Intrigued by the apparently rapid transformation in his old friend's character and beha...
I went for a quiet drink in a sleepy Swiss town.....
#5 in the Barcelona to Berlin throwback series from the summer of 2016. A quiet beer in a sleepy Swiss town takes an unexpected turn which ultimately leads to a choir chanting my name and a canyoning expedition in one of Europe's most breathtaking gorges. Drink sensibly kids.
Pink Floyd - Time (Guitar Solo Cover)
After a few shit takes, I nailed the perfect take, but then realised the camera hadn't filmed it. You can see how pissed off I am at the start of this video. Instead of quitting though I channelled that anger into another take, and nailed it again, albeit not quite as well.
Rare photos from an early "mission" with Greg.
It was Greg's birthday yesterday (happy birthday Greg!) and whilst digging around in some old photo albums on my computer I found an album called "Abbots Bromley" which contained the only known photos of some of mine and Greg's old missions. I'd say this is a later one, dating fr...
The Wedge.
An image of the dreaded 400+ metre wedge that I had to climb on day 4 of the mission across Wales. I'd been through a lot that day already, including a huge forest, 10 miles of uneven, swampy bracken covered ground and several big climbs, fuelled only by hard gums. The diagonal route up this sla...
Uni kid #1 ..Chairs **Patreon Exclusive**
The first of 5 instalments of a mini series which I made back in 2015 with Greg. I play a sort of exaggerated version of the typical modern university student. He's spoilt, selfish, desperate to fit in and unbelievably annoying. In Episode 1, his old school friend (played by Greg) goes round to ...
NEW PC
Finally. Expect better Geo vids, full blown geoguessr on twitch, collabs, tournaments and competitions.
I attempted to live off the land for an entire day. Let's just say it was highly eventful.
#4 in the Barcelona to Berlin 2016 throwback series. We're up in the far northern reaches of Italy now, and the aim is to cross over into Switzerland and reach the village of Andeer by nightfall, using a mixture of hiking and hitchhiking. To make things slightly trickier though, I could only eat...
Sutton park gap jump fail. Devastating results.
One of the biggest fails in my entire life. Back in March 2015, me and my brother Ben took his mate from university (Federico from Estonia) out to Sutton Park for a mooch around. We came across a gap where the overflow from Blackroot lake exits the lake and decided to do some jumps. Having mastered ...
Lockdown mission bonus scene: Fire in the alley (story)
An unused scene from the lockdown mission in which I tell the sombre tale of the implications of lighting fires in the alley way as a child..
Took Verity out on a long bike ride. We cycled into a private farm.
Went out on a bike ride yesterday for some much needed exercise. Near the village of Wall, we were faced with three options, cycle down a dual carriageway, cycle down a private farm track, or go back the way we came. I've done dual carriageways before and they ain't fun.To my amazement and r...
The Lockdown Delivery Mission (No roads challenge) PART 2
It's back down the alleys as I advance with some trepidation in the direction of my Nans house. With plenty more monster fences to climb and plenty of people to watch out for in this final section, it would ultimately be the arteries of the industrial revolution, the canal and railway track, tha...
Patreons:
I'm pleased to announce that PART 2 of the Lockdown Mission will be ready for tonight. However, the subtitles may not be ready, as the company I use to make them can sometimes take longer than expected. I'm guessing that most of you would still like to see the video regardless, so I'll p...
Attempting a sub 5 minute mile. Attempt #1
Now that my toe nails have dropped off and I can run again, I've set my self the challenge of running a 5 minute mile (slightly downhill) I've picked a nice, peaceful, scenic stretch not to far from where I'm currently living, and one that's conveniently slightly downhill. This way I...
Escape from Monaco (never been so thirsty in my life)
Welcome aboard everyone and thank you so much for supporting me. Here's another offering:#3 in a series of throwbacks from "Barcelona to Berlin, summer 2016" Having reached Nice, train hopped to Monaco and found little to do there of any consequence, I aimed for a service station I remem...
The Lockdown Delivery Mission (No roads challenge) PART 1
Here it is everyone:Part 1 of a two part series in which I attempt to weave my way through the back alleys, quarries, factories, golf courses, swamps, woods and fields of Aldridge, putting my neck on the line to deliver essential items to my Granddad, Mom and finally Nan. As I leave the fields and e...
potential tune idea
A little chord progression with a couple of spicy chords that I recorded yesterday to send over to Liam, my Kinds of light band mate and song writing partner. First time I've picked up the guitar in far too long. Felt good to revisit that feeling of creativity.
Mission release information:
Just want to say a big thank you to everyone who signed up this week. It was difficult seeing so many people's frustration at not being able to afford the dollar, but I still think I've made the right decision by choosing the Patreon route, for various reasons. Anyway, just know that your su...
Bear Grylls eats a cricket
Big love to the Patreon newcomers. I think you'll like it here. Here's some footage from the summer of 2016 during a day in which I attempted to live off the land. By this point I was resorting to eat bugs on the floor, the Bear Grylls accent was more to keep me sane more than anything.Thank...
The time we decided to walk to Loughborough in a day:
March 2010. Aged 19, me and my mate Dickson, spurred on by a drunken bet, decided to walk from our houses in Aldridge, to Loughborough, Leicestershire in a day. Through the fields. Kind of like the missions to Tamworth or Lichfield with Greg, except instead of being 10 miles, it was 40.With a friend...
