That was a wonderful watch for me thank you! I'm from Whittington, my family farmed there. I never thought of it as posh but I guess it is now. I'm very glad to read you got your bike fixed as I can now watch again with the sound down on your distress and just enjoy the familiarity of the route to the Coop. Loved it thank you!
Thank you once again Janet for that lovely comment, and I must say it is a really nice little town (or large village?). I will say that this is complete guesswork on my part, based mostly on the amount of relatively newish houses that I see in some areas. ( I saw a lot of newish houses around Fradley, for example). But I do suspect that for over 40 years, there has been a very gradual process whereby new houses are being built in and around some of these previously very rural towns. And families (or perhaps older couples) are moving in, swelling the population with fairly well-off 'professional' folks who can afford these nice new houses. I don't have a good/bad personal viewpoint about the effects of these changes, because I never visited most of these towns until recently. Certainly the passers-by that I spoke to were mostly friendly and polite, so its hard to have a negative view about these things. But as a local person with very long term roots in the area, I can imagine you might have a different perspective.
@@the_boating_god I think it's still a village but you are spot on regarding the swelling population. I like to imagine it's just how it was when I was a kid but that's because I'm old and don't like change :) I have followed the restoration of the Lichfield Canal which is quite fascinating. I believe only bits of it are open so far but it would be very good to see you on that eventually. I try not to have negative views about anything but I just can't warm to what HS2 are doing in the area, although I understand they have funded some of the restoration of the canal. I think I'm right in my understanding that it will cross the A38 with a series of locks at some point, I may be wrong though.
Well I didn't know about the work on the canal - thanks for the info Janet. Hopefully they finish it in the next few years, whilst I'm still on the boat. I would guess that if my health holds out long enough, I'll stay on the boat for the next 5 years, and then I'll have to make a decision: whether to go full time in a big motorhome, or perhaps to split my time between living in a smaller boat and doing extended trips in a smaller campervan. So I don't see myself only living on a canal boat in 6 or 7 years time, because I would like to spend more time being closer to mountains and coastlines, and that's not easy on a boat.
Why thank you for such a kind comment, I very much appreciate it! None of us are perfect of course, and certainly not me, but I do appreciate your kind thoughts.
Thanks Mr C - what I can say is that the bike is working, but not through any efforts or intelligence of mine. A clever young friend of my friend near Streethay took a look at it - it was him who found out it was a brake sensor fault on the rear brake. So he disconnected the sensor, and the bike worked again! The sensor doesnt affect the brake itself, it just cuts the motor when you pull the brake lever. Main thing is the sensor in the front brake still works fine- and of course its the front brake you use 90% of the time on a bike. I've got the parts to replace the rear brake lever, including hydraulic brake fluid and various syringes, but I still haven't mustered the courage to attempt the replacement job! Perhaps on one of the dark winter nights that seem to be fast approaching...
You have a point my dear Hastings. But, my ideal-world transport is a rickshaw being towed by youtube subscribers/slaves. How can something that feels so right be wrong?
Thanks for your comment, and I appreciate your concern. I think the problem is that I'm lazy and I use the electric motor every time I ride the bike- so I dont build up any level of fitness. And that means as soon as I actually have to do some hard pedalling or effort (as in this case when the motor stopped), I am very quickly panting hard - especially going up a hill. What I think I need to do is to turn off the electric motor for say half of each journey, and do some work myself in order to develop some basic level of fitness. It also doesnt help that the camera is mounted within about 6 to 8 inches of my mouth, so it picks up even the slightest breathing sound I make.
That was a wonderful watch for me thank you! I'm from Whittington, my family farmed there. I never thought of it as posh but I guess it is now. I'm very glad to read you got your bike fixed as I can now watch again with the sound down on your distress and just enjoy the familiarity of the route to the Coop. Loved it thank you!
Thank you once again Janet for that lovely comment, and I must say it is a really nice little town (or large village?).
I will say that this is complete guesswork on my part, based mostly on the amount of relatively newish houses that I see in some areas.
( I saw a lot of newish houses around Fradley, for example).
But I do suspect that for over 40 years, there has been a very gradual process whereby new houses are being built in and around some of these previously very rural towns. And families (or perhaps older couples) are moving in, swelling the population with fairly well-off 'professional' folks who can afford these nice new houses.
I don't have a good/bad personal viewpoint about the effects of these changes, because I never visited most of these towns until recently.
Certainly the passers-by that I spoke to were mostly friendly and polite, so its hard to have a negative view about these things. But as a local person with very long term roots in the area, I can imagine you might have a different perspective.
@@the_boating_god I think it's still a village but you are spot on regarding the swelling population. I like to imagine it's just how it was when I was a kid but that's because I'm old and don't like change :) I have followed the restoration of the Lichfield Canal which is quite fascinating. I believe only bits of it are open so far but it would be very good to see you on that eventually. I try not to have negative views about anything but I just can't warm to what HS2 are doing in the area, although I understand they have funded some of the restoration of the canal. I think I'm right in my understanding that it will cross the A38 with a series of locks at some point, I may be wrong though.
Well I didn't know about the work on the canal - thanks for the info Janet. Hopefully they finish it in the next few years, whilst I'm still on the boat.
I would guess that if my health holds out long enough, I'll stay on the boat for the next 5 years, and then I'll have to make a decision: whether to go full time in a big motorhome, or perhaps to split my time between living in a smaller boat and doing extended trips in a smaller campervan.
So I don't see myself only living on a canal boat in 6 or 7 years time, because I would like to spend more time being closer to mountains and coastlines, and that's not easy on a boat.
@@the_boating_god Here's wishing you bucket loads of good health but the wisdom to know when to stop boating full time then!
You are lovely man❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Honest and straightforward
Why thank you for such a kind comment, I very much appreciate it!
None of us are perfect of course, and certainly not me, but I do appreciate your kind thoughts.
What a beautiful village. I hope you managed to fix that error code 25. I'm guessing you did because you managed to identify it as a brake error code.
Thanks Mr C - what I can say is that the bike is working, but not through any efforts or intelligence of mine.
A clever young friend of my friend near Streethay took a look at it - it was him who found out it was a brake sensor fault on the rear brake.
So he disconnected the sensor, and the bike worked again!
The sensor doesnt affect the brake itself, it just cuts the motor when you pull the brake lever. Main thing is the sensor in the front brake still works fine- and of course its the front brake you use 90% of the time on a bike.
I've got the parts to replace the rear brake lever, including hydraulic brake fluid and various syringes, but I still haven't mustered the courage to attempt the replacement job! Perhaps on one of the dark winter nights that seem to be fast approaching...
Easy trip in a van that lad :}
You have a point my dear Hastings.
But, my ideal-world transport is a rickshaw being towed by youtube subscribers/slaves. How can something that feels so right be wrong?
@@the_boating_god 🤣
You better see a doctor, your breathing sounds distressed.
Thanks for your comment, and I appreciate your concern. I think the problem is that I'm lazy and I use the electric motor every time I ride the bike- so I dont build up any level of fitness.
And that means as soon as I actually have to do some hard pedalling or effort (as in this case when the motor stopped), I am very quickly panting hard - especially going up a hill.
What I think I need to do is to turn off the electric motor for say half of each journey, and do some work myself in order to develop some basic level of fitness.
It also doesnt help that the camera is mounted within about 6 to 8 inches of my mouth, so it picks up even the slightest breathing sound I make.