The tour de Brownhills with Garmin Verb Elite.

A ride around my home town.

I recently became the proud owner of a Garmin Verb Elite. This is a small camera device which is great for recording cycle rides, runs or anything else for that matter.

I will say that so far i have had loads of problems with the device, so much so that the first one had to go back to the seller.

The second device i had sent out to me has been trouble free so far. I had to purchase a second part to allow me to mount it on my handlebars. There is a mounting device that comes with the device which i feel is more suitable for mounting on a car dashboard.

Here are my video's please watch and enjoy.

Stage 1 of the tour de Brownhills.

Stage 2 of the tour de Brownhills.

Stage 3 of the tour de Brownhills.

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Slimming world and my Mr slinky speech.

My Motivation to weight loss.

12 months ago if someone had said to me "if you lose 7 stone in weight, your penis will grow by 11 inches and you will become immensely Rich" i would have lost that 7 stones in four months.
if on the other hand they had said to me "if you Don't lose 7 stone in weight you will inevitably become subject to illnesses and probably suffer an early death" i would have said "pppfftt yer right"!
Its amazing how we become motivated by things that are purely material, and our health sits on the back burner.

Well earlier this year i realised that my health was on the line due to my weight problem! I weighed in at 23st12lb and inevitably i was suffering for it.

Too many times before i have thought "i will go on a diet and sort things out", but it didn't get much further than that. Lets say it was a token gesture, so that if some one mentioned weight problems i could say "yes, im on a diet". it would be an excuse for me to carry on necking bottles of wine and take away meals.  i would indulge in high fat fast food and convenience snacks while proclaiming that i was trying hard to lose weight.

Well that was not going to happen this time! I felt a steely determination flushing through my veins.  Finally the most important thing happened, i stopped making excuses. There was no more "well at least i am trying" rationalizations.

So at the very end of February i turned up at SW, not knowing exactly what to expect although i knew a lot about the diet and methods used. I was already one and a half stone down from my heaviest as i was doing the slimming world plan in my own fashion.

This was the first time i met my fellow sufferers, that is you lot. To say i was nervous was an understatement, though that fear was soon put to bed. You made me feel normal and at home to which i am eternally grateful.

From that day forwards i have stuck to my plan, it's not text book Slimming world, but it is built on their fundamentals.
I don't eat bread at all any more and i don't miss it. (not something sw recommend)
I avoid pastry at all costs and i don't miss it. (not something sw recommend)
Now i do miss the odd drop of alcohol, but it's a sacrifice that i have to make as i have a goal or even "a mountain to climb".

Throughout my life i have been on one of three levels of mind in relation to my weight.
1) I am unhappy with my weight and i am going to make a token effort to lose weight. (most of my life)
2) I am unhappy with my weight and i will do something about it every day of the rest of my life. (That's me now)
3) I am happy with my weight. (this only occurred when i was a new born, or when i am totally drunk out of my head or when i forgot how much of a lump i am or was!)

So there you have it, i am going to do something about it for the rest of my life, and as for the penis extension......well i will just have to make do with fruity Rivitas i suppose. (see reference below).

Fruity Rivita reference; One of our elder statesmen male members, one made a joke in group about how women like things long and hard like the stiff fruity rivitas. It took him a while to get over it.

If you like what i do and it helps motivate you, drop me a dollar, i can then make some more.

Brownhills on a cycle.

I have been improving my fitness  of late, with the aid of a little cycling.
Recently I posted the videos on Facebook for the benefit of those who no longer live in the area.
The video is set to rave music, to which I only listen to infrequently.
Well here you go, enjoy your tour of Brownhills West and Clayhanger.
Here part 1.
Here part 2.
Here part 3.

What is going on in the world?

What is going on in the world ?

The recent terrorists attacks in France are sure to give rise to further violence. The violence is no more likely to come from terrorist than vigilantes, such is the state of your average Joe's mind. 

People are brain washed then condition into acts of terrorism and violence from all sides of the spectrum. Jihadist are being recruited on the back of what they see as injustices against their brothers. Right wing racists then feed off the media reports delivering us daily depressing reports on terror attacks. Its an ever decreasing circle which is not going to have a happy ending.

There is a quotation doing the rounds at present that goes something like this. "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims". There is a smidgen of Truth in the quotation as there is certainly a high percentage of recent attacks coming from people of the Muslim faith. 

I am no politician,, and find it difficult to understand why the very small minority of Muslims would want to cause such bad feelings towards their faith? Is their final agenda an all out religion based world war?  This surely can not be their aim....can it?

Some one I know well said to me "all terrorists should be executed", which had me thinking we, (despite all the advances we have made in the last 2000 years) are no better of as a race. Many years ago those Roman soldiers that took a certain terrorist from Nazareth to his execution at Golgotha. After all Jesus himself was considered a terrorist by the Romans, was he not?
Come to think of it, that moment Jesus Christ was executed is the point at which modern religious wars were born. Eureka!!! I have it all worked out new, It's actually the birth of Christianity that is at fault for everything. Lets get off the average Muslims back then and give them a break.