Trains, Guitars, Friends & Exeter City Council Wasting Our Money Again, Parklets

00:00 Trains, Guitars, Friends & Exeter City Council Wasting Our Money Again, Parklets
00:45 In Exeter on a BMW R850R
01:06 How to park a motorbike
01:35 Exeter Fore Street
02:15 Exeter City Council Parklets Waste Of Money
03:54 Exeter Mcoys Arcade Walk Though
04:12 Life Guitars Exeter (Mansons) lifeguitars...
06:19 Exeter Devon County Councils spending habits
07:33 Meet Greg To See The Cogload Climber Diesel Train
08:19 The Cogload Climber Diesel Train
11:20 Off to a bridge in Talaton to see the Cogload Climber drive by!
12:16 Jed plays us out
Trains, Guitars, Friends & Exeter City Council Wasting Our Money Again
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In this week's video, shot on April 6th, 2024, join me for an engaging "day in the life" exploration of Exeter! Our escapade begins with a crusade against Exeter City Council's questionable spending, particularly focusing on the wasteful investment in the new "parklets". Witness firsthand as we confront the perplexing decisions made by local authorities, shedding light on Exeter City Council Wasting Our Money Again along with SOME of the LTN areas in Exeter,mainly the Whipton area.
Following our civic endeavor, we venture into the realm of music, paying homage to the renowned Life Guitars, formerly known as Mansons Guitars Exeter. Delve into a world of melody and harmony as we immerse ourselves in the artistry of guitars and musical instruments.
But the excitement doesn't stop there! Gather your friends and join us as we rendezvous to experience the awe-inspiring Cogload Climber, a marvel on wheels passing through Exeter as part of the Hastings Railway tour. Prepare to be mesmerized by this engineering spectacle as it journeys through the heart of our city.
From unraveling municipal mysteries to indulging in the melodious charm of Lifestyle Guitars, topped off with the exhilarating spectacle of the Cogload Climber, this video promises a whirlwind of intrigue and adventure. So hop aboard the Exeter Rider, as we navigate through the landscape of trains, guitars, and the vibrant pulse of Exeter's city life. Don't miss out on this thrilling journey through the streets of Exeter, where every corner holds a tale, and every moment is filled with wonder.
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[@exeterrider]

The train was called the COGLOAD Climber and not the Cotswold climber as I said in the beginning. Note, ,no train spotters were harmed in the video,they are people just like you and me....Drop a thumbs up would be super cool if you can (And Sub of course)...Thanks , Enjoy : )

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

@11:04 The Cogload Climber it says or not ???

[@exeterrider]

@@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie damn, thanks I'll change that now. I'm such a clutz. Cheers for heads up!

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

@@exeterrider No problem and you are welcome 😀

[@neilbritton946]

Great vid , l forgot about that train going through,was going to pop over a see it , you are right about a waste of money for those seats , who wants to sit there and breath in all those fumes

[@exeterrider]

Hey up Neil,,Yes I know nothing about it but enjoy anything thats big enginneering like that. Loads of charm about the things and proper "unspoilt engines" love it! Parklets are a disgrace to a struggling (so they say) council budgets!

[@BlakesPipes]

This video was the perfect Sunday video. I love eclectic. So many journeys! Thanks buddy. I could do the sa.e rant with the military budgets that they had extra money each month. Sold so much stuff that was for them to waste

[@exeterrider]

I have lost all faith in them...and thats coming from someone who kept him self to himself...taxes go up and its all wasted....total mess by their making. Hope you're doing ok and managing to get out and ride.

[@RevBombUK]

Enjoyed this mate, a day in your life great watch and see it You need to do more of these

[@exeterrider]

I enjoy them rev, just a matter of not sure what to film alot of the time. Good to hear the open day went well. Good news 👍

[@markpercy4277]

That was a good video bud, loved the rant about your council l think most of us can do the same where we are 😂loved that old train, it's got real character 👍

[@exeterrider]

Classic, they don't make them like that anymore do they...Old trains rule. Councils make stupid decisions. Thanks

[@kenbrooks7794]

Well, that was quite a little mix! Nice to see you out on the 850 again, a man needs a boxer in in his life, Its the benchmark to judge lesser motorcycles by.... Those parklet things are some .odd, whoever designed that had a fair sense of humour. Y'know, it wouldn't surprise me to see that extended right across the road at some point or narrowed in to a 'bus gate' only. E.C.C seem to be making some odd decisions of late. That little arcade has always been an interesting little place, off the beaten track from the main shops but it always seems 'alive' in there! For what it's worth i know a guy who makes guitars at a firm out Spreyton way!

[@exeterrider]

I'm with you on the boxer Mr Ken. Although its still doing my head in on many plains....popping exhaust is just the start. If you see that guitar chap, could you let him know I'm interested in knocking up a vid with him please...ill pop out and ask questions how its done and make a vid on it. Mcoys arcade really is quite nice and makes you feel your away from it all.

[@simongilbert2704]

one of your best ones yet ;;; we don't always need bike walk arounds and engine revs to make a video ;;; over to you s73 ;;;

[@exeterrider]

I like to try to spread it out a bit ..summertime the reviews take over a bit but I'll do my best to shake it up : )

[@thepeakybiker]

Nice interesting mukka

[@exeterrider]

Cheers peaks , i expect you will be getting those stupid parklets soon!

[@BeansOnToast_YT]

Great interesting video 👍 I'm so tempted to take the bait on the street planter, but youtube will just squash me like bug 🤭

[@exeterrider]

Ha, if it wasnt bots in charge then you could pull the "freedom of speech card"

[@economicalrides]

This was a brilliant, totally random vlog Steve, we need more of these !!! Trust me Steve, it didn't come across as a rant about your local council and their "parklets".................well, NOT MUCH, anyway 😂😂😂 Exmouth really does have a lot more going on than I imagined for such a sleepy coastal village. That's before you even get around to talking about the delights of Sidwell Street, where the pirates on shore leave choose to spend their doubloons on a bawdy night out. Exmouth really does have it all. Diesel trains too ! Amazing. Must visit someday. Might take in Exeter whilst I'm over. Slightly disappointed that Jed didn't play the beginning of Stairway To Heaven but I guess the guitar shop has one of those signs on the wall 😂 Great fun you lot, really enjoyed it. More please ! All the best mate, Harry and Sally in France

[@exeterrider]

Hey up Dave. I also enjoy making these although sometimes i make them and I have a crap day so it all goes to pot and I bin the video. I think you had one pop up today so I'll watch that shortly. Exmouth train stations are some impressive places if you know where to look. Playing stairway to heaven in the guitar shop could be a good video idea...although short with the violence that will be inflicted on me I expect. Hope your both well across the sea there, remember your only a tunnel away. I hope your both well and doing OK. : )

[@economicalrides]

@@exeterrider 😂 I definitely think you need to do more of these but I appreciate that it might just be me who thinks that way 🤷‍♂ Take care Steve. I'm off out on Buddy to grab another epic video. Promise big. Deliver small. That's my motto 😂 Love to you and the Exmouth crew ❤ Winston & Irene 🐕

[@TheRhythmicBiker]

Sorry I’m a bit late to this video 😬 Struggled to get that glove, not getting old are ya 😉 Oi what you saying about councils 😉😂 Social space on a high street😂 why not have it in a park 😂 You’d be surprised how little we can do with £25k in highways 😂 What an awesome guitar shop, I’m more of an acoustic player myself but I totally get what you mean about the look of an electric guitar, it’s so cool regardless of whether you play or not. You’re spot on about budget mate, highways work needs permits which takes time, so they need to spend it on quick things like those weird “social spaces” I’m not a train man myself but I can appreciate a well cared for train with comfortable seating, Red would love this kind of thing ☺️ Great video mate, hope you’re doing well 🤜🤛

[@exeterrider]

I never knew you played guitar until the video you released....I wish I could play but put my time into other things I do understand the mass expense of highways...colossal money , but spending it on these stupid parklets I mean what are they thinking. Have a good week bud

[@Saddlebags73]

25k for a window box 🤨 Really enjoyed that, Tadpole 🤣 The bey is already better than me on the guitar 🤘🏼

[@exeterrider]

Rock on! Yeah ,hes really taking to it, nice to see really...I hope he keeps it going because its given him a perk after some wiffle waffle at school (friend dynamics) Tadpole bit was good wasn't it ha...I wish I had miced them up now TBH but at the time its a weardo thing to ask isnt it. Councils are finding budgets tough at the moment , so good of them to block the roads off and add these parklets.....we should go to one some time and read a book.

[@Saddlebags73]

See you on the street 🤣

[@exeterrider]

@@Saddlebags73 That would be sic innit

[@Saddlebags73]

@@exeterrider 🤣🤣🤣

[@PhilipKerry]

Hey buddy great video as usual , I only found this by searching for your channel , I haven't had a notification for one of your uploads for over a month now 🤔

[@exeterrider]

That's KZbin for you. Still knocking a vid out every Sunday at 5pm mate. Hope all is well with you.

[@PhilipKerry]

@@exeterrider Sending you a link to a post on my FB .

[@johndiehardmclean23]

Great vid mate,it's a pretty cool looking place! 😎👍 Trains ain't really my thing,although was pretty blown away seeing that Harry Potter train a couple of years back,which I just heard today it's been taken off the rails due to some BS about it needing to have central locking installed,for the usual health & safety BS! 😮 Maybe you should put a quote in for that job & mind bring a bike with you obviously! 😉👍

[@exeterrider]

I'm not a train fan as such either, but like big engines like a nerd🤓😎 Yeap health and daft ruins many things. All due to one incident which has only happened once in 150 years. Crazy! thanks for stopping by john👍

[@johndiehardmclean23]

@@exeterrider Well hopefully coming soon, we'll all be test riding steam bikes, instead of electric ones, although understand why you enjoy the differences between elec vs petrol mate! 😉✌️

[@flapjackphil4513]

They should fill the potholes with the councillors responsible! Ludicrous! Nice ramble 👍 Btw do you get much buffeting off your screen Steve?

[@exeterrider]

I agree...who could ever come up with such stupid ideas! The screen used to be good, but over the years its worn away with the constant wind hitting the plastic. It worn right out now!

[@volt8684]

Whenever I see you on your 850r I wish I had kept my 1100r. It just scared me on diy. U would think simple but, I had to pay for a brake bleed first time ever and just thought was out of fashion. Damn

[@exeterrider]

I know what you mean, I would miss mine if I got rid BUT I fall in and out with it. and the exhaust is popping back at me still, but only sometimes...it does my head in...I just dont understand how i feel about the thing. ....I just dont know, ha HELP!🤣🤣

[@volt8684]

That’s why sold mine loved it then hated it

[@flatcapcaferacer]

My 2nd attempt. Bottom line with government budgets is their darn buckets of money. I made s whole lot of enemies trying to reallocate money from one bucket to another.

[@exeterrider]

Good on you for trying, at least there are some decent people in those types of jobs...over here they are another breed. KZbin gods out to get you again Jerry, annoying for all that is...I would have been interested in what you had to say for sure.. Have a good week.

[@Ilovetriumphbikes]

For comfort give me a 1980’s slam door train all day long. They can keep the 1980’s sandwiches though… 😊😊😊 Nice Les Paul guitar too. 😊

[@exeterrider]

I'll take both, I had a Tesco sandwich yesterday, damn, it was bad... New trains are bland and uncomfortable.

[@Ilovetriumphbikes]

@@exeterriderhahaha… go M&S… you won’t regret it.. 😊

[@exeterrider]

I keep getting kicked out of there because "I don't look the type" 😜😂👍

[@Ilovetriumphbikes]

@@exeterrider 😂😂😂

[@jimsadler8704]

An interesting vid, ER. I admire folk who strive to keep these old trains in working order. The style and quality of the old stock is far superior to the modern stuff. Good example of how Mr BB and his crowd waste the ratepayers money.

[@exeterrider]

I think it will be very sad once these companys wind up or times move on and they get stuck in a musuem. It must be a nightmare to run let alone insure these types of business, but as it stands, wonderful to see. Some of the old stations really get you away from it all. The somerset railway is superb as well as I expect you know. Not sure if you know but they are extending the unused whipton cycle lane (Vaughan Road) through to Rifford road, massive project! but only costing 1.8 million and the road will only be shut for 52weeks....could be worse......Potholes are still here to fall down if you get a spare moment. Bunch of fruitcakes arnt they!!

[@jimsadler8704]

Local authorities!!! If brains were a disease they'd all be in perfect health. @@exeterrider

[@jimsadler8704]

If they had a grey cell amongst them it would be lonely.@@exeterrider

[@CornishMotorcycleDiaries]

Excellent video, could have done with being a bit shorter... What?? I'll get me coat 😁 I do find your ranty vids amusing 😎

[@exeterrider]

😂I agree, ha, thanks for watching 📺👍

[@Howie702]

Mansons was a good shop ... keep encouraging your lad to play .... (YT deleted my pervious comment about the 25k eyesore council ramps)

[@exeterrider]

KZbin are so fussy...Yes Howie, I'm so pleased hes enjoying it...we went to a rock cover show a few weeks back and he really saw what it was all about....I'm surprised how much he knows about it all tbh...80s is his thing ...Good lad ,thats what i like too!

[@Howie702]

@@exeterrider get him a good tutor if he's really keen ... and look about the area for places that have guitar clubs or Jam nights, best way to learn is by joining in

[@exeterrider]

@@Howie702 Thanks for info , yeap,totally agree ...he has some lessons at school but also trying to get him in the "rock project" which is a kids jam night basiclly...really hoping he will get into that and carry on, as you say ,once everything starts coming together with other instruments then it all comes together. I'm glad i know you incase i get any questions or advice needed tbh

[@Howie702]

@@exeterrider welcome anytime 🤙

[@simonchilli2088]

I notice that the seating area objay dart had a small plaque on it saying levelling up. How's that supposed to help people of Exeter in levelling up? Basically putting seats in the middle of the road.

[@exeterrider]

The only levelling up in Exeter is those stupid bits of metal dumped and made level

[@simonchilli2088]

@@exeterrider Don't forget where else councils put their, I'm sorry, our money, Banx in Iceland. That went well didn't it?

[@exeterrider]

@@simonchilli2088 Yeap exactly!

[@lilynorthover8378]

Mansons 😢, at least it's still a guitar shop. Manson retired and it could have gone to anybody. Nice train, if my son hadn't been working, we would have gone to that. If councils have money left over, they haven't been spending it as much as they should have. They hoard it, then splurge on something useless grrrrrr. My life is spiced with this video 😊

[@exeterrider]

Goodo Lilly, glad of that...Councils are money pits and mismanaged madness that we pay for...never used to be this way. The new guitar shop is as good as mansons but with less neon cool lights. Still a nice place to loose yourselve for 30 minutes though,then go for a coffee in Mcoys which is pretty nice and under cover but still gives you the feeling of being outside. Have a good week and I'll see you next Sunday with more wiffle waffle

[@lilynorthover8378]

@@exeterrider I will be in Exeter this week being mysterious 🤫

[@exeterrider]

👍@

[@NooBiker]

You and BanditMan doing train videos. I better jump on that bandwagon...

[@exeterrider]

Your not ready for such heights yet ,you need more training . No point getting fired up about it and steam coming out your ears. It will send you off the rails.

[@NooBiker]

@@exeterrider it would definitely be "loco" and that's not a good motive

[@exeterrider]

@@NooBiker😜😂

[@weemark67]

Hi fi , guitar and coffee shop, close together. Great stuff. Just need the ole good fashioned LP store. £25k for that hunk o crap, that probably get trashed, sadly.😢 Agree, a good few pot holes get filled for that. Some twat sitting in an office getting a bonus for a good idea.

[@exeterrider]

Exactly...run out of ideas then someone comes up with a blinder like this. Councils must be minted... I can't fathom how people can go to work knowing they are wasting working mans taxes like this. What can you do innit!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[@Banditmanuk]

Those Parklets look awful and a massive waste of money. Councils moan there's not enough money for essential services, pay themselves a fortune and come up with daft ideas. Love the classic diesel train. It's amazing these small businesses keep their heads above water as business rates bleed them dry.

[@exeterrider]

My sentiments exactly...I used to keep myself out of this type of thing, but its got so stupid now that I have to say something...the wasteage here is shocking mate...cycle lanes that dont get used...another road clousre of 52 weeks for another...utter disgrace what they are wasting our money on...more ranting to come! Gave me a chuckle when you're train vid came on today...Have a good week you both

[@davericketts9101]

Absolutely scandalous waste of money for that `social space` that should be renamed `waste of space`. Our council tax has just risen by over 5% and the council wanted to raise it 10% because they are £100,000,000 (Yes one hundred million pounds) in debt.

[@exeterrider]

100,000,000....wtf then spend money on this. it seems to me that only 10% of taxes get spent wisely ,the rest is blown into the wind!!

[@quentinjackson6015]

If it wasn't such a serious waste of money those 'fill your nostrils with diesel fumes parklets' would be laughable - a legal form of fly tipping with tax payers money. Why would anybody want to socialise on a bench in the middle of a busy street with no view! In the highly unlikely event that anybody has enjoyed a relaxing social encounter on one of the new 'parklets' I do apologise for my level of bias.......Not for me I'm afraid. Cheers anyway though!

[@exeterrider]

I'm with you, its crazy and a total waste . They seem to have no prioritization of where the money goes..sadly the £50k on these 2 parklets is a drop in the ocean compared to some of the other council schemes in Exeter...more to come on that !

[@HippoDrones]

£25k... they need to be removed form their jobs and kicked out of the city!

[@exeterrider]

Yeap, madness! I'd like to help someone do that!

[@HippoDrones]

@@exeterrider haha... vive la revolution

[@exeterrider]

@@HippoDrones 👏👏👏👍🍻🍻