VLOG 102 Bike ride in the winter sun.

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This ongoing Video Diary by myself John Neal, sometimes known as John Longcroft-Neal, as the whim takes me.
TODAY’S SUBJECT IS: VLOG 102 A quick bike ride since the weather has changed and warmed our little island and thawed the snow.
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GENERAL STUFF
I am retired from two careers of primary school teaching when I was deputy head of a Middle School and Primary School, and as a self employed Chalkboard Artist from 2002 until I reached the grand old age of 65 in 2016.
I play guitar and write songs and have written about 14 songs for the local BBC radio station. I run a weekly (weakly) evening Acoustic session at a local pub and have been doing so for 14 years now. I also started an afternoon acoustic session in a quite large cafe in Nuneaton. Both premises were former songwriting clients of mine.
Much of the music I use on this channel is taken from epidemicsound.com free to use on KZbin for a reasonable monthly fee, and sometimes I suffer you with my own music.
Gear that I use:
Mavic Mini Drone.
Iphone X for camera, generally front facing so I can see myself in frame. Super quality especially if I keep the lens clean.
Gimble is a Q2 Smooth by Zhiyun, I ought to use this more often because it was expensive.
Canon G7mk2
Rhode videomicro mic with iPhone (if necessary in the wind)
Rhode videomic to do voice over on computer
Video editing with Final Cut Pro X
Polarduck Mini Tripod for mobile phone. This is so good and under £10.00 I bought two.
Small Gorilla tripod but I tend to prefer the Polarduck.
Tall Tripod is a Velbon CX 540
Mono pod is a Manfrotto Compact MMC3-02 and is very useful for getting high angles that look like low flight drone shots and so easy to carry on my bike along with the mini tripod.
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I am a follower of the Bahá'i Faith and some of my philosophical ideas may show through in comments that I make, but, by and large, I’ll not make direct reference to my beliefs.
See www.bahá’i.org
I also enjoy gardening but lay no claims to have any expertise, and you might catch me out in the countryside of Warwickshire and nearby Leicestershire on a walk with my wife or on a bike ride.
Please comment below to inform further plans for my vlogs. I’d love to hear from you. If you don’t you will just get whatever bubbly ideas float to the surface of my slightly muddled elderly mind.
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Introduction to Chalkboard Art and More Chalkboard Art
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[@thereisonlythecave]

I enjoyed the ride and the music, thanks!

[@JRLNeal]

My pleasure

[@Hawker900XP]

You're getting really good with your drone John.

[@JRLNeal]

Thanks practice make er ... fewer mistakes.

[@paulwaite2219]

So good to see you out and about. Snowdrops look great haven’t seen them for many years. Which vax did you have? Ours have only just arrived in Aus. Seems they come in vials of 6 vaxs but we don’t have special needles required so only 5 per vial can be used . A loss of 16% that is 4 million doses for us. Hmm.

[@JRLNeal]

Oxford Astra Zenica.

[@paulwaite2219]

Hi John the vax has just started to arrive in Aus. They say we must wait for 30 mins after the shot in case of bad reaction. Did you have to wait at all? Was it done at your doctors or a central location?

[@JRLNeal]

@@paulwaite2219 hi Paul. I was asked to wait 15 mins before I could drive home. The vac centre was a venue in the middle of town in a empty shop premises serving a number of doctors surgeries. The process is going so well we are well ahead of schedule. So things are looking up.

[@paulwaite2219]

So glad all is going well. The first vax was given this morning at my local doctors to an elderly lady and the Prime Minister. Another month or so for me.