We travel from Morecambe to Blackpool but are stopped in our tracks by Fleetwood. Watch and find out why this place is unique.
Hello and welcome to the Great British Biking Adventures Coast Series. In this series we are travelling around the coast on our motorcycle, a Honda VFR1200X Crosstourer.
A lot of our viewers are bike enthusiasts but this series will appeal to a wider audience. Why? Because there’s so much more to the Coast series than motorcycles. There’s the challenges, the journey, geography, history and people. You get to travel the entire coast of England and Wales with us, see how we did it, share our ups and downs, experience English culture, the history and hear about the people that made Britain ‘Great’!
What’s also good about the coast series is it doesn’t matter when you start watching, it’s like one of those open top bus tours – you can get on at any point and just keep going until you arrive back where you started.
Who are we? We’re a husband & wife living in an unremarkable coastal town in England. We’ve been married 35 years and were brought together by motorcycles. One day, Esther’s Honda Melody broke down and she brought it to Jarrod’s motorcycle shop – the rest (as they say) is history.
One cold February day, we started riding along the seafront and just kept going. We wanted to record the experience to have something to watch in the future – the YouTube channel was an afterthought. Take a look at those first few episodes to see just how novice we were, cobbling together what little phone footage we had to try to make a story. To make up for our amateur recording and shyness we added information in the editing. This set the tone and style of our videos, we hope you like it. We like to think we’ve improved and hopefully you’ll agree, take a look, compare our earlier videos with the later ones and let us know in the comments.
There’s also the filming and production journey. When we started we knew nothing about filming, video and audio production, editing, YouTube and the like. We’ve learnt loads and spent loads in time and money along the way but it’s been almost as enjoyable as the journey itself. You’ll hopefully appreciate how far we’ve come.
But what’s with all those bible verses we hear you say. We know some of you don’t appreciate this aspect, one or two have told us in the comments. That’s fine – it really is. All are equally welcome here, believers and unbelievers. It would be a pity if you enjoyed everything else but just stopped watching because of the Christian references but we completely accept you’re free to do as you please.
Our faith has prompted us to include a bible verse in our videos and sometimes a Christian perspective on the things we talk about. The channel is not about Christianity but our faith cannot be separated from it. We hope and pray that it will make you think, inquire and even bring you into a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
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Another gem, Interesting facts added as always. Its been years since I had a Fisherman's friend an acquired taste but I used to like them. I was looking for your content yesterday but then realised it was Thursday.
I love the style of your videos. They have a slight "old fashioned" feel about them. Not another tearing here & there as fast as you can video. But steady & informative. I grew up in Preesall the village you passed through on the way to Knott End. Back in the 70's we were not allowed to get the ferry to Fleetwood as it was still a thriving fishing town & was noted to be "a bit rough". (Didn't stop us sneaking across on the ferry to go to the arcades 😁). Time has moved on & the Victorian designed front, (same as Knott End) is now very nice indeed. (Still has a rough element if you stray off the front though). Did you enjoy the road from Lancaster to Pilling? That road used to flood at high tide & you could not get through. A new sea wall cured that & opened up the market to salt marsh lamb. Keep them coming 👍
Ey Up Some of our favourite Saturday rideouts. As you follow the road over the river Lune and bare right at the lights did you notice the building on the right Donna hates that building, she tells me each time we pass by🙂. Glasson Dock Iv'e been riding there since the late seventies and took Donna there on our first ride together, we go back several times a year enjoying the peace while walking down the canal, it's quite a favourite for bikers also.On to Fleetwood another of our favourite rides,when passing the Fisherman's friend building you get the aroma from the factory,Have you ever sucked a fisherman's friend? (eh em ) Do we really have to wait another week? Boo Hoo!!!!!!! By the way we watched an episode of Cobra last week Fleetwood was used for the disaster that was supposed to be in Kent. Take care you two.
A great video but I would not ride in short sleeve and no gloves
Opening graphics look good. I also like the score board, but you realise you’re always going to loose? Your wife is always right/happy wife, happy life 😅 Those tramlines must be pretty sketchy when it’s raining and you’re on a bike 🙈 It’s amazing to see so many trams in use, I had no idea they even existed anymore 🚋 The bloopers made me laugh, I assume Ester saw the scoreboard result 🤣
Thank you for another great video