Bob & Jenny’s January 2024 Update

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Yeah so welcome to this uh update video this is our January update this is where we waffle on aimlessly forever realiz an hour’s gone yeah yeah and uh but people seem to like it so uh we’re going to tell you uh you know what we’ve been doing you’ve got an

Horrendous long list I’ve got a great big long list on my phone so if I keep looking down there it’s yeah you’re in for the long run you got a cup of coffee let’s give it a go right so first of all thank you to the 32,200 subscribers who’ve five oh and

Five and five who sub somehow subscribe to our Channel um I’d like to thank welcome all the new subscribers and uh we haven’t put you off already 28 in the last 28 days which is pretty good for us yeah that’s yeah I forgot what I’m going to say now oh

Sorry um and i’ like to thank all the subscribers who are still subscribed and never watch our Channel anymore no cuz 32,2 don’t watch every video do they no I like also to thank the people who have never subscribed but still watch our Channel that’s about half of them is

That’s right yeah YouTube’s a funny old game and it fny old game yeah right so but thank you anyway than you yes yeah um you’ve got a new phone I’ve got a new phone and we’ve took some you recorded some bits didn’t you I was trying to set

It up yeah let’s have a look at that I was a bit nervous cuz first phone for G as how many years well since last time you had a new phone phone well quite yeah yeah then you can easily get in the Box all right there you go right so it’s

An iPhone 15 Pro yeah so don’t know how much it’s exactly the same size that’s Sandy I think it’s much thicker I’m going to say it’s got there three cameras again yeah which I have before and that’s why we went for the pro originally look like bigger the

Lenses are bigger the bigger and sticky out of REM all more yeah that’s they do give you a c I do give yeah it’s just I needed some for the van yeah got some extra cables for the motor home and the carum as well it’s all USBC there isn’t it yeah it is

But I think you have to be careful what sort of charging use cuz some have overheated they use the right sort of charger so hello so science wipe up to open it was I switched it on there and I wanted it in English English yeah set up with it yeah okay yeah

That’s right continue I just ask you on the old phone then yeah oh it’s that thing there yeah just got to authenticate it with that sort of cloud thing there that’s it continue on your other phone set up for me I don’t film this no I’m looking away going transfer your

Data transfer from phone transfer directly you’re ready with your data when you finish setting up or you can transfer from the iCloud right put the power bank down keep them on yeah this is where power banks are useful I mean our plug is way over there

There I know found that if I try and use the laptop in here you know cuz my laptop always seems to want to be charged and it’s way over there and you’re going to trip over it yeah I mean there is another one and it’s bu it’s bu

Behind the sofa yes yeah most things are working now just doing the mobile banking making sure that works is everything all right yeah all set up apart from from The Nightmare we had with the Microsoft 365 account lost the password to your thing and to the admin

Account because it was something we set up when we had the business was that’s right yeah luckily the IT people still there I spoken to them in about six years so they reset theword helpful man reset all the password and yeah and you’re all right all right I didn’t

Think it was upd to my email but I was looking at Google which I very rarely get any have a look or you still typing I’m in in the Forum okay that’s my it’s my laptop so got BN r on it yeah I just like to be sitting there

Yeah we’ve had a bit of snow in Southport yes I’ve got a picture of we had the snow in the morning when I a couple of days ago it’s been really cold this week nothing like it is in Scotland where it’s been likeus 18 up in the high

Yeah but no we did have a bit of snow in Southport so it went went day after yeah and I’ve got a picture of it disappearing by about midday it always seems a bit cold in southp but it never seems to sort of the snow never seems to

Stay whether it’s the because you’re so close to the sea I don’t know I think we’re just slightly warming so I think we’ve managed to get above freezing yeah some places haven’t um so why are we not going away why we not going well we’ve only just really come back oh

Yeah we can’t I mean this time last week you were at the Manchester show yeah so we only came back on was it Friday yeah yeah so and we’ve got um groomers and haircuts and I mean you can tell that someone needs a haircut that’s so that’s next week so you could

Talk I know my just s of really grown yeah yeah yeah uh yeah yeah so we got that and the dogss have got to go and we’ve got eye tests and all sorts of things next week yeah we’re going to have an eye test first time in a couple

Of years that’s right I had an eye test just after having the cataracts done so you did yes some wonder how it’s changed so that should be interesting yeah so that’s next week that’s next week and then by there’s there’s a week after that and then it’s into the car I never

Get this right this the show that you can never remember the title of yeah the Caravan and motor home show no no no Caravan camping oh yeah I think it’s that Caravan camping and motome show yeah the mom’s at the end because that’s less important that’s

Right yes so um it’s the it’s the second big sorry it’s the second biggest show in at the NC so it should be good we are looking forward to it we’re not going to do a ticket giveaway because that always Causes Chaos we have people who win the

Tickets and don’t they can’t go on the and don’t contact us or they can’t go on the day so I want I know spend the time sort of preparing what we’re going to look at yeah I’ve had a quick look at U the CCM show website yeah link

Down there and uh there’s some fairly interesting things one thing sort of caught my eye was outdoor Revolution got some new warnings all right said Caravan and um Motorway driveway cuz own driveway awnings yeah cuz we’ve had two driveway awnings previously so drive away from outdoor Revolution so

That’d be interesting that’s right there was a couple of pictures of roof tents one on a car yeah so I thought well if all else fails all else fails you could get that for the art well that was always my fullback position is to get a Defender and a roof tent that’s right

But the idea of that at the moment when it’s so cold and that’ be fine stormy fine put quilt on and yeah okay some new boots and yeah and there’s a a huge new Coachman oh with the Imperial we did look at that briefly didn’t we at the

Anass a class yeah tag axle a class and it cost about 200 and something thousand BS it looks huge it looks like a yeah we’re we’re still waiting on incidentally we’re still waiting on the date for our uh new Moto home so as soon

As we know that we’ll let you know but I have been releasing a few shorts that gives you an idea perhaps what what was going on our thought processes when we were thinking about new motor home cuz we don’t tend to rush into these things

No no I think it’s been taking us about two years isn’t it probably probably yeah we’ve gone through all sorts of thoughts really haven’t we so yes watch out for that video I think that might be hopefully next week next week possibly if we know if we well that we’re going

To do do a video you’ve done these shorts haven’t you we’re going to do a video about these mom that we were looking at and why we ruled them out or yeah should we ruled in and like John M you don’t that’s what we ruled in what we ruled out yeah yeah so

Yeah oh did you say about Summers wood no no I mentioned that no we we always stay at summerswood for the NEC show which is yeah we like someone’s wood it’s nice it’s it’s in the woods it’s got walks and it’s a lovely little site but they’ve been doing some improvements

And I noticed one of the things that been improving is the mot home waste point so I think they’ve got a drive over Point yes that’s right seem to been doing a lot of work they’ve been posting on Facebook they’re currently closed aren’t they till first of February and I

Think they’ve been updating some of the pitches and yeah so it’ be interesting you know to see uh progress they’ve done yeah we’re looking forward to I must admit the motor home service point there wasn’t the best no no I mean they did things they put a a pipe in there to

Connects up to your waste waste um pipe thing I never edit these videos no but yeah so looking forward to that Glenn’s coming as well but he’s staying on a CL near I can’t remember the name of it it couldn’t get into Summers would I mean to be honest unless

You book just after the the the show yes it gets it gets booked up pretty quickly like most campsites in the area for the NEC as well yes like the uh Chapel Lane isn’t it and then yeah there’s a caravan and camping club one Kings Kings b or

Something like that Kingsbury water park yeah so there’s a few campsites in the area and if you haven’t already booked it you probably won’t get in there now you no there’s no you can’t stay overnight at the N can you unless the Caravan motome Club do their site but

Don’t know whether they’re doing that or not no okay we probably ought to have found out but that well we I thought we were going to do this is just an update waffle isn’t it I thought you you would probably do a video all about the show

And I’ll do a video all about the show you normally do so I assumed you were going to do it yeah I will do that I mean I get press passes and one of the conditions of getting a press pass is we do some updates on so you don’t want it

Give you a full in detail where to park and where to go and then someone will tell you that it’s all on the website yeah yes yes okay good to you like is it right what have we got next on me list um hargate would be after the show

Wouldn’t it yeah we’re going to the harate show cuz again alen has a stall there yeah and I think this time uh we’ve been told you can take dogs in all areas all right because we went to the um oh I can’t remember the name of it

Now holiday home show um great show ground SE which is the same which is the same place where the um Brothers the war Brothers motoman Caravan show mot homean camping show is it no no it’s got motom It’s somewhere and it’s at Harrogate and it’s in March motor home and

Camping camper van show yes yes I think it’s that anyway um we could take poppy in everywhere couldn’t we took her in the main hall and yeah so um apparently you’ll be able to take dogs everywhere which will make life easier for us wouldn’t it okay okay y so that’s that

Uh but we’re going to an award-winning CL in shopshire yeah that’s for Easter okay yes um I don’t I know nothing are you going to tell them anymore now no it’s called Bley Park b e t l e y um Leisure bits went there and

They did a video on it oh that’s right that’s right it’s only because it’s a c it’s just a five yeah um you know five pitches I’m trying to think of the word it’s a small site at CL or CS Glenn’s coming with us and I think now it’s

Fully booked all over Easter okay and then we’re going on to Morton in Marsh U because we’re meeting our friends like we did a couple of years ago they’re going to stay we’re going to meet Brian we’re going to meet Dave and Mar Marian and Allison’s coming in a van uh so

We’re going to have some days with them and then we might do more in the CWS after that not not sure I haven’t booked anything else okay okay I have been busy booking the um May were doing uh the Aaron tour aren’t we oh yeah with just B

The ferry didn’t you I just book the ferry back from Aron toon that’s the one um CU we’re we’re making our way south from there I’m looking never been never been to Aaron so it’s supposed to be really nice and it looks really nice um where the site

Is that we’re staying there with a night with a pub nearby and yeah so looking forward to that and then uh the other Scottish holidays booked now go on car on well I’m not I’m no it’s all right you’re on track am I okay yeah the the

Second one which we’re doing with Glenn and Sharon is um the Northeast Coast we’re going up Stone Haven and down again yeah we’re not doing the nc500 no we’re nowhere near the nc500 there people always ask us have you done the nc500 yeah well we have in bits but I I

Wouldn’t fancy trying to no I think I think longterm subscribers would know that I’m not in favor of following people around in a convoy on the nc500 well we have done bits of it haven’t we and we had like five bands that were obviously in a

Convoy coming the other way and you got passing places some of the enjoy that I know I know so we haven’t we’ve done we have done been all the way around the top of Scotland we’ve done it in bit bit which is a better way to do it as well

Because it means you can see other bits that are not on the NC 500 South didn’t we went to uh alt Nara Alara fantastic yeah yep okay U we’ve got a rally coming up yes uh Trevon soe poshcats camping Who currently they’re in Spain aren’t they lucky things lucky things yeah with

The Yorkshire motor why don’t we go to Spain instead of sitting here in the freezer I don’t know we could have gone couldn’t we yeah I know apparently it went from minus six when they were in part of France heater failed as well yeah that’s right they yeah but then now they they

Were into Spain and I think yesterday it was plus 10 and it I think it’s what I saw Luxy what I saw on the weather was it’s warmer than normal that sort of area colder than normal where we we are right so we should have gone to Spain

Shouldn’t we so anyway they’re having a rally um sat and who aren’t they in uh May so we’ve asked to go on that yeah so oh I need to do the C the um rally slip don’t I yeah well I’ve left that to you you see it’s not done no okay so if

You’re watching this Trev I will do the Rish so I’m going to try and sort of build a tour around it because obviously it’s s’s there we we’re there right so we need to stop somewhere oh just kick something yeah so I’ve got a bit of a

News uh that picked up from the magazines uh mmm and practical Moto there’s a new fat ducato coming out uh it’s got I think it looks like I’ll put a picture in here but it looks like it’s got a changed front uh and it will have hybrid options as well as I understand

Now all right so um you know eventually going to be uh electric I suppose but I can’t think need a lot of batteries it well yeah and and one of the changes the government’s proposing and they’ve been asking about this for about the licenses for driving heavier V Vehicles because

If you had imagine a motor home with a battery uh that’s fully electric it’s going to weigh well it’s going to before you even start it’s going to be over three and a half tons so the proposal at the moment is understand on the green paper is it

Is that they will allow people with the be license I the standard license to be able to drive electric or alternate fuel vehicles over 3 and 1/2 tons right so the three and a half tons will still apply to to diesel vehicles yeah or petrol vehicles for that matter okay so but

That that’s interesting so there is obviously a move to Electric whether we like it or not or whe we think the infrastructure is up to it which is clearly not no yeah all right and the other the other bit news is there’s a perso boxer coming out with an automatic

Box now one thing we we we’ve always lik the the bailes the ad where you’ve seen us in the ado like the Adama because it’s got an automatic box but we really did like the autograph and we’ve always discounted the autograph because it never had an auto box that’s right yeah

CU it’s all on a Persia boxer isn’t it yeah so if Persia future maybe they there will be one yeah yeah so if they’re finally going to do an auto box then you know maybe that should have been on a consideration list well it is

Yeah yeah is one of them yeah yeah it’s on our it’s on our short list definitely yeah but uh well it would even more so now if it’s higher up the list yes okay yeah um yeah so the other bit of news is you I

Probably ought to do I I’ll stick a bit of footage in here it’s over there I’ve got a new security camera now a few people had asked me about the uh is that a security camera you’ve got inside the van we’ve had a security camera that was

Sent to us for review from a company called Rio link that’s and that was about nearly 3 years ago I think quite quite a while ago yeah and uh we’ve used that really for monitoring the inside of the van because it will pick up if

People break into the van or if I come into the van yeah lots of footage of me opening the door it sends an alert to your phone it and you leave your phone in the house so it’s going be yeah and if I forget to

Switch it off it it does but they have sent a new one it’s slightly different it’s a fixed camera rather than a pan and tilt camera um but I think it should be interesting um been having a play with it and uh we’ll I’ll do a video on

That I know how much people love product reviews yes yeah that’s the only one you’ve got outstanding really is it yeah now I just want to say about product reviews I’m I’m continually being asked if I want to review products I get all sorts of offers if I took up all the

Offers I’d be no doing nothing but product reviews well that’s it the the the latest one was another bike and I was severely tempted to do another bike review it was a I think John and Mandy had this one or John had it John had it

Yeah yeah and it’s a angu angui folding electric bike um with the fat tires M um and we like really like the sa Russia commoda I’m going to be careful how you say that um but I couldn’t take that with us in the mot because you couldn’t

Fold it couldn’t Fold It Now problem with the Inu if that’s how you pronounce it is it’s over 35 kilos with the battery on it so it’s a really heav so I couldn’t put it on the bike rack but I could take it obviously if it was folding and we

Had a Mot home with a garage which brings us back to our short so uh let us know if you want me to do that because I’m I’m you know I’m interested I know lots of people are doing product reviews and people do get fed up with them but I just thought it

Was an interesting bike it’s something that might appeal to people who’ve got a garage yes and and want a bike that can do a bit of off-road work as well that’s right yeah I mean to be fair to you when you when you were asked to do a lot of

Power Banks we did ours we did a community Post Yeah and we asked do you want us to do this because we don’t want to do things about 70% 70% said yes do it no it’s more as 80 was it 80 yeah yeah yeah so we we went you went ahead

And did about four or five you I’ve still got well I’ve still got a few of the power Banks and they’re incredibly useful really once you’ve got them and you’ve got a load of jobs for me haven’t you now I’ve got a few jobs yeah go to household jobs yeah which

Would be nice one of them would be there’s a load of boxes upstairs oh yeah would you get product reviews you end up with loads of boxes don’t you loads of cboard boxes and you keep them in case you have to send it back or you want to

Send it on to someone which we we had to do with um both the ecoflow wave didn’t we and the and the fridge we had to send the original ones back yeah CU we had an an issue with them but The Replacements have been fine haven’t they yeah so I’m

Carrying on with my new phone which you want to tell me what it is it’s an iPhone 15 Pro yeah um and which we paid for ourselves paid with our own money yes nice not sponsored by Apple no no I I um bought a nice case for it that’s a

MAG safe case isn’t it yeah that’s right so if I had had one of a charger and you can buy one yeah some momes come with it as well some momes do come with one yeah yeah um it’s got the zoomi lens that’s what we wanted to use before The Z lens

The one that zooms telephone all the zooming lens it zooms doesn’t it yeah yes so K just called the zoom lens shut up yeah so um yeah I don’t know what else to say about it I’m I we had a bit of a struggle yesterday didn’t we Microsoft yeah accounts but um that’s

All sorted everything seems to work okay this morning it said to me it wanted to do an update yeah so I left it doing that and that seems to be fine it all came back so yeah yeah all was good right is that the end of the video can I

Go back in the warm there yeah it has warmed up in here cuz you put the heating on yeah it’s a little bit warmer yeah so that’s check out the shop you can buy T-shirts like this shop’s still going Shop’s still getting orders so while it gets orders we’ll carry on with

It yeah yeah yeah so link down there yeah so the next video probably will be talking about a short list of Vans yeah hopefully maybe not yes it will will it well unless you’ve got something in okay we’re going in on too much CH yeah all right right so shut me

Up then yeah okay then ready ready bye bye then nearly