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Dead rats, used needles and raw sewage. This epic urban adventure continues...

Here it is patreons. Right one time this time despite more trouble with Premiere Pro!
Thanks for your patience this week (I'm feeling better cheers)

Let me know if you spot any major errors with this one btw, I didn't have time to do one final check

Part 2 of 2 of the maddest urban adventure you're ever like to see, and this time things get messy.  

Join me and Ben as we attempt to leave Birmingham city centre via the highly secure wholesale market site, before de...

UPDATES + SELECTED STAG DO CONTENT

The good news: my stag do (pre wedding male piss up) was hilarious and unforgettable. 20 lads in a mansion with a swimming pool and plenty of space to piss around in, and perfect weather too.  

Some selected highlights:  

- A hilarious game of footy with various levels of ability (my team won on pens)
- A slip and slide which quickly turned into a corridor of death by missiles  
- A dizziness based game in which I ultimately got gunged for no apparent reaso...

A few stag do clips that made the cut...

A clip of our improvised slip and slide, me post gunging and Ed's heroic dirty pint effort. 

Can we cross the UK's 2nd largest city without using a single road?

Thanks once again Patreons for your undying patience. Had this one ready at 4pm but Premiere Pro glitched out. My fault though for not getting it done earlier.

Anyway, I'm hoping that this will not disappoint.   

(Subtitles ready, 4K not quite ready but 1080 ready)
(New thumbnail tomorrow)

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 It's here. Quite possible my maddest mission to date.    

Back in April...

Birmingham No Roads Mission (Part 1 Trailer)

Evening Patreons. Here is the trailer for Part 1. (Main video dropping tomorrow for you guys now)

Me and Ben decided it would be a good idea to try and cross Birmingham, the UK's second largest city, without walking down a single road or canal.
(All clips used are from part 1)  

Who's excited??

Just an update

Afternoon all!

Some of you will have seen my latest geoguessr vid which stated that my planned release date for the Birmingham no roads mission was today (Tues) for patreon, tomorrow (Weds) for YouTube. Just letting you know that I ain't gonna make that. The Jerky thing ate into my time more than expected, and so are plans for my stag do this weekend. The good news is it should be ready for you Patreons on Wednesday at 8pm instead, and that there should be some videos of me being abuse...

I went hunting for coins on busy roundabouts (and got attacked by a pheasant)

Inspired by Beau Miles who did this in his native Australia with some success, I set off on a 10 mile run through the countryside, aiming for 5 big (and quite dangerous) roundabouts.  
Barely anyone sets foot anywhere near these roundabouts and they rarely get cleaned up, so the theory is that years worth of relentless traffic is bound to fling a few goodies into the gravel. However I was faced with another issue; wildly overgrown footpaths that due to my time restraints sadly cut the...

WALES IV BONUS FOOTAGE #1 - PRE MISSION + DAY 1

Good afternoon Patreons of old and new!
Here's your first king-sized portion of bonus footage from Wales 4.   

With plenty of footage but a pretty condensed main edit, there was a fair bit of unused footage from this series, especially in the final episode.
For now though you get an insight into the recce trip, those palpable pre mission hours as well as a more thorough look at the ins and outs of how I navigated the tricky farmland sections of day 1.
There are a ...

We picked the worst day imaginable to run across a country..

Here's a little treat for you Patreons.

As usual take advantage of the subtitles as there may be some Geordie/brummie ramblings that might be hard to understand

It was supposed to be a "leisurely" day out. It wasn't supposed to be a YouTube video. But then we checked the weather forecast. Only then did we get the feeling that this might make for some pretty good content. We were right.   

Join myself, Ben Cook (from Dribbling Britain) and Adam Cook (no relation...

BIG ADVENTURE VIDEO DROPPING AT 9PM

hold tight for one of the maddest stupidest things I've ever done.

GeoWizard reacts to Archie and Adam's Successful Wales attempt

The old man studies the whippersnappers...

Streaming live this evening on the $4 TIER:

Reaction to Archie and Adam's mission across Wales (all episodes)(6pm BST)

THANK YOU

Just a quick note to say thank you all for supporting me through my Wales journey and also once again for being patient with that nightmare of an upload. I should have posted letting you know it would be Tuesday! won't let that happen again. Anyway I can finally rest now.

Bonus footage will be with us in the coming weeks, but I'll also be focusing on getting the next two adventures out. They will not disappoint!!

$4 tier stay tuned for catch up content!

One last note: I've...

It's all come down to this...

Thanks for your patience once again everyone. I've really toiled over this one but it's a cracking episode and I hope it's worth the wait for you.

Apologies for the lack of description but I think you know the drill by this point. It's make or break.

I've got to rest now but I'll be back on tomorrow morning to amend the description and read/reply to your comments. 

20 minutes and part 3 will be here!

Just finishing off the subtitles. Thanks for the patience one and all.

$4 Tier - I haven't forgot about you! (coming soon list)

Once the editing is finally done for Wales #4 this weekend, I aim to more than make up for the lull in activity on the $4 tier. Here are some of the things you can expect in the following month or so:

-How much money can I find on the side of roundabouts? (inspired by beau miles)
-Real life Hunted event (based on channel 4 programme) - me and my mate Dan attempt to avoid the hunters over the course of a day in a huge forest called Cannock Chase, whilst moving to various checkpoints ...

Insane gradients and hellish forests. The race to conquer Wales continues..

Thanks for your patience my lovely little patreons, here is part 2.

The race to be the first person to cross Wales in a completely straight line continues with this eventful second episode. Join me as I attempt to clamber up an perilously steep mountainside and watch me battle my way through the worst (and most dangerous) forest I've ever come up against.   

Despite this leg of the journey being largely set in the remote wilderness of mid Wales, there was still the occ...

Crossing Wales in a straight line just became a race

It's here Patreons. As usual Watch with subtitles and in 1080HD.

EDIT - Having to put ads on this now (11:14am, Sunday 23rd) as I'm leaving the house for a Wedding

On the 18th of January 2023 I received an email from my most capable competition yet warning me of their imminent plans to be the first people to cross Wales in a completely straight line. There was only one thing for it; I had to beat them to it.

Join me in what I was desperately hoping would be my fourth AND...

WHO'S READY?

On January the 18th I received an email from my biggest competition (Archie and Adam Fieldhouse) telling me that they intended to conquer Wales in 3 weeks time. There was only one thing for it. I had to beat them to it.

See you all on Saturday for the first of 3 parts..

Thanks for your on going support everyone.

I challenged STORROR to a straight line mission (and made it impossible)

For those who haven't heard of them STORROR are a famous parkour / free running group based in the south of England and have amassed 8 million YouTube subscribers thanks to their insane parkour skills and ballsy feats of human strength and agility.  
A few weeks back Toby Segar (who has literally won ninja warrior UK) reached out and told me that they wanted to attempt a line. They wanted to do a marathon to coincide with the London marathon, and entrusted me with task of plotting the...

How NOT to travel America - Bonus Footage #7

THE FINAL VIDEO from this unforgettable series. Man that was a lot of editing, but totally worth it. (Don't worry, I'll have found the perfect editor to work with for the next series of this magnitude, although I have no idea when that will be!)

Just want to thank you all one final time for your support and fandom through this series. It makes it all worthwhile in every possible sense.

Straight line mission will be dropping within the next 3 or 4 weeks, so be sure to stick arou...

Can I get a sub 10 minute perfect score on the world map?

Sadly the subtitles for HNTTA Bonus footage 7 weren't completed by rev in time for my little Venice break with Verity this week (Flying tonight) That means it won't be with you until next week.

To make up for this I thought I'd give you this video a few hours early. Adverts will be on this in a couple of hours as I'll have to do it before my flight.

Also, big congratulations to Adam, Ori, Rory, Niclas, Gareth, Martynas and William for winning their respective prizes in the merc...

How NOT to travel America - Bonus Footage #6

*Watch with subtitles and in 1080HD*  

All the best deleted scenes and unused clips from Episode 6 of How not to travel America, giving you more of an insight into the adventure but also how me and Greg operate when we're out on the field.  

There is a shit tonne of spare footage from episodes 6 and 7 as you can probably tell from the length of this one.  In this vid we get a deeper insight into the rollercoaster that was trying to buy a car, with chats with Pauli...

GeoWizard's Patreon Prize Giveaway!

Dishing out iconic memorabilia from adventures old and new...

Did someone say GeoWizard Memorabilia?

Tonight at 8pm GMT I'll be live streaming a special patreons only prize draw in which some of you lucky girls and boys will be able to own your very own GeoWizard memorabilia.   

ALL TIERS INCLUDED, AND DON'T WORRY IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE STREAM! You are still in the draw. you just won't be there when it happens. The stream will be available to watch for unlimited time.   

I have a small roster of items that I'm willing to part with. I'm not sure whether some o...

Escape from the Flour Mill (Kayaking down the Tame & Trent in freezing conditions)

*Watch with subtitles!*  

The Devizes to Westminster kayak race is probably not going to happen this year due to the realisation that training for it would require a ridiculous amount of dedication and time, something that doesn't fit with our busy schedules. However, me and Ed were keen to get out on the water again for another adventure. Last time we bravely ventured out into the slimy canals of the black country where violent youths were the main threat. This time, in the peace...

We picked the worst day imaginable to run across a country..

What you see here is three mad Englishmen attempt to run across Wales in a single day after (and during) the biggest snow dump of the year. But why? I hear many of you ask once more.
Well believe it or not this one was originally meant to be for pleasure. 46 miles through beautiful hilly terrain with no need to climb through a single hedge or hide from a farmer. It was supposed to be challenging but mostly enjoyable.. and then came the snow.
In these new treacherous conditions we knew ...

How NOT to travel America - Bonus Footage #5

*Watch with subtitles and in 1080HD*  

All the best deleted scenes and unused clips from Episode 5 of How not to travel America, giving you more of an insight into the adventure but also how me and Greg operate when we're out on the field!  

This video offers another perspective of our walk through the Appalachian mountains, including conversations with Jack, Terry and the amicable rangers of Shenandoah national park. It's quite a chilled one this time. #6 and #7 had a...

How NOT to travel America - Bonus Footage #4

*Watch with subtitles and in 1080HD*  

All the best deleted scenes and unused clips from Episode 4 of How not to travel America, giving you more of an insight into the adventure but also how me and Greg operate when we're out on the field!  

This one features more in depth conversations and astounding magic tricks from the real Wizard, Nick, as well as bonus scenes from the Anglers inn, Jack's pad, and all of our endeavours in Washington. Get ready for some more mesmer...

Driving into hurricane Ian, and a calamitous jet ski experience (How NOT to Travel America #7)

Phew. I almost didn't get that out to you just now because of the subtitles! there was an issue with merging the subtitles, but I've managed to do it. There may be one or two incorrect lines though which I aim to correct asap.

Anyway, here it is. The final episode. THANK YOU ALL  for being here, supporting me and being patient with me.

Full description and thumbnail will be done tomorrow. I need a lie down.

Watch this space for the iconic jacket giveaway...
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