Hiring a Brompton in Birmingham part 2

Follow me as I explore the Birmingham grand union canal via a hired brompton. Tune in as I visit local schools to discuss the power of hair.

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good morning and welcome to day two so yesterday I didn’t really uh finish the day with you but what what happened after school I rode home as you know on the canal it was beautiful and then I um chilled out in the Square near the library and watched the young people skating and I was talking about how them skating as a as a skating community in the in the public eye in the Public Public area Arena like that reminded me of back in the day in the ‘ 80s electric Baloo and breake dancing craze and people would Cruise would rock up with their ler roll out their ler and just break dance you know they weren’t bsking for money they were just doing it for the love of it and they were just taking up space and showing their skills young yesterday watching those young people freestyling and and skating freely like that and dancing to their music and being themselves in that space was very liberating looking forward to today not sure why I’m looking forward to it but I’m looking forward to it time for some breakfast I never like to eat too heavy before I rideing the bike always like to be light but at the same time I reckon when I get to the school I’m going to exert a lot of energy in two hours so I need to have something sustenance in my in my system to keep me going so I think I need to eat but I don’t like eating before I cycle but I’m going to eat today’s pore is like wallpaper paste so I had to just it up a little bit whoever is making the poring needs to lose their [Music] job just going to pick up my um lunch cuz you know I’m juggling between schools no time to stop for a sandwich so I’ll pick up my lunch now can you believe it I’m lost already [Music] I think R the truck Canal popping the movement is addictive two wheels beneath me now I feel lifted Canal popping when the Sunshine’s glistening I’m not talking but everybody’s listening Canal popping joggers overtaking dog walkers collide with those who are skating Canal popping graffiti hieroglyphics pigeons on the rise in this bromy demographics Canal popping elevation increasing pedaling harder H and riding Canal popping the world flashing p i circumnavigate while sitting on my Brompton sadle [Music] jeese it’s pure H and goly climbing up inclines H and G on this canal man [Music] got Yo Birmingham cyclists are friendly they say morning Pegasus they’ve put out a red carpet for me look I’m walking the red carpet look I’m [Music] royalty evidence of my work with these people hair is a flute so if not followed correctly I will be on mute my hair is round that brings me pain my hair is red that leads me back to my bed my hair is sadness that fills my brain with anxiety and pressure not helping with the stormy weather my hairy socks stains upon stains not blowing away this [Music] P so after finishing pis Primary School the head teacher who welcomed me with a a red carpet welcome said before you go you can’t leave without having one of these ah every visitor well special visit me must leave with a little token of our appreciation for your visit and he gave me this a pegasus flying horse a pegasus oh pegas is M there there you go it it gorgeous feel rather car sick after that taxi Journey normally I commute between the schools on the on the bromton but it’s a bit bit of a long journey and the turnaround time it’s quite tight so I’m on in half an hours otherwise I’d be late but I just feel so sick fresh air might help School Number Four done lynon High School you asked me what Mak my individuality Perhaps it is that I’m different from everyone else but what is what is at the core what is superior and makes every else everything else disappear my hair my hair my lustrious hair and unfathomable body man like a lone Sun Solitude from clouds blazing blazing a I’m a little lost and the grass is high and the fish are jumping high in the sky Google Maps why Google Maps why why are you making me climb these abstract climbs Google Maps why people think I’m very strange talking to my GoPro but I don’t care which way left or right I will refer to the Oracle Oracle Which Way continue for 2 miles thank you so as I was saying a great session at Lyndon school which is secondary working year 9es and there was a moment when I was trying to encourage the whole class to read their poems and I was going around in fact no I wasn’t encourag them to read their poems I was encouraged them to stand up and say their name and what they bring to the space that was it what’s your name and what do you bring to the space and some of the students were reluctant and I was really pushing them like giving him all kinds of stories and Parables about the importance of finding your voice and being heard and anyway at break time the teacher explained to me that a couple of the students are selective mutes they choose not to speak in the class I thought you idiot I was there there was I pushing them like you know what’s wrong with you people why don’t you want to speak and there was a case of two people who chose not to speak I never thought about that I I I’ve I’ve I’ve met that situation before and uh normally the teacher would inform me beforehand but the point is what I’m trying to make here is I didn’t even I didn’t even think of that I was just like everyone should speak everyone should want to speak some people don’t want to speak at this stage in their life and I and we need to respect that [Music] hello hello it’s a tight fit isn’t it it’s a bit tight yes but it’s not the tightest one we yeah we had one that was way worse back there literally scraping through he just hide it and just trying oh hats off to you that’s amazing so what do we call you what’s your job then what’s your your what’s your title uh well what would it what would we call it the the lock of a closer perhaps I don’t know the lock keeper I don’t know what the word is name you should be a keeper yeah I don’t know what that’s word we have a word in Swedish for the people helping on the boat but I don’t know the English one oh okay okay it’s a very important job if this was where the rich people were I bet it would get fixed sooner we like that yeah the social cometry and your name your name Frederick Frederick this a lovely young man’s name is Frederick wearing a beautiful t-shirt peace poem and I was explaining that poetry is my is my life so that’s wonderful it’s a sign I see that’s a sign a good sign Movement we have movement and the water has risen it’s got to be a poem about this coming through the lock I’m speaking to this wonderful lady here and she’s talking about her role as the lock opener and closer a special job serving the people Adisa poet YouTube Adisa my ad IA poet if you can remember that viers yeah yeah yeah thank you AA poet thank you you don’t need to go to the gym now you can just do this this is it this is it this is the real work hundreds of years people doing that