Guide to Wakefield

 

This should really have been the first video. My wife suggested it when I was made redundant from a job where I made training videos and interactive learning. She said, "Why don't you make a video about the city where you live, just as if you were an ordinary person telling it like you see it."

 Despite being the first idea, it took a long time to script and to shoot all the stills - some 4 months to be precise.


 With the help of my daughter, I plan to do a series on Leeds (culture and events, eating out, night life). One video would be far too long - my plan is to make all my videos under 5 minutes, and under 3 if possible. It could be a long time in the making, believe me, but look out for it on the Ordinary Bloke YouTube channel. If you subscribe to the channel, you can receive notifications when I upload a new video.

 If you have any ideas on videos you'd like me to do, please get in touch via the comments below.

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