Answering Some Tough Personal Questions 

The one (if only) great advantage of aging is seeing the world as it really is. So please keep on saying things as they really are.

The world needs more people like you 👍

The haters should just move on and leave. Plenty of other people to watch. They strike me as lonely shits, who build themselves up by bringing others down. I love your channel .

Aww mate what you said re your son really resonates with me . I have 2 daughters who I haven’t seen in 3 years. This was after having court order and several times at family court . Had a massive impact on my health . It has absolutely broken my heart and does every single day. Classic case of parental alienation 😢 Thankyou for talking about this James . Love your channel mate

I haven't watched this yet but very concerned for you mate. Why do you feel you have to put things out you don't want to? Don't be pressured into anything mate. Should all be your choice and you alone. I heard of other people making themselves ill over this. Remember its always YOU first my friend. Look after yourself buddy, much love!

I never usually comment but I watch you all the time, you are so genuine I just wish there were more people like you! And of course the lovely Helen, keep on keeping on. I am an artist and was going to start my own RU-vid channel but at 79 I don’t think people want to see this old face 😂😂😂

I'm a road sweeper in a car park and I regularly get rubbish from mcds dumped as well as full nappies!!!!!!

haters are only the ones that can not do what you do so carry on doing what you do you and helen are great together

James- about your son- 19 is very young, give him time. Keep your heart open & if possible, let him know you're open to connecting whenever he's ready. He will get it, even if it's not obvious or takes time. ❤

Look mate, before I even watch this vlog - you do not have to answer to anyone for anything. Just keep doing what you 2 do - it means a lot to some of us. Oh you are on one today - you could be me lol. Lynx Africa ya daft lad.

Don't use any of these social media websites such as twitter, cant be bothered 😂 I totally agree with you James. A good moan does you good !! I like to make my own mind up ❤

That’s what I love about Amatuer Radio, No Politics, No Religion, No Insightment. We all love your channel because there’s none of that stuff. Good honest banter and chat, with lovely travel blogs. You are who you are and we’ve met you both.

Hi. Im a 70 year old lady. I have 2 sons. And they have turned against me ,only because i have different beliefs than them. My heart is broken. Im totally alone. Feel worthless. Love your vlogs though.❤❤

Ignore the haters you will always get them in real life or online so long as you dont hate yourself or people that care about you that's all that matters

Love your rants can't beat a good old rant .An absolute brilliant Vlog James as always 😁

The Sagrada Familia is a must im not at all religious but the feeling you get from this Place is incredible cant be put into words

WOW! I don`t think i have ever sat and watched such a long video as this just listening to a random bloke go on about nothing in particular. The fact is, i found it engrossing, rather like a ``stand-up`` comedian with a serious side. As for LYNX AFRICA, i`m not really a fan (personal choice) ha ha. Talking about quotes, here`s one that i fully experienced a few years back. IF YOU NEED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH YOU LOVE SOMEBODY, THEN DO NOT JUDGE BY HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ARE TOGETHER BUT JUDGE BY HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ARE APART. None of us knows how much we will miss someone until that someone is no longer there. So enjoyable to spend nearly one and a half hours with you James and i feel an affinity with you because your values and views on life are very similar to mine so keep up this great entertainment and see you in the next one.

Love your honesty about your life ,100k subs won't be long 👍

Absolutely brilliant mate loved every second keep up the good work. Nowt like a rant my friend. Love your channel.❤

Thanks for the shout out - glad it was interrupted by a motorcycle 😂

Thank you for sharing with us James 👍

I love your rants keep doing your own stuff when your out and about coz we love watching all your videos and love when it’s you and Helen keep doing what your doing x

Awww love you're vlogs James you and Helen make a lovely couple ❤

Ranting is an age thing its normal to have a rant

Great stuff. Keep it up. Just been to Alnwick, Berwick and Newcastle. Great places to visit.

Re parking on the zig zags outside school. I was enraged by the very same issue 30+ years ago. One very lazy woman parked every day on the zig zags. I knocked her car window one day and tried to engage her in conversation about it. She ignored me. I contacted the police re her constant disregard for childrens’ safety. I was told by the officer that I was at risk of being charged with breach of the peace! You couldn’t make it up! Love your comment “6 stone wet through!” Keep being you James. You’re a diamond!

Lynx Africa😂 brilliant as usual pal.

Thanks for the honesty, can tell you are a trustworthy person... a rarity theses days. Looking forward to USA vlogs and anywhere else you go, entertaining and pure escapism . Cheers 👍

OMG I'm only at 3.58 and its cracking me up :) You wait till your nearly 70! Brilliant... now I'll continue to watch the rest.

Lynx Africa. Keep on keeping it real James. I love listening to life stories. It’s a journey. Me and partner have been through very similar things. Kids struggles with exes. Variety of jobs. I was having a bit of a panic about our soon house move and mort for next 22 yrs at 44. My partner said “ what you worrying for , we ain’t gonna be here in 40 years” I’m normally very positive but we are getting older. I love the stoicism quotes. My partners a mental health nurse and said these quotes would be good to pass on. Also we are born again Christians at Pentecostal church your welcome to come along when at a loose end one Sunday The pastor has a massive utube following worldwide. Oh and we are kind 😂😂

1hr 22mins. You really are treating us (my favourite videos are your talking ones)

Lynx Africa ftw! I like the principal of Stoicism. I think I share the philosophy, as I always say there's no point worrying about something, until there's actually something to worry about. Great video James, very honest and open and I hope you and your son can reconnect.

Lynx Africa! Thank you, so, so very much for all you do and say, you are the perfect antidote to all the negativity, mistrust, and criticism which unfortunately draws a mind-bogglingly huge audience, please keep on reminding us that the world is full of decent, warm, lovely people.

Lynx Africa 😂, i was in a bad mood ranting myself over a neighbour who keeps watching us, you cheered me up, 6 stone wet through, something peter kay would say 😂❤

Well done for being so open about everything 🙂

Haha!😂 Lynx Africa! Reslly enjoyed this Q&A. Your channel came up randomly on my Feed and started watching your vidz. Love them ....Helen is lovely...both of you gel well together. Much love to you both! X (From a Southerner lol!)

Great Video James You and Helen are the best LYNX AFRICA 😂

Very entertaining, James! 👏👏 Helen with her: ‘Ooohh, look at this’! Very funny! Your blogs are always alternately funny and sad! A good balanced content even when just discussing things in your life!

Sorry about your son, sounds like his mum has a lot to do with this, hope it works out in the end!❤️❤️

We all love Hull buddy, very insightful video, raw and honest, top top work.

I’ve watched a few of your vlogs,very good,you come across very genuine. I still can’t believe people make a living from this,it’s totally bizarre.

This is great James, love your honesty. A brilliant rant and you are so right about everything you say❤ If you go anywhere near Bournemouth when you are down south, highly recommend the Russell Coates museum on the sea front its outstanding, like stepping back in time.

Your school reports sound better than mine. I hated school, although I did pretty well, my geography teacher wrote "Sets himself a low standard and fails to achieve it". Still proud of that one and I got a C, which was my lowest grade, so up yours Mr Irwin 🤣

Just enjoyed your Southport video, very engaging and entertaining. Don’t worry about ranting, best way to cope with the rubbish in the world.

My old man thinks he’s aged well,he should wear his glasses more!! 😂😂 Lynx Africa 😉

Sending healing vibes to you and your lad. 💜🙏💜

100% with you on the gym thing. Young lads in my gym spend more time looking in the mirror or on their phones than working out, does my head in, that and the entitled that load up machines and dont unload when finished 😡

Lynx Africa! A very informative video, showing how you started out, went to dizzying heights, fell from grace and then found a happy middle. Keep going James, you'll soon have your own TV series!

The magic word is bollox Lynx 😂😂😂😂😂 Seeee theeeee

Can't believe you are still on Lynx Africa ! Java all the way man James. Great to see your vids, down to earth honesty, and pleased you like Newcastle.

I gotta hand it to you James that's a very good photo of you with hair......

You are a good man with a big heart don’t stop saying what you think.lynx Africa

We love Benidorm and the old Town Tapas bars Oliver’s bar Pig and Whistle many others

Thanks for replying to my question about your dreams for the future. Your reply brought a tear to my eye. I hope your hopes and wishes come true x P.S. Lynx Africa.

That reminded me of me and my mate where riding our motorbikes up the dales and a man had closed a road off with his car I asked him what was wrong he said there's been a motorcycle accident and the lads laying in the road I said how long his he 17 foot , so we rode through, he was just laid there in the road , I said what's wrong with y , he said nothing, I said we'll get up then 😁😎

Hey James & Helen, I fell across your channel a couple of months ago and I love your content (I subscribed today btw!). So I thought I'd drop you a message. Just really like your Yorkshire straight talking and honesty - although I'm a bit conflicted with my Mum being from Yorkshire and my Dad being from Lancashire. Mum always wins! I was born in Cheshire (not posh Cheshire) so I'm somewhere in-between. Keep it up. Big love.

We need you. Get in there, tell them and acct on it. Flex. Be the real the real truth.

My parents disowned my family haventba clue why they missed out on 3 wonderful grandchildren and 6 awsom great grandkids. Thankfully my in laws made up for my family. RIP Ron and Doreen thank you for all your love and support

I have a Spanish son now 20 lives in Madrid , if I could have known the future I would have spent 10p that night in Ibiza 21 years ago 😁😎

Lynx Africa. James, my partner and I visited Liverpool this weekend and went to the majority of places you went to in your flog. Thanks!

James I don’t know how anyone could hate you i think your ever so funny even when your having a rant/moan, but I’m a Yorkshire lass so I get you 💙 Lynx Africa

Loved your career history . So honest and from the heart . You’re a top bloke , completely authentic 😊

Would you say you were more of a Minstrel than an M n M? Videos a Treet James. Love a good moan, and a cavalier attitude 😉

Bloody ell mate that was stoick! Lynx Africa all day long Keep doing what you are doing mate all the best from a scouse bro!

I agree with everything you said at the beginning of your video. Unfortunately this country is becoming a lawless society and nobody gives a damn. "Lynx Africa"

James love your channel, love your rambling conversation with yourself. Just carry on as you are. Thanks James.

When I stopped going to my Church, an evangelical one, I was asked of cause by others in the Church why ?. My basic answer was that I had never met so many racist, homophobic self righteous people in my life in that church and could not be around them. I am a Christian but do not care or condemn others of other religious beliefs or sexual orientation. Cannot stand being around those type of people.

Enjoying your videos mate! Keepnup the good work. Lynx Africa! 🙌🏼

0:33 People that park in disabled bays? What have the disabled done to you mate? 😂

Loved the vid as always thanks James, We want video evidence of the bollocking you give the repeat zig zag parkers!😂 Gotta have a lynx Africa ( or shower in a can as I call it) to hand! 🤣

If you need some help being a parking vigilante let me know.

Lynx Africa - ive just watched while eating a pizza James. Personally I love hearing stories or advice from people with life experience such as yourself. As you say, these 20 year old kids don't know anything yet. I'd rather listen to you for an hour coz it's clear you've been round the block a bit. Hearing about you previous jobs was interesting. Thanks for your efforts. Jon.

Mark im in Beni now sounds like you both need a holiday bruv. Not downplaying your justified rant btw but you worry about the shit you can change but not the shit you cant.

Lynx Africa!!! Very entertaining! Keep up the good work James.

You have to vote Reform if you want this country to change for the better

I just would like you do more on camper park ups , which is why i started watching you in the first place . I enjoy your roaming around towns ( not all of them) but you are neglecting the park ups !!! And as for long journeys , they are no different to lots of short trips , you wont be driving any further without stopping …….Stay well !!

Really enjoyed your rant at the start and like you I’m sick of politics that’s why we’re voting Reform.

The going the gym is definitely doing you good. I can see your triceps showing proud.💪 Keep happy. Absolutely loved hearing your stories. Take care 👍

I take it you didn't steal that can of Lynx Africa then as that would make you a Brute... Ah no Brut is a different product isn't it 😂😂 All the best, David

Enjoyed your latest, my wife and myself enjoy watching your trips out and banter, keep it up and we'll keep on tuning in James. Take care mate! Lynx africa

You can talk and rant as much as you like, me duck! I do it too sometimes and my Dan says I'm always chuntering on about summat, even when I'm happy, lol! Ranting and talking will always lead to interesting snippets and dialogue. 😺

Lynx Africa 😅. Firstly, apologies, we passed each other on a Bank Hols Sunday a few weeks ago, you walked into Boyes in Brid, as I walked out. I would have said hello but you’d moved on before I realised it was you. To be fair you didn’t seem to be filming, more following parents around Bridlington on a VERY warm and busy bank holiday! Anyway I really like your content and your Barnsley references. I’m from the other side of the Pennines but am now on my second stint living in that fine South Yorkshire Republic. Your words around your relationship and family experiences resonate with me and I’m sure many others. Stoicism - not really considered this philosophy before but as I retired recently to train as a counsellor I will certainly be looking into the thoughts of Marcus Aurelius as part of an assignment in the near future 😁👍. Anyway, thanks to you and Helen for the entertainment and information you provide on your travels and I hope the geese didn’t disturb you too much 🙉 !

How funny you are talking about Otley, we are going soon, & to The Black Bull, it’s where the mother-in-law lives. Great vid as usual, can’t wait to see yr next Spanish adventure. Lucy xx

I used to laugh at the Gymshark brigade posing in the gym before I moved to Thailand. Now I didn’t see it at all. But then again, I’m not training in a touristy area, I’m 250km inland at a mostly Muay Thai gym, but they have a power rack, a good bar and some plates so I get my dead’s & squats done. Great video.

“If you park outside schools on the zigzags your a dickhead”. “I lost it all and it humbled me”, It lead you onto a better path, you now have your channel, Travelling, Helen, and us subscribers love watching you guys cos you are so humble and genuine. ( my mum was born and raised in Huddersfield, Yorkshire is sure a great place), I totally relate to it being hard to gain views/subs on RU-vid, (I’ve felt like giving it up a few times), but I do enjoy creating a bit of content. You guys will be at 100k in no time, and it’ll be fully deserved, then off T’pub to celebrate 😊

When i divorced my 1st husband . He got custody of my son .. who was 10 at the time . Court said he can live with who he likes. It was a horrible time . At one point when i was pregnant with my now 19 year old son. My older 3 children all lived with my ex. But you get through it and its all great now . All adults now. My 2nd daughter i didnt speak to her for years . She worked abroad. But now we chat on whatsapp and even had a couple of days away in Edinburgh together ❤

Lynx Africa. Keep on doing what you do. We love it! Ken and Bridget

When you get to Barcelona, get the train to Sitjes and go to the Dali museum. Fantastic. Plus good bars and restaurants. Keep up the good work! Oh, the covered market in Barcelona is my favourite one in the world. A must.

'I just normally wipe my knives and forks on a wet wipe' haaha this tickled me, just brilliant, 🤣🤣 🤣 loving all the videos I'm catching up with 🍻 Lynx Africa 😜

"I can do rants" 😂😂😂 we know that James don't stop we love it

Great idea to go to Seville and Granada. Went last year. Lived in Granada. Must visit! Enjoy!

I’m with you mate. I feel like you do. What’s right is right. People think it’s their personal world.

James, I just woke up in time for 'Lynx Africa', nice one 😜

Lynx Africa :) great video - looking forward to seeing your and Helen’s posh things to do video :)

Lynx Africa! Myself and hubby absolutely love watching you guys. ❤

Rants are great James! O and another thing...lol😂❤

very interesting watch mate. love your attitude, you have lived numerous lives, have a great attitude, all the best for the future

Lynx Africa ! Great ramble James and I agree 100% with you.

Hi James , First LYNX yes my wife and I watched it all the way through. First , Contact lens, I have been wearing them for 50 years ,so know a bit. If you are thinking about trying to get rid of the glasses I advise that you go to a one man band and not one of the big chains . you get better one on one service with the same person. 2/ Go for the soft ones and not the gas permeable ones. 3/ if on fitting you can feel them or they feel like you have something in your eye , they are NOT the correct fit and you will soon give it away, tell the guy that they are uncomfortable and want them checked again. Dont walk out with ill fitting lenses , you wont wear them. They take a while to get use to putting them in and removal, The wife tried them and just couldnt hack the removal, so she went back to glasses. I used to get mine online , much cheaper than the glasses guy. I used the monthly ones. I got rid of them last year when I had my cataract done and presciption lenses fitted in the eye. Served my time with the old YEB at Guiseley in the early 60's. Paid our 10 quid and jumped a boat to Oz in 1974 , Never regretted it , but watch your blog with a vengeance. Carnt beat the Yorkshire Dales. Keep up the good work. Best Regards John and Carol, Melbourne Aus

Lynx Africa Just found your channel. Watched about 10 videos and enjoy the chillaxed approach to life and living. Stay positive and keep them coming 🚗👍🚗👍