Keith Gooden
In today’s episode of the Motorhome Matt podcast…
Matt Sims
We speak with the comedian Brendan Riley about his experience of long-term travel with his kids.
Keith Gooden
In the news, we have a motorhome hire open day right here coming up!
Matt Sims
And we answer your questions on UK stickers, trackers and warning triangles.
The Motorhome Holiday Company Open Event
Keith Gooden
Welcome to the Motorhome Matt podcast. I’m Keith Gooden.
Matt Sims
And I’m Motorhome Matt.
Keith Gooden
Industry insights and expert advice for the world of motorhomes, caravans and campervans. And it’s brought to you by www.thatleisureshop.com.
Matt Sims
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Keith Gooden
In the news – straight in today – the Motorhome Holiday Company open day. Woo-hoo! Where is it, when is it and how do I get there?
Matt Sims
It is this Saturday, the 27th of April, and we’re in North Somerset. BS24 6RT is where we are. And if you’re thinking of hiring a motorhome, maybe buying a motorhome or changing your motorhome and you want to try something else a different layout, then pop along.
Come and see the team. They’ll all be here with bells on! Maybe not bells, but they’re certainly be here well presented! And most of our hire fleet is here for the weekend. So it’ll be on display for you to come and climb in and have an explore.
Keith Gooden
And what a great excuse to get down to the West Country. Hewish, isn’t it?
Matt Sims
Hewish. It’s not to be confused with the one near Taunton. We’re the one off junction 21 of the M5 near Western-super-Mare.
Keith Gooden
Fantastic. I love Western-super-Mare.
Matt Sims
It’s brilliant, lovely beaches.
Keith Gooden
I know! So this Saturday, the 27th of April, 10am to 4pm, you can drop on by. Say hi to anybody that you spy. Will there be any discounts or good deals?
Matt Sims
Always some good deals! In fact, we’ve got this great offer which will finish this weekend. It’s called, “Book and pay, get a free weekend away!” So if you book for a week and pay now, you can get a free weekend so you can turn your week into a 10-day holiday. Or you could book a summer holiday for a week and then have a little practice weekend – a little cheeky weekend before you go just to get used to it all. It’s a brilliant idea.
Keith Gooden
So get on down and say hi to everybody here.
Matt Sims
I’ll be here with the team, 10 until 4 this Saturday. Come and say hello!
Matt’s product of the week
Keith Gooden
The product of the week – it’s The Campervan Bible, the second edition by a guest of this podcast, Martin Dorey!
Matt Sims
What a beautiful book. Here it is. It’s such a thick book – so much content in here. Beautiful photography, as always. Martin has done a belter of a job. As you say, it’s the second edition of The Campervan Bible – Live, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. It says on the back – can I just read this, because this sums it up really well?
Keith Gooden
You go right ahead.
Matt Sims
“A campervan is more than just a bed on wheels. It’s a universal symbol for the open road – free-spiritedness, love, peace and harmony that everyone and anyone can relate to, even if the road ahead seems impassable. Sometimes living the campervan dream is about getting out, off the couch and living life.”
“Give it a chance and it’ll take you to places you love the most – the places you may have been unable to go before, the places that you never expected to wake up in and the places that you’ve always dreamed of seeing. Whoever you are, whatever your age and abilities, jump in and go.”
Keith Gooden
Available in all good book shops and here!
Matt Sims
www.thatleisureshop.com. I wonder who wrote that. I guess they’re Martin’s words, but it is a stunning book.
Keith Gooden
How much is it?
Matt Sims
£22 at www.thatleisureshop.com.
Keith Gooden
Look how thick it is! Look what you get for £22.
Matt Sims
Honestly, it’s such a great gift. Actually, I bought this and I want to keep it. I’ve been flicking through it and it is a brilliant book of hints, tips, advice, kit lists, cooking ideas, travelling, preparing for travel – inspiration left, right and centre, at every turn.
So yes, it’s a lovely book. If you’ve already got the first one, this is still definitely worth getting. You can get one at a www.thatleisureshop.com. Thanks, Martin! Not that he gave me this – we had to buy these!
Keith Gooden
Cheers, Martin.
Matt Sims
When you’re in, Martin, I’m going to get you to sign it.
Keith Gooden
Yeah. Cheers, Martin. I’ll sign it.
Matt Sims
Will you sign it as Keith or Martin Dorey?
Keith Gooden
Martin Dorey! Remember, if you’re coming down to the West Country in your motorhome, on a Friday in particular from about 2:30, all the farmers come out in their tractors. “I can’t read and I can’t write, but I can drive my tractor.”
Matt Sims
We’ll leave it there, shall we?
Keith Gooden
I think so.
Travelling with teenagers with Brendan Riley
Keith Gooden
It’s the Motorhome Matt podcast with me, Keith Gooden.
Matt Sims
And with me, Motorhome Matt.
Keith Gooden
It’s brought to you by www.thatleisureshop.com. Let’s talk about Brendan Riley – who is he, Matt?
Matt Sims
In the north of the country around the Manchester area, Brendan, we’re assured, is a famous comedian. Brendan got in touch. He’s an avid listener to the podcast. And I love that he decorated his entire hall landing and stairs whilst binge listening to the podcast. He got in touch and we got chatting. He’s a lovely guy. We had a really great phone call. And he does some big trips with his kids in his motorhome, and I was a bit inspired by his story. So that’s how we met.
Brendan Riley
When I was a mechanic before I did stand up comedy. I used to race motorbikes. So we used to always be in the back of vans, in the back of old caravans, or camping basically in paddocks all over the country and stuff.
I was useless at that as well, before you ask! I was terrible, terrible. I got more laughs on the racetrack than I do with stand up. But I’ve always liked the outdoor thing, you know, camping, going away, adventures and that kind of stuff. And then fast forward nine years with a caravan – so probably about 10 to 15 years ago, I decided to go all in and buy a really big tent.
And I bought this big Vango thing. And it was one of the tunnel tents, it was called. And I bought all the gear and I bought all the carpets and spent about £1,000 on all the bits and then used it twice. The moment that got me into caravanning was when I was in north Wales.
And we were in Barmouth and I’d just gone into the showers and it was a bit dank and a bit damp in the evening. It was just going dark and I’d just been for a shower. And I walked past someone’s caravan, and this bloke was sat there in this old caravan, but he had a mug of tea and he was watching telly with the lights on as the light was fading.
And I went… you know when you just know? Some cog in your brain goes, “I’m having one of them.” And that was it, then. I was hooked. So I used the tent twice, sold it and bought a cheap caravan. I had it for two or three years and then bought a nicer caravan. I bought a Bailey then, which then led into… two years ago I bought a Bailey motorhome.
Matt Sims
Now, you’ve got two kids. How old are your children?
Brendan Riley
Erin is just turning 15. She’s 14 at the moment. And then Finn’s just turned 10.
Matt Sims
You’ve got a teenage girl?
Brendan Riley
Yes. There’s an old saying. They say, what’s the difference between a teenage girl and a terrorist?
Matt Sims
You can negotiate with a terrorist.
Brendan Riley
Exactly. Nailed it. Thanks for that! Yeah, but it’s true, isn’t it?
Matt Sims
It’s very true. It’s very true. They won’t mind me saying that.
Brendan Riley
The kids are all right, though, joking aside.
Matt Sims
Now, you’ve done some big trips with them in the caravan and the motorhome. But let’s talk about the trips in the motorhome. You don’t just go away for a weekend. I mean, you do!
Brendan Riley
We do.
Matt Sims
But you go away for a whole six-week summer holiday with the kids.
Brendan Riley
So we’ve had the motorhome for two years. So post-COVID… shall we say that word? I said to the missus, “I want to go away for the whole summer.” To be fair, we went away with the caravan for a month the last time we used it in Spain.
And so we’ve done those kinds of long holidays anyway, but I just said to Val, “Wouldn’t it be great if as soon as the kids break up in mid-July we literally go and then we come back at the end of the school holidays?” She said to me, “Can we afford it?” I said, “Can we afford not to after what everyone’s been through, lockdowns and all that stuff?”
So two summers ago – not last summer but the summer before, we did six weeks in Spain. We sailed from Portsmouth to Bilbao, and then went into the Pyrenees and ran across to the Mediterranean through the Pyrenees.
And then we went back down the Costas and then via Madrid. That was the route, kind of thing, like a big loop. And then last year, we got a bit more adventurous and we did six weeks again, and we drove to Croatia. That was the furthest we went away via France, of course. Europe – France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy.
We did Lake Garda, we did Venice, and then ran around and drove around the coast, which wasn’t actually that far. It was about three and a half hours from Venice to Istria, which is the Italian side of Croatia, and then went out to Cres island. We did Cres and Mali Losinj as well, which are the islands there. They were lovely.
So we did 19 days in Croatia, came back via Slovenia, Salzburg, Lake Bled and that, and then did Salzburg and then Germany, and then came back and ended in Amsterdam for two nights. And then we got the ferry back, which I’m going to do again, from Rotterdam to Hull to save the horrible drive back north around the M25 and down the M40.
Matt Sims
Amazing trip.
Brendan Riley
Yes, absolutely. And is it a holiday or an adventure? It’s more of an adventure with the holiday part elements to it. A mix of things like cities and a mix of campsites.
Matt Sims
So you’re planning a big trip like this. You’ve named all the places you’ve been, and I know you have aspirational destinations that you want to head to, and they kind of form the basis of the journey.
But how on Earth do you prepare the kids for that kind of trip? And what are your criteria for success for them so they come home and say, “Dad, that was brilliant. Can we do it again next year?”
Brendan Riley
The big answer to that question, or the simple answer the question is not too much time in between places. So not too much time in the van. We’re not really motorhoming. We’re caravanning with a motorhome, in a way, because we go on sites for a week at a time. So we don’t do too many stops.
Matt Sims
Do you only ever do campsites, then?
Brendan Riley
No. We do aires and we do stopovers and in Germany and stuff. So we will do that en route. But really the time of year and the heat – we need to plug the aircon in. And one of the best things I ever did was put an air con unit on the roof, because the heat, you know, 38 degrees, 40 degrees when you’re in some of the places, you just wouldn’t sleep. It’s all very well saying you’ve got a fan, but not when it’s that hot.
Matt Sims
Air con is invaluable.
Brendan Riley
Air con’s massive. But really, I think the thing is, my wife and I, we love the travelling. So we’re driving through the Alps, or driving through Tyrol. And we’re like, “Wow! Look at the view! The view’s amazing.”
And the kids are in the back watching The Simpsons. My daughter’s on her phone. You know what I mean? So you’ve got to be aware of that especially – that’s the number one thing, that we don’t have too much motorhoming, if that makes sense. So not too much travel. So not hours and hours or days and days, we try and break it up.
Matt Sims
Now, I guess if it was just you and Val going, it would be probably a very different type of holiday to the ones with the kids. So what elements do you build into it, then, that are going to make the children appreciate the holiday and keep them engaged with it so they want to stay there?
Brendan Riley
I think for Finn more than my daughter, because of his age, all he wants to do is get in the swimming pools. And up until last summer, he wouldn’t go in the sea. He doesn’t like saltwater. So that is what you’re dealing with, isn’t it? He wouldn’t go in saltwater because he doesn’t like the taste of salt.
So we’d always be in these beautiful places with crystal clear oceans, and we’d be in the swimming pool all the time. You’ve got to be aware of what they want and what they want from the holiday, number one. And as ever, most parents are, aren’t they? Previous to all this motorhoming stuff – and I mention this in my act sometimes, I said, “COVID ruined holidays. Of course it did. But they didn’t ruin my holidays, my kids ruined my holidays.”
It was a joke that I’d say. Because years ago, Val and I used to backpack around the Greek islands. We’ve been to Singapore, we’ve been to Malaysia, travelling around. We always travelled, Val and I, previous to having the kids. Previous to the motorhome, when we used to look at travel brochures or websites, she’d be going, “Oh, we’re definitely going there. Look, there’s a slide in the pool.”
The most important thing is keeping them happy. So that’s always in my mind. And when I’m planning like this year, that might be a couple of days where we’re in the van for a long, long, long day, you know, travelling six, seven hours. But really, after that, we try and keep it to around three hours between places.
And we ask them what they want to see. Like this year, we’re gonna go and see the Colosseum because Finn wants to see the Colosseum. And he did it in school with the Romans. So we make sure that there’s a few places that we’re going to see. And they’re like almost ticks in a box.
You know, like, we’re going to go in the Alps again, because we love the mountains. We’re gonna go up Mont Blanc. Aiguille de Midi, I think it’s called, or something. But you can go right up to the top, near enough, of Mont Blanc.
The kids like that kind of mad adventure and cable cars and stuff, but we do as well. So it’s definitely identifying what your kids would like, because every kid’s different. But really, swimming pools, campsites, you know, that’s what works for us at their age. And I’m sure it will change.
Matt Sims
Of course, as they get a bit older. And you’ll have to plan differently again. But you made a comment earlier off mic. You said, “This is about going on a big adventure with bits of holiday thrown in.” I thought that was great.
Brendan Riley
I mean, kind of inevitably if you’re going to travel through Europe, there’ll be that element anyway, i.e. cities, places to see things to see en route. And then the holidays are the holiday camps, you know, the campsites, the big sites. And I mean, Croatia itself has got so many amazing very, very large -which is not for everyone – campsites with pools. Some of them have three or four swimming pools.
Matt Sims
Water parks.
Brendan Riley
Exactly, water parks as well, which again – last year, some of the campsites had water parks on them.
Matt Sims
No doubt people listening to this are taking inspiration from it. But there’s one big question – what does it all cost to do a six week trip like this with kids staying on campsites? Because they’re not cheap, are they? Not in August.
Brendan Riley
Exactly. So you asked about if it would be different if it was Val and I. So straight away if it was just the missus and I, we wouldn’t do it in August or in July. We’d do it in May or September or October of course, because it’s still nice weather out there. The sites that we go to are normally around €100 a night. When I’m on the forums it’s quite funny when, “This place is a rip off. They charge €30!” And you’re like, “Get a grip! Live our life!”
Matt Sims
“Go in August!”
Brendan Riley
We’re stuck, aren’t we? It’s the same with any family going on any package holiday in August. It’s double the price. I think last year, it was around £7,000 for six weeks. I don’t tot it all up. I don’t think about it. I don’t do all the spreadsheets and stuff. But I know we probably spent around that on a six-week tour, and then we go out a lot. We don’t scrimp. We will eat in the van sometimes and sometimes you fancy going out. We’re not overly extravagant, you know.
Matt Sims
You could spend probably half of that on a two-week holiday. Well, you did, didn’t you? You said you went to Corfu.
Brendan Riley
Yeah. Back in ’21, I think it was. We had the caravan and Val said, “I want to lie by a pool or on the beach. I want to do all inclusive. I don’t want to do a caravan holiday.” I said okay. So we ended up doing Corfu, which was about £4,500 for the holiday.
And then easily, even though it was an all inclusive, you do another grand or maybe two grand in spending. You do. It just happens. So you’re not talking much difference between a nice hotel, you know, a normal hotel package holiday, really, and it’s six weeks.
Matt Sims
And great memories as well for the kids.
Brendan Riley
I think kids get used to it, don’t they? No matter what you give them, they take it for granted. I think when they’re older, they’ll go, “Oh my God.” They’ll realise the mad journeys that we’ve been on. But to be fair, it’s probably a little bit selfish. It’s for us as well. So the holiday’s not for the kids but it’s great memories for us with the kids.
Matt Sims
Where can people see you, Brendan?
Brendan Riley
Follow me on Facebook. That’s the easiest. Bren Riley.
Matt Sims
Bren Riley.
Brendan Riley
I think my cover picture is me and Jason in Afghanistan with elements on and body armour.
Matt Sims
The Camping and Caravanning Club membership card.
Brendan Riley
It got me home, didn’t it? Yeah. So I’m live and I’m gigging all over. My comedy company is called Big Comedy UK, which you can follow. And the Southport Comedy Festival, I run that as well with the missus. I’m on the internet.
Matt Sims
Brilliant. Well, if you’re in the area, because you’re mainly up in the north, aren’t you, I suppose?
Brendan Riley
I used to be everywhere. Pretty much gigs all over the world. But since having the kids, I’ve tried to bring it back. So I’m mainly in the northwest of England.
Keith Gooden
So that’s Brendan Riley, comedian from these northern parts.
Matt Sims
Famous to a few.
Keith Gooden
He decorated his home while binge listening to the Motorhome Matt podcast. Orange, I presume?
Matt Sims
I don’t know. I didn’t actually ask him what colour!
Keith Gooden
He travels with his family for long trips, all summer holiday sometimes. And as we heard with him, you know, he does convince his teenagers to join in and they love it.
Matt Sims
They love it. Absolutely. As Martin Dorey says in his book, whatever your age or abilities, it’s for everyone. So yeah, they do that. And the great thing is that Brendan’s gifting his kids – and as he says, they probably don’t realise it – memories.
And certainly that is the case for my kids. They’ve got really great memories that they still talk about – camping trips in the rain, and they remember them really fondly. And we never went very far with the kids in the motorhome.
Unlike Brendan who will drive all through the continent, we never did that. We would travel for max a few hours, but it doesn’t really matter. They just love being away in the van. So if you’re thinking of doing it, which is why we’ve kind of done this episode, really – you might think, “Yeah, but the kids won’t want to come.”
No, they may not want to come, and it might be a challenge to get them out of the house. I promise you, they will have some great memories, even if they don’t realise it at the time. So yes, get them out, get them in the van, get them exploring.
Even if it’s a beach day trip. That’s what we’ve done lots of times. We’re lucky where we live. There’s a beach near us called Berrow Beach, and you can drive your motorhome onto it. And my kids have all learned to ride a bike and fly a kite on that beach. And it’s a brilliant place. So yeah, a great day out.
Keith Gooden
And it is all about families, isn’t it, motorhoming and caravanning? If you used to do it in your childhood, think back. Can you remember the rainy days?
Matt Sims
I do. Yeah, I do remember them. I remember going away in a caravan. And the reason is because we used to go away in a static caravan that my grandparents owned, and it didn’t have a toilet or bathroom at all. So in the middle of the night, we’d have to trudge up the hill in the rain to go and have a wee or go to the loo. Nightmare in the rain. That was a rubbish caravan. I’m not going to lie!
Keith Gooden
You’re really selling it today.
Matt Sims
It was really old. This was back in the ’70s.
Keith Gooden
So remember, it’s for the family. It’s not all about old people sitting on the lightweight furniture by the side of the caravan or campervan for six hours every day going, “Oh, kids…” It’s all about family and all about getting out and making memories.
Matt Sims
You’re like a Harry Enfield sketch.
Keith Gooden
Hairy?
Matt Sims
Harry!
Audience Q&A
Keith Gooden
It’s the Motorhome Matt Podcast. I’m Keith Gooden.
Matt Sims
And I’m Motorhome Matt.
Keith Gooden
Brought to you by www.thatleisureshop.com. It’s our questions and answers. Now, we’ve got some funny names of people here because we’ve picked them up off of comments on YouTube. And so it has the names of the people that they’re known by online. So bear with us.
Do we need a large UK sticker on our motorhome?
This is @tom-li2px on YouTube. I’m just going to call him Tom. He says, “We’re planning our first trip to Europe this year. If our campervan registration plates have UK stickers, do we still need a large UK sticker, the oval one, as well?”
Matt Sims
That’s a very good question. So the number plate stickers are recognised in Spain, but you need a large UK sticker for the whole of the rest of Europe. That is the official guideline. I have travelled in France without a big UK sticker on because I forgot to stick it on and then promptly lost it. I did have a UK sticker on the number plate.
Would you be stopped for it? Possibly, but the rules are a big UK sticker everywhere. But in Spain, they will accept the UK licence plate or number plate sticker where it says UK. The big thing here is that it says UK and not GB. The GB one is no longer valid.
Keith Gooden
You can’t use GB. So you can’t say, “I’ve got GB. I’m going to use that.” It’s got to be a UK sticker. And if you’ve never stuck it onto anything before, test whether it’s metal or whether it’s plastic. Some of it looks metal. I’ve got a magnetic one and I couldn’t get the thing to stick because actually the back of the car was plastic.
Matt Sims
I can see it now. “Stick on!”
Keith Gooden
I was at the terminal and had to go back in the shop and buy another one!
Matt Sims
They’ve got special stickers for people like you.
Keith Gooden
And special jackets as well.
Do I need a tracker for my new motorhome if it has an alarm?
Keith Gooden
Richard’s in Harrogate. “Do I need a tracker for my new motorhome if it has an alarm?”
Matt Sims
That’s a very good question. So the answer to that is going to be determined by your insurance company, Richard. They’ll tell you based on its value whether they want to have a tracker fitted, and then you’ll need to determine with them whether it needs to be a Thatcham approved tracker.
We’re actually going to unpack all of this in a future episode with a tracker company called GPSBob. And they are going to come in and do an interview with us at some point in the next few weeks.
So stay tuned for that – we’ll be unpacking, what is Thatcham, what does a tracker do and why do insurance companies like you to have them? So stay tuned. So I’d check with your insurance company. If they say yes, then you’re going to have to get the one they approve. If they say no, then don’t get one unless you want one!
Keith Gooden
Approved and fitted, because you mentioned a couple of podcasts ago about how these professional fitters will stash a tracker away absolutely behind the dashboard. They will take your car apart just so that the criminals can’t get to it.
Matt Sims
I hate watching our auto electrician fit them because I walk past the motorhome and he’s got half the dashboard ripped out and it’s in bits. It looks horrendous. It looks like it’s been involved in some massive accident. But he’s taken it apart and is hiding the tracker, a little black box, deep inside the engine bay or the dashboard. So yes, get it professionally fitted as well.
Keith Gooden
And what the criminals tend to do is they’ll steal the motorhome and then they’ll drive it to a car park and put it there for a couple of nights to see if anybody turns up. That’s the only way they know it’s got a tracker. There’s no other way.
If I have flashing beacons for my cars and motorhome, do I also need to put out the red triangles?
Keith Gooden
Keith Brownridge is in Selby. “Hi, Matt. Good to meet you at the Yorkshire Show. Sarah and I had a fantastic time as new motorhomers. My question is about the red triangle versus the flashing beacon.” We’ve covered this in the past. “If I put three flashing beacons for my two cars and Hettie the motorhome, do I also need to put out the red triangles?”
Matt Sims
That’s a good question. So from the first of January next year, 2025, Spain are going to accept the orange beacon as a legal alternative to the red triangle. In fact, they’re going to dismiss the red triangle and you will have to have an orange beacon.
Both are fine at the moment in the lead up to that deadline. But across the rest of the EU and the UK at the moment, you have to have a red triangle. So that is the recognised piece of emergency equipment, which should be placed 45 metres behind your vehicle.
Most people don’t know that. So the orange beacon is called a V16 beacon. I think it is a must have accessory for any vehicle, simply because you can put it outside the vehicle without getting out of it. If it’s a car, it will just magnetically apply to the roof. If you’re Keith, you’re going to really struggle doing that. Get one of his special jackets.
But you can turn them on manually. V16 is a set of criteria that means it’s a certain colour, it flashes at a certain speed and can be seen from one kilometre away. If you go to www.thatleisureshop.com and search V16. You can see a video of me explaining how they work. And you can buy them on there.
Keith Gooden
They’re a great idea and the Spanish are adopting them because they have had cases in Spain where people have been walking down the road after breaking down to put out the warning triangle and have actually been hit by traffic and they’re adopting the flashing light.
Matt Sims
The brilliant thing about them is, you imagine on a smart motorway, day or night, you’re in lane one. We talked about this before as well. If you’re in a Z4 BMW or an MGB GT, something small and low, the sensors will not pick up that you’ve broken down and that you’re stationary.
So the red X above you won’t turn on, meaning that vehicles will continue travelling in that lane. So having a beacon is going to draw attention to any driver in lane one, and hopefully they’re pulled out of the way in time. But honestly, smart motorways… I’m not going to start.
But they are just the most dangerous place to drive. We were on one coming back from the Yorkshire motorhome show. I drove in lane two. I refuse to drive in lane one of a smart motorway anymore, just in case somebody has broken down in a Mini or something small, an MX5 in lane one, and I wouldn’t know because the red X wouldn’t come on. Lethal.
Keith Gooden
Well, the police are clamping down, you know, on lane two drivers. £100 fines.
Matt Sims
I’d rather pay the £100 than kill someone. I’ll be honest. Honestly, I would protest to the copper and explain what I was doing and why. Thankfully, Rishi Sunak has abolished any budget for new ones. But the ones we’ve got are staying. So this beacon is a brilliant accessory to have for any car, any motorbike, or any motorhome. So yeah, a motorhome, of course, they’re not metal so they don’t clip to them. You can just put them on the floor behind the vehicle, turn them on manually, and then you know you’ve got a chance of being seen.
Keith Gooden
There you go.
Ask Matt your questions
Keith Gooden
We really want to hear your questions. So why don’t you ask them yourself, though? You may have to do one or two or three takes just like we do. It’s fine. We can make you sound spiffy by editing it together.
Matt Sims
Spiffy?
Keith Gooden
Yep, spiffy.
Matt Sims
How are you going to do that? Hit the spiffy button?
Keith Gooden
The magic of podcasting. Not half, podcasters! So do that. We want to hear your voice. So go online. How do people record their questions?
Matt Sims
It’s dead easy. Just go to mhmp.info/askmatt. There’s an orange button. The instructions are there. Click the orange button on your phone or your computer. And you can record yourself and ask your question. You can then listen to it, and if you’re not happy with it do it again. Then when you are happy with it, just click submit.
It will come through to us. I do normally try and answer them personally as soon as we get them, or as quick as we can. And then we may include it in a future podcast episode as well. But we would love to get your question as a little audio clip. It’s great to hear your voice.
Remember to tell us where you are. If you’d rather not record it, you can fill out a form and submit your question that way. But I always say this is. It’s so true. If you’ve got a question, I guarantee there’s loads of other people with the same question.
So the Q&A bit of this podcast has always been a highlight not just for Keith, but it’s a highlight for everyone listening. People get such useful information out of it, so please don’t be shy. There’s no such thing as a daft question, just the one you don’t ask.
Keith Gooden
That’s mhmp.info/askmatt. That’s one word, /askmatt. You can also subscribe, can’t you, Matt?
Matt Sims
You certainly can. Remember on your favourite podcast app to click follow. And then on YouTube, click subscribe and the bell. And then the gods of YouTube will tell you when a new podcast episode is. And thanks to www.arobasecreative.co.uk for sponsoring our YouTube channel!
Keith Gooden
And how do you share it then, Matt?
Matt Sims
Dead easy. To share the podcast with a friend, copy and paste the link into a message or an email. If you think somebody would benefit from the info that we try and share or be entertained by even… or they’ve got a special jacket that might fit Keith, then get in touch with him let him know.
