 So it seems like December is a time for reflection and I decided to leave YouTube for a while and work out what was next for an average golfer in 2022. So I look forward to sharing with you why I disappeared for a couple of weeks and what happened during that time and why I took the break out and what we've come to in terms of the conclusions. I'm sat in a little van that plays a major part in that story line as well which is something that I want to talk about but I think we'll go out on the golf course. We're here at the Cheshire course at Cardin Park. The sun is shining. It seems the perfect place to tell you my little story and ultimately get your feedback. So for the previous three months before we had the two weeks sabbatical was we were putting out four videos a week which is a big change for me and the logic behind that was quite simple. It seemed that in terms of the YouTube algorithm we needed to produce more videos, we get more views, we get more subscribers, the channel gets bigger because ultimately that's what you're trying to achieve but then it's finding a balance and that's the dilemma I've always had. And going back to last December I was made an offer to leave YouTube and take up a role that well I turned down, I stuck with YouTube but I was always determined to make sure that we didn't go down the quantity route and then with the compromise of the quality and I was starting to feel we'd done that a little and we were chasing that YouTube algorithm and it stopped doing what I really had always intended to do and the bit that I liked doing and that's creating creative content. You see the big problem I have is that I know that in terms of viewers the content that you like more than anything is my product reviews because product reviews are by far the best viewed videos so it's easy to work that one out but when I get to a hole like this at Garden Park the first thing I do is reach for the camera and I want to be photographing video in the golf course because I love being able to show you where I've played and where you can possibly play some golf as well and show how good golf holds all landscapes are my thing so again going back to the challenge I always have is we're out here reviewing golf clubs today I find myself wanting to look at this whole landscape and video that and the question is can we somehow combine the two and how will that van you've seen us in earlier become the bit that links this all together get up ball this could be good this could be good I'll take that any day of the week and that's the point I love golf I love reviewing golf clubs which is what I've got in my hand right now but I also get a little bit frustrated that we can't show you these golf courses anyway I've waffled on enough about that the question is this is what I wanted to ask is in the comment section below how many of you like private reviews how many of you watch this channel to watch the course reviews that I do so like to the Scotland series and how many of you would like to see a mix of the two that's the question go go go oh I don't mind landing in a bunker anyway hello I took two weeks out I did manage to get away and get a little bit of a suntan for the four days I went to Greece and this really is the epitome of why this channel has been so good for me in my own sort of career and taking me to places that I never expected to be and also play some golf with people who I never expected to play golf with have a look you see the flag over there yes a bunker is pretty much you see the bunker and that little mound looking short turn hey it's turning that's a good looking shot come on nah not quite enough not quite enough good shot anyway thank you good shot very nice good shot thank you well done enjoy the rest of the round boys thank you see you later thank you alright yeah another surreal experience and there's been loads of them this year and like I said this video is to really say a couple of things really tell you about what I was intending to do in terms of the future bro so what we've done in the last well in the last few years but again it's massively down to the support of you people that watch this channel and as I said before you've shown me the clip is for me to be playing golf with a two time masters champion it's something you're going to never have dreamt of in your entire life I mean as an average golfer be doing that it is surreal at times so I'm extremely grateful for you people for watching the channel and like I said allow me to get those types of chances so I'm hopeful that that carries on next year but I think we're pretty much done out here I'm going to go back into the van and explain like I said earlier the van is going to play a part in the channel next year and also ask you a bit of a question as to how much you want to see of that van I think I'm going to explain let me start by saying different day we didn't quite get finished at Cardin Park so it's saying another day we're still in the van and I will finish this story no matter what and you will see that a bit of a change since the other day we've had another weekend and the backdrop of our conversion has moved that one step closer and that is that conversion is all part of this story I want to start by thanking Seed Golf who've been a supporter of the channel this year they got involved knowing what we were going to do with the van and knowing we were looking to convert it and knowing what we were going to intend to do in terms of this travel element that I will discuss very very shortly so they've been patient and we're nearly there towards the end of the conversion but why did we do it but before we get to that I suppose back in March when we started it I posted a video when I asked the question would you like to see us take this shell of a van that it was then and convert it so Seed literally a van conversion on the channel which is obviously non golf so my surprise a lot of you said you would like to see it on the channel would like to see it posted in a weekly video and we did record it all I have got all the kind of footage from the start to where we are now so we could do that but before I do before I post a sort of van conversion video on a golf channel I'd rather have your sort of feedback as to whether or not that is something you would definitely like to see so please post it in the comments as to whether or not you want to see that anyway back to what is the van for what we are trying to do well that two weeks sabbatical meant that we could have a little bit of a think and sort of assess what we have done so far and I realised that yes I love testing product and yes I love travelling and why we sort of converted the van in the first place was to see if we could combine perhaps the two so the idea is that next year we will do a lot more travelling in terms of the UK and Ireland and I will take the van to golf courses we will showcase the golf courses and we will review the product at the same time which seems a very simplistic idea but it allows us to combine those two elements but what I'm looking for really is I'm looking for golf clubs that have an interesting story to tell or maybe they've got an interesting story about a member or some quirkiness about the course they're the kind of courses that I want to film at so one of the things I would like to ask is that if you've got any involvement, connection or member of a club that perhaps has one of those stories to tell and would like to feature on the channel then I'd love you for you to get in touch with me after this video either in the comments box below or you can email me at averagegolfaatgmail.com drop me a line and see if you want to be involved in some way but we are essentially going to make allow me to do those two things I refer to yes we can film all the landscapes but without making it too boring product reviews as well combine those two together and hopefully we've got some interesting content lined up for next year and in that you will see a lot more of this fan and are travelling from A to B and perhaps even the odd overnight stay in this thing as well but I'm really looking forward to 2022 and I think like before we go any further what I mentioned earlier on the video the plane was a laugh about last week was an amazing year and the only reason those kind of things happen and hopefully may happen again into next year is if you continue supporting the channel and watching as you do so that's the biggest thank you is to yourselves for watching and like I said to people like C for supporting the channel and all the brands as well that support us by way of sending product to test and all the rest of it the channel is doing really really well right now it's growing, it's had a huge growth in terms of views last year in terms of subscribers so it couldn't be any better and I can't wait for some better weather to kick in in 2022 and we take the tour bus out on the road meet a few more average golfers tell a few more stories and keep on reviewing product at the same time right that is the plan I've done enough so far comments down below two fold don't forget do you want to see the van series build and have you got any golf courses that might want to feature on the channel that's me done I'm going to ball a kettle again about to kick off here in the early morning starting a gorgeous day but a cold one at four golf some more product testing but time for a quick brew before we start in our tour bus which you've got to say I absolutely love right now thanks for watching see you soon