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There is a mini roundabout in Bristol with its own YouTube channel
The trials, tribulations and traffic chaos on a mini roundabout near Bristol are being streamed 24 hours a day on YouTube for the world to see.
The rotary is in an area that even locals are unsure where exactly – a location in the middle of Staple Hill, Mangotsfield and Soundwell.
It marks the junction of Station Road and Bridge Road, close to the Bristol & Bath Railway Path, and sees everything from boy racers pulling donuts to a family of foxes strolling by.
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My Roundabout was started by Paul Lloyd, a seasoned YouTuber more usually found playing FIFA on his other channel, FIFA Saved My Life.
Paul may have an unrivalled view of the gyratory but sometimes still watches live footage of the scene outside his house on his laptop in his living room while the livestream is being filmed from the window of his spare bedroom upstairs.
“This is an an experiment,” Paul admits on a recent morning while drinking a black coffee at Boswells in Kingswood.
“People just get to see a fairly busy roundabout. It’s just a weird thing. If it catches on, then brilliant!
“Whenever I start watching, I continue watching. It’s quite hypnotic watching cars go by and weirdly relaxing as well.
“I sometimes look outside to see things twice as it’s on a three-second delay. I’m just having a bit of fun with it.”
Paul Lloyd donates 50 per cent of the profits from his original YouTube channel, FIFA Saved My Life, to the mental health charity, Mind – photo: Martin Booth
Forty-five-year-old Paul is an engineer by trade, and a former manager at the centre of the property guardians scandal, but he has not worked for the last few years due to struggling with depression.
Paul has been extremely successful, however, as the manager of Keynsham-based football club Cosmos UKFC, who he has taken from division five to division one of the Bristol & Suburban League.
He is married to Maria, who works in retail, and they have a son, Connor, 21, who works in oil.
The idea for My Roundabout was actually from one of Paul’s friends, who visited him at his house, got regularly distracted by the shenanigans outside and recommended that he started the livestream.
“It’s got to be done,” Paul laughs. “You cannot take life too seriously!”
Bristol24/7 Editor Martin Booth makes a guest appearance on the My Roundabout YouTube channel – photo: My Roundabout / YouTube
Main photo: Martin Booth
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