fujijon 0 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Strange the Media attention to living of the land and rural skills - all welcome as it is , but it all seems a bit sudden . Who remembers the excellent Richard Mabey book and tv series . Thats a while back now . And although a diff continent how's about Bush Tucker man - Les Hiddens . Ray Mears was the new kid - and didn't he do well . Now we have Chefs /Tv presenters all urging us to get out for some free food .etc etc . Countryside will be out of bounds for townies at this rate if Farmers have hoards of people wanting to scavenge . They say there is nothing new under the sun ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hob&Jill 258 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Strange the Media attention to living of the land and rural skills - all welcome as it is , but it all seems a bit sudden . Who remembers the excellent Richard Mabey book and tv series . Thats a while back now . And although a diff continent how's about Bush Tucker man - Les Hiddens . Ray Mears was the new kid - and didn't he do well . Now we have Chefs /Tv presenters all urging us to get out for some free food .etc etc . Countryside will be out of bounds for townies at this rate if Farmers have hoards of people wanting to scavenge . They say there is nothing new under the sun ! I agree with you, there is certainly alot of coverage of shooting and rural life etc on TV, most comes from hugh fernly twatingstall and jamie oliver etc I dont agree with the countryside being out of bounds, I think it might have the reverse affect. Townies watching tv could see the romantic view the tv paints of it all and 'escape to the country' . Who knows, but I enjoy most of the programmes. ATB, HJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mooster 1 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 I agree.The thing that really annoys me is that people make tv programmes about living off the land and everybody acts as if the idea was invented by them. I have a lot of time for Hugh Fernley whatsisname and his recipe books are second to none if you want real "live off the land" recipes. But I'm now sick and tired of seeing chefs shooting their own rabbits and acting like nobody ever thought of this before! Rant over! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 my advice is if you find such born again country folk then be as nice as possible to them. remember it was those jack asses that had everything banned. if they find out how much fun the country is and how nice the people are, maybe they'll lobby to put everything back to the way it was.... and pigs will fly...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MuttleMcTuttle 21 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 oh dear... hordes of people invading the countryside in search of the rural idyll... the collies are sitting in their kennels sharpening their teeth right now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stig 2 Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Who remembers the excellent Richard Mabey book and tv series He is what we in our delightfull language of ours like to call a complete and utter Knob jock.Anti of the highest order.I think hes written a book in which it spouts the usal shite on magpies living off grass and sunshine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.