Countryfile tonight

[Henarar]

Adam can't be all bad, he has some Fluffhead sheep

 

[Steevo]

What is the point wearing a hair net in the mill if your hair sticks out underneath it?!

Just as bad as the man with the snood in the dairy on BBC Milkman with @garethwynjones whose beard was sticking out from both sides.

Assurance wouldn't be too impressed. Doesn't give a great impression showing it on TV.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Glad that at last the Isle of Man Govt is helping to generate a local food economy. When I visited about 10 yrs ago they grew mainly mass commodities and imported loads of niche stuff, good that they are facilitating their own niche stuff now.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Adam can't be all bad, he has some Fluffhead sheep

take no notice of the jibes........


....the merino is a fluffhead and is just about the most numerous sheep breed in the world

 

[adamntitch]

That kennel Adam had the collie in was minging poor dog

 

[Wolds Beef]

@hally So you were the one buying packs of beer!!
WB

 

[hally]

@hally So you were the one buying packs of beer!!
WB

Simple round. Crate of lager and crate of beer. Amazing nobody fell overboard really

 

[Wolds Beef]

The second AGM over there I hired a car and had an afternoon exploring the island with 3 or 4 others. I was the sober one!!
WB

 

[Wendy10]

It's many years since I was in the IOM. My Fathers family came from there, Senogles is a good old Manx name. But I have heard that Douglas has become very run down? It was never one of our favourite places, we always stayed with relatives in Foxdale. Can anyone confirm or deny this please, as I would like to make the trip once again to revisit our old haunts.

 

[Forever Fendt]

In the Isle of Man tonight-so far its nowt like the trips to the Isle of Man I remember from my young farmers days

yes agree didn't see anyone being sick

 

[Forever Fendt]

It's many years since I was in the IOM. My Fathers family came from there, Senogles is a good old Manx name. But I have heard that Douglas has become very run down? It was never one of our favourite places, we always stayed with relatives in Foxdale. Can anyone confirm or deny this please, as I would like to make the trip once again to revisit our old haunts.

have a look on google maps street view it may give you a idea of what its like now

 

[neilo]

yes agree didn't see anyone being sick

Or being told off by policemen with big sticks....

 

[onthehoof]

About time someone did something about 2nd/ holiday homes only being lived in for 2 months a year. The government should tax them out of existence.

 

[Willie adie]

Bet there is a bug chunk of bbc staff have them
Indeed I would near bet on country file presenter
Jules Hudson to have one

 

[JP1]

About time someone did something about 2nd/ holiday homes only being lived in for 2 months a year. The government should tax them out of existence.

Only if that doesn't mean draconian taxes on tied cottages that are now let, I bet

 

[Henarar]

Only if that doesn't mean draconian taxes on tied cottages that are now let, I bet

a bit different if its let and occupied than if its just used for a few weeks per year by someone that has more money than they need

 

[JP1]

a bit different if its let and occupied than if its just used for a few weeks per year by someone that has more money than they need

Why? Lots of ex farm cottages now holiday lets too. Slippery slope dictating whether somebody can own more land, more than one farm, how they want to split their time. I accept the argument that it drives up property prices. You should try living in the London hinterland with rural wages

 

[Henarar]

You should try living in the London hinterland with rural wages

no I don't

 

[Henarar]

Why? Lots of ex farm cottages now holiday lets too. Slippery slope dictating whether somebody can own more land, more than one farm, how they want to split their time

ban the lot of it then or tax it

 

[oldoaktree]

Why? Lots of ex farm cottages now holiday lets too. Slippery slope dictating whether somebody can own more land, more than one farm, how they want to split their time. I accept the argument that it drives up property prices. You should try living in the London hinterland with rural wages

That's a massive amount of money generated by holiday home letting.
The owners, the management company, the caretaking companies,gardeners, all trades men and women in the local area as holiday lets have to be kept tip top . Star rating companies (visit Britain etc) . Pubs restaurants shops do better as the tourist generally spends more while on holiday .
All the people who work for the above including the owners already pay tax so by taxing them out of ownership all the above will lose jobs .
I don't think the % of 2nd homes are for the sole use of the owner will be that high .
The tourist industry is here to stay like it or not .
After F&M there was mutterings from the tourist industry about how much they lost due to F&M and if memory serves it dwarfed the loss to Agriculture.