Simon reeve

[Bury the Trash]

Actually one of Saddest parts for me , was the refuge featured in Barrow-in-Furness, the pathetic little bag of essentials kindly put together for some of the those that have to escape to there, pathetic because that's all they have in the World, no where to go , nothing to possess , not even fundamental basic necessities.

 

[Robt]

Just watched it. Excellent! Angus , what a life he has experienced already… not ashamed to say I cried at his story and at the girl in the raft that said nobody had called her excellent for many many years… team that with watching a documentary on Tottenham in London and those youngsters that have no life other than drugs and fighting the police….. what a world we live in

 

[nick...]

Just watched here too.first claas documentary like all of his programmes.makes us realise how lucky we are.
nick...

 

[slackjawedyokel]

I’m just slightly offended that Simon looks like someone in their late 20s, but is actually 50 next year. How’s that then?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

My mum recalls Simon Reeve saying that when he was making a programme for the BBC in South America,he was so disgusted by the impact all the entourage of the BBC crew were having on the locals that he wanted to pack it in, but couldn't afford to break the contract.
He promised he would come back and do their story justice on his own.
I believe that he tends to only ever make programmes on his own with a single cameraman, wherever possible, for that reason.

 

[JP1]

My mum recalls Simon Reeve saying that when he was making a programme for the BBC in South America,he was so disgusted by the impact all the entourage of the BBC crew were having on the locals that he wanted to pack it in, but couldn't afford to break the contract.
He promised he would come back and do their story justice on his own.
I believe that he tends to only ever make programmes on his own with a single cameraman, wherever possible, for that reason.

And din't it make a difference with his Simon Reeve Russia - even if that put him in quite a high degree of danger for him / his camera man

The results speak for themselves

 

[hill shepherd]

I watched it last night and echo all the above sentiments.

I really felt for Angus, what a bum pack of cards to be dealt, but the way he has stepped up is impressive, along with the other guys who were helping him.

I do hope he gets some support from his neighbours, even if it is only to pop in for a chat, it looks pretty remote up there.

He sells alot of good lambs in Lazonby, I think he'll have some very good neighbours

 

[egbert]

On balance I thought it a very good show.

However, I cringe when i hear Simon trot out the hackneyed urbanisms...... his dismay at seeing a harvester working Sitka, talking about 'deforestation' in the same breath. But then adoring the idea that it was part of a 'rewilding' programme, moving away from 'industrial forestry'.
(where does he imagine timber is going to come from?)

Then allowing Monbigots phrase 'sheepwrecked' to come in to his text...ne'er mind repeating it to decent working people -then making TV hay when that poor beggar got emotional. I take my hat off to the fella (the chap above Haweswater, with the Dales ponies)...he is a hero for our industry.
A depth of love for his culture and environment few people would begin to grasp.

And obviously, respect to the youngster left alone, but making a go of it.

The presenter has indeed made his home in Devon. As a blow-in, he isn't the worst of em.

 

[Sid]

The presenter has indeed made his home in Devon. As a blow-in, he isn't the worst of em

That Meadem woman is pretty bad I understand

 

[egbert]

That Meadem woman is pretty bad I understand

Meadam?

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Deborah Meaden?

 

[egbert]

Deborah Meaden?

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Seen her on TV...don't know that she is much seen round Chateau Egbert though.

 

[br jones]

How do wetlands contribute to methane?


Both natural and constructed wetlands emit methane. Due to their nature -- wetlands are, after all, wet -- soil microbes and plants are forced to metabolize under anaerobic conditions. And, this leads to methane production. The soil microbes are responsible for the production of methane in wetlands.19 Jun 2019

 

[JP1]

Blow sleeping in a church overnight

 

[JP1]

"Hard to imagine 10 years ago these were just silage fields" says a Cumbria wildlife spokesman

 

[Top Tip.]

"Hard to imagine 10 years ago these were just silage fields" says a Cumbria wildlife spokesman

I hope he lives to see them as silage fields again when food production becomes a priority once more.

 

[hally]

Blow sleeping in a church overnight

Bloody disrespectful if you ask me....greed

 

[hally]

Living just outside Carlisle as i do, no amount of gently meandering rivers was going to prevent that flooding

 

[glasshouse]

Ag

Living just outside Carlisle as i do, no amount of gently meandering rivers was going to prevent that flooding

Agreed
Its s load of pish

 

[Raider112]

Enjoyed last week more, it was better balanced. This week was a bit too environment slanted in my view.