- Location
- Hereford
Simon reeve
- Thread starter glasshouse
- Start date
- Location
- North Wiltshire
Was really looking forward to it, after last week's episode, but sadly it slipped back into 'blame the farmer' mode.
sometime there will have to be rules, regs put down before anyone can walk, climb up these remote mountains? or can you, just go to these places, turn up, walk roam anywhere you like, dressed in what ever? then if any thing goes wrong someone has to then risk their own life to rescue you?
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Churches were always open to the poor and needy. Wouldn't of been uncommon to have people sleeping in them as late as the turn of the century. What makes me sad is that the churches will likely charge people to stay in them now as there's no weekly congregation money coming in.
beardface
Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Local group here are desperate for someone to rescue...then they can use their blues and twos, and be the big heroes they want to be.
I've found them a pompous, self-promoting bunch of w4nkers....a glorified walking club.
I'm firmly of the opinion that if you go out there, you take your own risk.
capfits
Member
Ehm why?
Not sure what you are getting at
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Erosion for a start
Secondly coming so ill equipped that you are neither wearing appropriate clothing or have any means to help protect yourself if you get stranded
Folks have to go on courses for lower risks than they take on those walks
Ditto the latest fad for paddle boards
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
More sewage discharge into rivers!
- Location
- Hereford
what im getting at is this, the popularity of walking, roaming, call it what you will, has grown massively in recent years, with that has brought many problems? litter, getting into trouble? getting lost ? the very reason that these more remote parts of the UK are unspoilt? gets damaged the more and more people have access to them? What you do about that idont know?
Re flood plains, yes traditionally farmers have had fields next to rivers that flood ( known as Hams down here). That is fine and should continue BUT towns and cities need to be responsible as well. Why do developers build and people buy houses on flood plains in towns and are then horrified/surprised when they get 3ft of water in their living room. Surely the name 'flood plain' gives a clue to what happens on that land.
primmiemoo
Member
- Location
- Devon
Find the episode of the ITV Tonight programme presented by Jonathan Maitland, and watch it. She's now a puppet for vegan propaganda. Probably signed up to be an "ambassador" for veganism. (They exist. There are MPs banging that lobbying drum.)
Chasingmytail
Member
- Location
- Newport, SE Wales
Thick Walkers: You saw it last night people walking in jeans, no rucksac, carrying a bottle of water. What's that about? Who wants to climb carrying a bottle in your hand? Beggars belief, no sun tan cream, hat, fleece, muchies etc. Carry a flaming rucksac with essentials.
Thought it was interesting about shipping in staff for the hospitality sector. Free bus at a cost of £100kpa. Luxury holidays - was this centre parcs? I missed the name.
Thought it was interesting about shipping in staff for the hospitality sector. Free bus at a cost of £100kpa. Luxury holidays - was this centre parcs? I missed the name.
Can't like this enough. They're generally owners of defenders with silly balloon tyres and billy bolt-on's ebay accessory store nailed to every orifice, just in case they fall foul of a kangaroo in Houndtor car park. As you say, just desperate to "rescue" someone so that they go home and regale their mum with the tales of heroism.
We're on the coast and unfortunately some of the volunteer coastguard fall into the same category, they were just born to wield a clipboard and be officious little tuds. A walker who's sneezed and tripped over her own fish paste sandwich does not warrant three pickups with flashy lights charging over my best silage field, or a call for a helicopter which is likely to send ermintrude galloping off the cliff top.
Obviously they're not all like this but sadly these lemsips give the rest a bad name.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
It definitely attracts a certain ‘type’ most of which you wouldn’t want to spend a lot of time with.
toquark
Member
Just got round to watching it on iPlayer last night. My licence fee boycott temporarily worked around by virtue of visiting my sister! More of this and I'll consider paying it again.
Graphic, uncompromising and accurate, it reminded me of a documentary years ago by Molly Dineen filmed in Cornwall just after F&M. Like Dineen, Reeve, gets the very best of people he's interviewing, by not making it about him and letting them tell their stories. First class.
Graphic, uncompromising and accurate, it reminded me of a documentary years ago by Molly Dineen filmed in Cornwall just after F&M. Like Dineen, Reeve, gets the very best of people he's interviewing, by not making it about him and letting them tell their stories. First class.
toquark
Member
I was very briefly involved in a local MR group. Very briefly. It mostly comprised of social misfits and weekend heroes itching for a chance to rescue a damsel in distress and get on the front page of the local rag.