Clarkson's Farm

MadMossy said:
I know my fair share of farmers who talk like that, also know a few scotts with a unique vocabulary. After a while you eventually learn how to interpret them.
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The Scots I can manage after growing up around them but Gerald is a whole other level :cry:
 
I've got the final episode to watch but I don't want it to end :o

The first season was one of the few shows I've quite enjoyed rewatching not that long after first watching it, it's just good fun and interesting tv.
 
The council meeting was unfortunately exactly as I pictured a council meeting would be like. Councils are mostly corrupt and unfair, with conflicts of interest and bias. My experience of local councils near me, is that when a council puts information publicly available about a development of X hundred houses, it's going ahead already. They do all the stuff about being able to object and make your statements, but they don't listen, and generally developments that bring in the coin, go ahead. Our local area now is over subscribed in terms of housing with a huge, huge lack of infra, schools, GPs etc to cater for.

Clarkson goes and asks for a single moderately sized car park and to convert a barn into a restaurant on his significant sized land - making it the proverbial pea sized dot on the landscape - jumps through significant hoops to show that he will build it according to spec required for the area of outstanding natural beauty, highlights that it will bring 50+ jobs and help out local farmers all clubbing together to produce for it, etc etc, and council deny it because a couple of them want to keep their local place for local people exclusive for them to enjoy only, in their way. The guy waffling on about the sky at night in that meeting, ignoring that the light output is strictly controlled to not cause light polution.... I mean.... you've got no chance against people like that.
 
jaybee said:
The council meeting was unfortunately exactly as I pictured a council meeting would be like. Councils are mostly corrupt and unfair, with conflicts of interest and bias. My experience of local councils near me, is that when a council puts information publicly available about a development of X hundred houses, it's going ahead already. They do all the stuff about being able to object and make your statements, but they don't listen, and generally developments that bring in the coin, go ahead. Our local area now is over subscribed in terms of housing with a huge, huge lack of infra, schools, GPs etc to cater for.

Clarkson goes and asks for a single moderately sized car park and to convert a barn into a restaurant on his significant sized land - making it the proverbial pea sized dot on the landscape - jumps through significant hoops to show that he will build it according to spec required for the area of outstanding natural beauty, highlights that it will bring 50+ jobs and help out local farmers all clubbing together to produce for it, etc etc, and council deny it because a couple of them want to keep their local place for local people exclusive for them to enjoy only, in their way. The guy waffling on about the sky at night in that meeting, ignoring that the light output is strictly controlled to not cause light polution.... I mean.... you've got no chance against people like that.
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It was frustrating to watch, council needs some new blood.
 
tom_e said:
I'm intrigued about if that's how he actually speaks or if it's hammed up a bit for the humour.
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I often wonder this too. I'm suspicious that some of his voice is dubbed after the event as a lot of the time his speaking will be off-camera or he'll be shot from behind, so you don't always see his lips moving to the voice audio.
 
RevBillyG said:
Had to feel for the lady that last half her herd due to TB :/
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Yes and they were the ones who would benefit the most from Clarksons restaurant then those same people who rejected his idea will be up in arms when said lady has sold her farm and now they have decided to build hundreds of houses on it. Haha.
 
MadMossy said:
I'm nearly done, episode 7 now brilliant show and really eye opening at how ridiculous government/council bureaucracy works or doesn't work in reality.

It's no wonder farmers are calling it quits on a daily basis, I know of several who are done, with one person close to family selling up his land to developers because farming is just not profitable anymore, and another using his land and properties for holiday lets.
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Thats exactly what this current Govt wants so their policies are working.
 
My god this was bloody brilliant and eye opening. Finished it now, didn't want it to end :-( proper good TV! And that Georgia is a beauty! That long wavy brunette hair.

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Huxton said:
My god this was bloody brilliant and eye opening. Finished it now, didn't want it to end :-( proper good TV! And that Georgia is a beauty! That long wavy brunette hair.

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I came across saw her last night too. I like the way she tells Jeremy off. In fact, I like the way all of them have their own way of telling Jezzer off. :) Kaleb just literally has to turn up and silently look in his direction. lol
 
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