Cakey
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The Lea to night
even I learnt some thing !
superb cheers BBC
even I learnt some thing !
superb cheers BBC
Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones
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Paul H
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Aye, ignoring his controversial comments from a few weeks ago, it was an enjoyable programme, as was the previous episode following the Derwent.
I live not 10 minutes from the Swarkestone causeway that spans the Trent and its surrounding flood plains.
I live not 10 minutes from the Swarkestone causeway that spans the Trent and its surrounding flood plains.
Cakey
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I live about 2 miles from Nazing so it was good to see
didnt know anything about the decoy airfield
didnt know anything about the decoy airfield
Paul H
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And the cucumber greenhouses, I didn't even know that there was an ordnance survey symbol for greenhouses, let alone that it had to be invented especially for that area.
Cakey
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cheers Bully...................
r1paul
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Great program , what about the old gunpowder factory , a spooky bit of the river .
Cakey
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yes its a good day out Les !
http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/
http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/
r1paul
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Blimey Cakey , there`s a hell of a lot going on .
I hope Iv`e got this linky thing right .http://www.royalgunpowdermills.com/die_hards.htm
If you look at the photos on the page , you will spot Ron .:wh
Cakey
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ha ha ha .....................
Windy
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If you look at the photos on the page , you will spot Ron .:wh
Being a boer again is he ?
Greg Whitehead
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Yeah, great! He's just been slagging us off again on Radio Five Live. Boycott the programme for God's sake. The Beeb haven't carried decent angling content since Passion was aired in September 1993!!!!!!!!!
Cakey
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the program is about rivers .....not angling
Mr Cholmondeley-Corker (PaSC)
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That' was my first thought Cakey.
It's a bit like 'Coast' - another program with water in it, but not about fishing.
There's a pattern emerging...
What are we to expect next?
'Canal' - Rory Bremner travels teh length and breadth of the British Isles by canal accompanied by his pet duck Alan. Expect Rory to get a bit annoyed when he discovers they are not all joined together (and some aren't even navigable, pfft!) and he has to do some of his journey on a penny farthing.
It's a bit like 'Coast' - another program with water in it, but not about fishing.
There's a pattern emerging...
What are we to expect next?
'Canal' - Rory Bremner travels teh length and breadth of the British Isles by canal accompanied by his pet duck Alan. Expect Rory to get a bit annoyed when he discovers they are not all joined together (and some aren't even navigable, pfft!) and he has to do some of his journey on a penny farthing.
Cakey
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its all Gregs fault
The blokes a pratt, but I liked this one of the Lea, never knew it started near Luton though.
Windy
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Am I the only one who is a tad suspicious about Griff's remarks being more than a bit of a set up and put on.
Like Robson Green's ouevre, a relatively minor low profile programme of no particular general interest, suddenly granted the wonderful gift of free publicity and page 5 or 6 headlines (don't knock them, may not be the front page or page 3, but still cost £thousands if you have to pay for them) by the simple expedient of upsetting all those fishermen.....
Methinks Griff saw what happened with Robbo and then put it into practice. And the more we go on about it the more people will watch his programmes. Especially as he has committed the cardinal sin of having two separate series going out at the same time on two different TV channels.... I suspect there's only so much of Griff R J's (no relative btw) stylised and slightly overdone quirky charm the public can take at any one time.
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Paul H
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I notice he's more than happy to try his hand at fishing when his programmes take him in that direction.