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Rockburner wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:33 pm It does come across as '6 of one, half a dozon of the other'.

Clarkshon likes to ride-roughshod over the legal minutiea because he's too lazy to do things properly* (like most of us in all honesty), mainly due to the legal minutiea being just that - tedious and over-complicated.

That leads to legalistic people seeing him in a negative light and developing a subjective cant to their decision making**.

Which leads to Clarkson being boorish and riding roughshod over the legal minu.... etc etc

* how hard is it to put up a fence properly?

Interesting, though, to change the narrative slightly.

We have a couple of sites locally where people have bought land then proceeded to turn previously empty fields into residential.

In one case, an access road, landscaping, and hard standing for 7 or 8 semi-permanent buildings (see img). All without any planning permission (it was refused). The council eventually had to put some sort of order to prevent further work taking place.

Fighting against the tedious minutiea? Preconceptions of the applicans? Hmmm

But no tv personality involved, etc.

Mussels wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:54 pm A fair bit of the boorish behaviour is probably to make the series more interesting, I'm not surprised some of the locals oppose him as he'd probably turn it into a theme park if he could.
I was surprised when he genuinely hurt himself, maybe he'd planned smaller injuries.
Aside from his stunts he is genuine at times and it shows the struggles some farmers have to survive, I don't think anyone else has made the Brexit problems for farmers as clear.

That bit when he sliced a lump off his thumb with the mandolin in the kitchen gave me the heebie jeebies. As soon as he started using it in his usual ham-fisted manner I knew exactly what was going to happen & turned away until the screaming & yelling stopped.

Horse wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:03 pm Interesting, though, to change the narrative slightly.

We have a couple of sites locally where people have bought land then proceeded to turn previously empty fields into residential.

In one case, an access road, landscaping, and hard standing for 7 or 8 semi-permanent buildings (see img). All without any planning permission (it was refused). The council eventually had to put some sort of order to prevent further work taking place.

Fighting against the tedious minutiea? Preconceptions of the applicans? Hmmm

But no tv personality involved, etc.

Same thing happened in Leatherhead...about 15 or so years ago. Result? Uproar.

Just looked at the satellite picture on Google maps. It's still there.

Lots of caravans, mobile homes and 'semi-permanent' homes - even a business - '1st Regency Driveways' Site looks like that one in your post, only bigger. Clarkson needs to declare himself an ethnic minority.

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:13 pm

Mussels wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:54 pm A fair bit of the boorish behaviour is probably to make the series more interesting, I'm not surprised some of the locals oppose him as he'd probably turn it into a theme park if he could.
I was surprised when he genuinely hurt himself, maybe he'd planned smaller injuries.
Aside from his stunts he is genuine at times and it shows the struggles some farmers have to survive, I don't think anyone else has made the Brexit problems for farmers as clear.

That bit when he sliced a lump off his thumb with the mandolin in the kitchen gave me the heebie jeebies. As soon as he started using it in his usual ham-fisted manner I knew exactly what was going to happen & turned away until the screaming & yelling stopped.

I was mostly wondering if they were genuinely planning on making commercial quanities of crisps with that little domestic mandolin.

I think my take on the whole thing is that whilst Clarkson is entertainment, if you want to watch a very respected motoring journalist who owns a farm in the Cotswolds there's always Harry Metcalfe and his 2 Youtube channels, Harry's Garage and Harry's farm.

Started watching it last night.

It's just the same old " JC has a great idea , badly thought out, executed like an idiot, despite loads of advice"
Thankfully, there is an odd switch

Pirahna wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:55 pm I think my take on the whole thing is that whilst Clarkson is entertainment, if you want to watch a very respected motoring journalist who owns a farm in the Cotswolds there's always Harry Metcalfe and his 2 Youtube channels, Harry's Garage and Harry's farm.

There hasn't been a new Harry's Farm video for months.

ZRX61 wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 4:48 am

Pirahna wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 8:55 pm I think my take on the whole thing is that whilst Clarkson is entertainment, if you want to watch a very respected motoring journalist who owns a farm in the Cotswolds there's always Harry Metcalfe and his 2 Youtube channels, Harry's Garage and Harry's farm.

There hasn't been a new Harry's Farm video for months.

I know. All the farms in that part of the world are arable. Clarkson's was too until he decided to make a TV show about it and it will be again when the TV show stops.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:45 pm

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 5:13 pm

Mussels wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 12:54 pm A fair bit of the boorish behaviour is probably to make the series more interesting, I'm not surprised some of the locals oppose him as he'd probably turn it into a theme park if he could.
I was surprised when he genuinely hurt himself, maybe he'd planned smaller injuries.
Aside from his stunts he is genuine at times and it shows the struggles some farmers have to survive, I don't think anyone else has made the Brexit problems for farmers as clear.

That bit when he sliced a lump off his thumb with the mandolin in the kitchen gave me the heebie jeebies. As soon as he started using it in his usual ham-fisted manner I knew exactly what was going to happen & turned away until the screaming & yelling stopped.

I was mostly wondering if they were genuinely planning on making commercial quanities of crisps with that little domestic mandolin.

You can buy a box of 24 for £37.40 (special offer online), but they're not chilli flavour, and they're not made on the farm.

It's been a labour of love but after losing half my thumb, it was time to take our spuds to the professionals.

Just watched first 4 episodes of season 4.
Really enjoying it.

Yorick wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 11:20 pm Just watched first 4 episodes of season 4.
Really enjoying it.

Slipped my mind, on it

Jesus fucking christ, Caleb turned into a total miserable cunt.

5 & 6 are out now. Amazing how much money Jezza is pumping into a pub.
Mick

The *pep talk* Clarkson gave Caleb seems to have got his head straightened out...

636mick wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 3:23 am 5 & 6 are out now. Amazing how much money Jezza is pumping into a pub.
Mick

I think those two ladies have got their business model well sussed out.

Help naive people quit their IT job in the city and set up a pub in the countryside. Charge them loads when enthusiasm is high. Fuck off before reality strikes.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 7:52 am

636mick wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 3:23 am 5 & 6 are out now. Amazing how much money Jezza is pumping into a pub.
Mick

I think those two ladies have got their business model well sussed out.

Help naive people quit their IT job in the city and set up a pub in the countryside. Charge them loads when enthusiasm is high. Fuck off before reality strikes.

That’s what I was thinking. How on earth does a normal business owner ever turn a profit with those start up costs.

The fact that there were/are dozens of pubs for sale in his relatively small area would suggest the answer.

His place is a couple of miles from where I used to work, would have been a great Lunch / Friday after work spot.

Cotswolds innit?

Imagine the staffing problems. Nobody cheap enough can afford to live there.

I wonder what the locals thought of Clarkson withdrawing his offer on that run down pub coz of council nobs.

Welll.....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3ql38yk11o

A council has denied Jeremy Clarkson's claims its representatives were "awkward" and "had nothing positive to say" about his plans to buy a country pub.

EDIT: I also noticed Clarkson didn't ask Nick the chef how many of the 10 pubs he'd set up are still running.