Who's your natural world hero?

[Jim Ford]

Originally Posted by PMG

I remember listening to Dick Barton Special Agent with music that went 'duran, DURAN, duran, DURAN, duran

'Devil's Gallop' - here you go:

YouTube - "The Devil's Gallop" by Charles Williams

Jim

[BarbaraEmma]

When I was young it was always Sir David Attenborough for me ,he could make my knees go all wobblyand I hung on every word he said.Now it's got to be Iolo Williams , he is definately my Welsh Wildlife hero. Barbara

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

'Devil's Gallop' - here you go:

YouTube - "The Devil's Gallop" by Charles Williams

Jim

Oh bless Jim for knowing this ....... I've played half a dozen times already tonight and grinned from ear to ear - plus being transported back to six years of age sat wide eyed beside the tall wood veneered highly polished wireless cabinet ........ Thanks Jim

Pauline

[Jim Ford]

I expect that you know, Pauline, that Duncan Carse - the actor that played 'Dick Barton', was also a notable polar explorer and geographer:

Duncan Carse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim

[Hedera]

That music brought back some memories for me too!
The person I owe a lot to was a teacher, she taught art and botany and introduced us to flower painting and dissection, an interest which has lasted for the last 60-odd years.

[partyboy]

as i mentioned earlier it has to be david attenborough &simon king,but no one has mentioned simon cowell from wildlife aid in leatherhead who does amazing work along with all the rescue centres around the country.

[sunnydale]

Originally Posted by partyboy

no one has mentioned simon cowell

Have I missed something?? Since when was he a natural world hero?

[PMG]

Originally Posted by Jim Ford

I expect that you know, Pauline, that Duncan Carse - the actor that played 'Dick Barton', was also a notable polar explorer and geographer:

Duncan Carse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim

No I had no idea - thanks for that - I wonder which 'job' he liked the best - or was his personality an interesting mix of paradoxes?

Pauline

[Jim Ford]

I remember there was a programme on TV about the time he spent alone for some months on South Georgia. He was living in a tent and when the elephant seals came ashore they crushed it and he had to live under his upturned dingy.

Jim

[loripo]

Yes thanks for the music (I didnt ever know what it was called) and the information. Wiki missed out the War years and I looked him up and he started as an announcer for the Beeb then went into the Navy - didnt really fit in as they thought he was 'too stroppy'! After what he had been doing perhaps he just couldn't take orders from someone else. His Falklands work seems to have come in handy - I wonder what he thought about that.