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28-02-2008, 12:32 PM
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For those of you with sky Johhny Kingdom is on 11.30pm Saturday evening on Horse and country.It`s his diary and I`m not sure if it`s a repeat. |
05-03-2008, 12:25 AM
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Never mind the sky program/repeat....the NEW SERIES started tonight on BBC2 woop woop!
Im quite shocked at myself at just how happy i am to have the crazy old fool back in my life for a short while!...his camera work is as amatuer, out of focus, shaky and poor as ever...he is crazy as ever, and his "friends" get odder by the minute!..oh you just gotta love him.
And his new "project" on his very own land/woodland looks like it will be good...loving that new lake/pond already.
Long live the Kingdom.
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05-03-2008, 12:56 AM
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He's got to be wildlifes answer to Fred Dibnah, great entertainment !!
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05-03-2008, 06:37 AM
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Top marks for entertainment value! |
05-03-2008, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye  He's got to be wildlifes answer to Fred Dibnah, great entertainment !! |  Couldn't agree more. |
05-03-2008, 09:50 AM
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Excellent! MY LAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!! |
05-03-2008, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye He's got to be wildlifes answer to Fred Dibnah, great entertainment !! | Aww i was gonna say that,hes quite enthusiastic to say the least absolutley brilliant
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05-03-2008, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Stewy Excellent! MY LAAAAAAAAAAAAAND!!! | Excellent ..Enjoyed every moment..Some how Stewy I just knew you would remember those words...
Dont forget his back on again this evening BBC2 at 8.30 "My Floating Hide"
Julie
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05-03-2008, 12:59 PM
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He likes his land doesn't he? And so he should do, can't wait to see what the pond looks like once it's established.  |
05-03-2008, 01:04 PM
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Love him to bits
He's so enthusiastic!!
He's to wildlife what carol Klein is to gardening! |
05-03-2008, 01:09 PM
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What's the bet, that tree doesn't make it....They had gardeners cringing in their boots..  |
05-03-2008, 01:26 PM
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The tree moving/replanting (destroying) had countryside managers cringing in their boots too !..i dont hold much hope for it...but who knows..if the roots all being snapped didnt kill it im pretty sure i saw the main trunk snap when they dopped it the second time?...still...He would be better planting a young silver birch there as they grow so fast anyway!...either way the pond looked great i cant wait ( personally i wouldhave liked to see some of the edges/banks a lot more gradually sloped)
He is great though...and JUST HOW FUNNY does tonights episode look with his heath robinson floating hide collapsing on him mid lake? lol
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05-03-2008, 01:31 PM
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He is going to need a lot of oxygenators in there.. Or the water will turn really mancky quickly. Hope fully the planting will be next week.. |
05-03-2008, 03:19 PM
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Oh yes last night was great entertainment hes so natural no I cant see the birch carrying on it was looking pretty distressed swinging backward and forward in a digger bucket. Well cant wait for tonights episode. |
05-03-2008, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter The tree moving/replanting (destroying) had countryside managers cringing in their boots too !..i dont hold much hope for it...but who knows..if the roots all being snapped didnt kill it im pretty sure i saw the main trunk snap when they dopped it the second time?...still...He would be better planting a young silver birch there as they grow so fast anyway!...either way the pond looked great i cant wait ( personally i wouldhave liked to see some of the edges/banks a lot more gradually sloped)
He is great though...and JUST HOW FUNNY does tonights episode look with his heath robinson floating hide collapsing on him mid lake? lol | we replanted large silver birch a few times at work with a digger but we were a little more careful but there who knows it may make it
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05-03-2008, 06:22 PM
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05-03-2008, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Salter The tree moving/replanting (destroying) had countryside managers cringing in their boots too !..i dont hold much hope for it... | I have to say, I winced as I watched this tree 'performance' as well. I'm a bit ambivalent about J.K, but I have to say, last night's installment was very good and I'm looking forward to tonight's (maybe I've been won over after all)
In recent years there has been some major 'Dibnahisation' (I wonder, with persistence if I could get that in the O.E.D?) of the B.B.C and I have to say I quite like it! Though Christine, from 'Christine's Garden', does my head in.
Regards, Chris |
05-03-2008, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisJB I have to say, I winced as I watched this tree 'performance' as well. I'm a bit ambivalent about J.K, but I have to say, last night's installment was very good and I'm looking forward to tonight's (maybe I've been won over after all)
In recent years there has been some major 'Dibnahisation' (I wonder, with persistence if I could get that in the O.E.D?) of the B.B.C and I have to say I quite like it! Though Christine, from 'Christine's Garden', does my head in.
Regards, Chris | I feel the same I didn't like to put the man down but I really enjoyed this programme..i am with you on Christine's Garden..She is a bloke.. |
05-03-2008, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh i am with you on Christine's Garden..She is a bloke.. | Is she/he the garden expert on the 1 show?
Missed JK last night, so i'm about to try the BBC Iplayer for the first time. Guess I can miss quite a lot out, fast forward the tree replanting, fast forward the pond bank profile.
********note to self, watch programme before reading WAB threads on said programme *********
BWD
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05-03-2008, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh i am with you on Christine's Garden..She is a bloke.. | Don't hold back Kayleigh...say what you really think!
I know what you mean though!
Regards, Chris |
05-03-2008, 08:17 PM
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who's jonny kingdom  Soz, sounds very interesting but I rarely watch telly so I've never seen him  Is he a naturalist ?
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05-03-2008, 08:19 PM
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JK is so full of enthusiasm it's infectious. And his love of wildlife transmits to the viewer. Hopefully the tree in the island will make it or maybe it will re-grow from lower down, it's early enough in the year. And as for the Badgers, well those cubs |
05-03-2008, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by galanthus who's jonny kingdom Soz, sounds very interesting but I rarely watch telly so I've never seen him Is he a naturalist ? |
He's the INDIANA JONES of the MOORS bud |
05-03-2008, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bouncytigger He's the INDIANA JONES of the MOORS bud | But with some dodgy tats........... |
05-03-2008, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Stewy But with some dodgy tats........... | Tats ??? did you put the wrong vowel in stewy ??
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