tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post4977305936581562114..comments2023-12-06T20:06:59.753+00:00Comments on Life in the Preseli Hills: Food for ThoughtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-16614723768853372162008-04-09T22:06:00.000+01:002008-04-09T22:06:00.000+01:00Fascinating pm and I am another one nodding my hea...Fascinating pm and I am another one nodding my head. I like MD and was hugely impressed by his programme about drug addicts. if you watched it all, every programme, the sense of how hard he worked at something pretty intractable was palpable. I agree utterly about local food and growing your own and about eating together. Great blog.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-29501902565938977842008-04-09T18:44:00.000+01:002008-04-09T18:44:00.000+01:00Would love to have seen Monty D being properly con...Would love to have seen Monty D being properly convincingly sincere. Knew someone years ago, when MD was a soi-disant jeweller, when my friend was one of his designers (guess who got rich, guess who did all the work guess who was deemed the utter phit by many then ...). Sorry to sound churlish, and maybe leopards can change their spots but it annoys me when messages have to be conveyed by Names and they sort of hijack what's important - it should be important BECAUSE not by the fact of him sauntering along - sorry, PLEASE don't think I'n attacking you, was obviously scarred by my friend's being so utterly dumped on by him way back when. Perhaps I should grow up .... Still seems I'm alone in not buying into the Mr D (love his name) - but maybe the lessons you learn young sully you. Not to say that the message isn't true. xxxMillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-68241369419607710502008-04-09T18:43:00.001+01:002008-04-09T18:43:00.001+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-58324931393060045282008-04-09T18:43:00.000+01:002008-04-09T18:43:00.000+01:00Would love to have seen Monty D being properly con...Would love to have seen Monty D being properly convincingly sincere. Knew someone years ago, when MD was a soi-disant jeweller, when my friend was one of his designers (guess who got rich, guess who did all the work guess who was deemed the utter phit by many then ...). Sorry to sound churlish, and maybe leopards can change their spots but it annoys me when messages have to be conveyed by Names and they sort of hijack what's important - it should be important BECAUSE not by the fact of him sauntering along - sorry, PLEASE don't think I'n attacking you, was obviously scarred by my friend's being so utterly dumped on by him way back when. Perhaps I should grow up .... Still seems I'm alone in not buying into the Mr D (love his name) - but maybe the lessons you learn young sully you. Not to say that the message isn't true. xxxMillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-32646022474702606892008-04-09T18:20:00.000+01:002008-04-09T18:20:00.000+01:00Just to clarify my earlier comment - I didn't mean...Just to clarify my earlier comment - I didn't mean YOU annoyed me by saying farmers should be respected -I just meant when it's said in a general sort of way I often feel like there's more to be said on the subject. I'll get my coat ...Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-38371210861375060822008-04-09T18:13:00.000+01:002008-04-09T18:13:00.000+01:00I feel very frivolous for blogging about my brush ...I feel very frivolous for blogging about my brush (or near brush!) with celebs. I was really interested in MD's programme 'Growing Out of Trouble' so fascinating to hear more about that work. I do think sitting round a table and sharing a meal together is a valuable part of family life.<BR/>Sitting round and sharing experiences round a coffee table is good too... I shall, hopefully, be finishing FTT soon so would be nice to catch up.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-64042290934583956232008-04-09T17:37:00.000+01:002008-04-09T17:37:00.000+01:00It sounds like a really good, interesting evening ...It sounds like a really good, interesting evening Mags. I'll pass on David Cameron but am another one who is quite leery where Monty is concerned! On a more serious note, I would have loved to have been there and yes to what so many of you are saying BUT just to make myself really deeply unpopular and probably get hate mail (I'm taking a deep breath!) - I do get a bit annoyed when people say 'farmers should get the respect they deserve'. I fully agree that many farmers are getting a very raw deal at the moment and I totally support any movement that gets us closer to how our food is grown and distirbuted. But farmers need to earn that respect, and very often I'm not surprised that they have such an image problem with many sections of the population. After all, many of the ills of todays over-intensified food production were started by farmers, yet suddenly we're supposed to see them all as guradians of the countryside. Many are, but not all. Many urbanites, I think, could and should have more sympathy with their plight - but it works both ways, and I don't remember too many farmers speaking out on behalf of other industries going down the pan. Rant over!! (And great blog).Suffolkmumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123007594112557168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-18095913628321066422008-04-09T17:14:00.000+01:002008-04-09T17:14:00.000+01:00Nooooooooo! Can't believe you came here and didn't...Nooooooooo! Can't believe you came here and didn't find me! Soooo unfair. Next time for Pete's sake PM me and I'll send you address, instructions, phone etc... though, unless the Bonkers House pulls its socks up I think we might be safer at Knightshayes......never turn down an excuse to go there (lovely garden centre apart from anything else). jxxExmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-86238207944499303972008-04-09T16:43:00.000+01:002008-04-09T16:43:00.000+01:00ALl this talk of JOhn Seymour - just bought his Se...ALl this talk of JOhn Seymour - just bought his Self-sufficient guide for gardeners, invaluable. Sounds like a very intersting and thought provoking meeting last night - S and I are getting all a bit knit-your-own-brown-rice about the state of things, so it would have been right up our street. And you know how you slightly fancy David Cameron? I slightly fancy Monty Don. Blush!Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-73532286306945762252008-04-09T16:00:00.000+01:002008-04-09T16:00:00.000+01:00Very interesting - and thank you for sharing your ...Very interesting - and thank you for sharing your evening. Speaking a lot of sense - especially getting urban dwellers onto farms to experience what farmers (and animals) actually do for them...perhaps they will try and shop locally after having visited a farm and not rely on the cheapest, and most travelled items, in the supermarket...? mootia xHannah Veltenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355099521026555461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-5590472592661145902008-04-09T15:55:00.000+01:002008-04-09T15:55:00.000+01:00Wow brilliant talk and so right too - but how do y...Wow brilliant talk and so right too - but how do you get that message across to a World that just isn't interested . . . although there may come a time when the choice won't be ours to make - our planet will make it for us and it will be our own fault.Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-81594533639584680052008-04-09T14:00:00.000+01:002008-04-09T14:00:00.000+01:00Sounds like an excellent talk, Preseli Mags - I li...Sounds like an excellent talk, Preseli Mags - I like Monty Don, and I'll bet he was a great speaker. This country's obsession with cheap food is beginning to unravel in all sorts of ways - I think we all need to listen to people like Monty.LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-12147811461674381542008-04-09T13:56:00.001+01:002008-04-09T13:56:00.001+01:00Yup, yup, yup (head nodding furiously). can't bel...Yup, yup, yup (head nodding furiously). can't believe the waste and the lack of foresight and the greed that propels our society. Throwaway everything. It's revolting.<BR/>Mind you, if we have to rely on what we grow ourselves, we've got a problem here - it's the raspberry, rhubarb and weed diet! <BR/>Great blog, PM....<BR/>And yes, Fennie, John Seymour's books are fabulous...I'd heartily recommend the Self-Suficiency Handbook to anyone wanting to start down that road.Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-69469051327076895792008-04-09T13:56:00.000+01:002008-04-09T13:56:00.000+01:00Yup, yup, yup (head nodding furiously). can't bel...Yup, yup, yup (head nodding furiously). can't believe the waste and the lack of foresight and the greed that propels our society. Throwaway everything. It's revolting.<BR/>Mind you, if we have to rely on what we grow ourselves, we've got a problem here - it's the raspberry, rhubarb and weed diet! <BR/>Great blog, PM....<BR/>And yes, Fennie, John Seymour's books are fabulous...I'd heartily recommend the Self-Suficiency Handbook to anyone wanting to start down that road.Exmoorjanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230395732150659356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-31446258261855296222008-04-09T13:09:00.000+01:002008-04-09T13:09:00.000+01:00I'm a great fan of Monty Don and this meeting woul...I'm a great fan of Monty Don and this meeting would have been just up my street. John Seymour preached much the same gospel (and also in his later years from Pembrokeshire).<BR/>Yes, locally grown food. Eat with the seasons. I read the other day that we throw away - how many - millions of apples and bananas each year. Bought to be discarded after a week in the fruit bowl, like cut flowers. Such waste when 850 million people in the world are starving. Have you heard of the slow food movement? I blogged about it once.Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-72528489493080751292008-04-09T12:09:00.000+01:002008-04-09T12:09:00.000+01:00Interesting evening, sadly not enough people are l...Interesting evening, sadly not enough people are listening to the message and taking it seriously, everything is driven by the 'I am all right jack philosophy of life' these days, and everyone is blinkered. Companies are the worst offenders; whilst eco-credentials are a money spinner, they are on the band wagon, capitalising; profit being their muse, not what's right. I read some time ago that by 2025 we will be having real problems because of oil and gas shortages, and our dependancy on other countries for supply. The infrastructure doesn't currently exist in the UK to make food production more localised, and this government are currently heavily involved on building on what was prime ag land, which because of the insanity of EU CAP regulations is set aside and deemed worthless! Gawd this is turning into War and Peace, but I have some very big concerns about where we are headed.<BR/><BR/>Love the posting Mags, thanks for taking the time to share it xxZoƫhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838367166662822058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-82690971543055791042008-04-09T11:45:00.000+01:002008-04-09T11:45:00.000+01:00Certainly food for thought. Sounds like a really ...Certainly food for thought. Sounds like a really interesting evening.toadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890073795239873916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-69954025755138603152008-04-09T11:32:00.000+01:002008-04-09T11:32:00.000+01:00It sounded a brilliant evening..And when things li...It sounded a brilliant evening..<BR/>And when things like that are brought home to us , i'm often surprised by some of my friends who'll freely admit to not peeling a potatoe in 10yrs they'll buy them already done mashed, chipped or tinned and what are there children learning?? it's scary...<BR/>Very thought provocing Thank you xbodran...https://www.blogger.com/profile/11838798193878553386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-11568286963768280982008-04-09T11:20:00.001+01:002008-04-09T11:20:00.001+01:00An important subject for debate.A lot of our food ...An important subject for debate.<BR/>A lot of our food in the UK relys on low transportation costs, but as oil peaks that cost will go up.<BR/>At the same time that increase in energy will mean glass house production in the UK will also become more expensive.<BR/>So I guess it will need a big change in diet and life style.Peterwfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12958557643764005858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679999832936208492.post-52614129553669476932008-04-09T11:20:00.000+01:002008-04-09T11:20:00.000+01:00Wish I could have gone PM, it sounds as though you...Wish I could have gone PM, it sounds as though you came away with plenty to think about. I find the whole issue of ditting around a table to eat fascinating - it really does offer the chance to talk and get to know each other again in such an informal way, to catch up on worries and celebrate little successes that may seem too trivial to interrupt a programme for. Don't get me wrong, we enjoy a meal watching a film as much as the next person, but I am so glad it is a treat rather than the norm. Great blog xxPipanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048984447721169350noreply@blogger.com