New Series of Coast

[Kath Mulligan]

Reading my latest issue of Cornwall Today, I spotted a small paragraph advertising the new series of Coast. Cornwall will feature in programme 3 to be broadcast on BBC2 somewhere around 28 July.

In it Neil Oliver goes to Botallack to look at how Cornish tin was in demand by Bronze Age traders. He also learns more about John Betjeman's love affair with Cornwall, finding out why the coast was such an inspiration to him.

Should be worth watching.

Kath

[Liz]

Thanks for posting this Kath, I really enjoy the series and hadn't heard it was returning.
Two reasons to watch - the gorgeous Neil Oliver and Cornwall, what more could a girl want...
:rolleyes:

[Kath Mulligan]

Just looked in the TV guide, Liz and it says that the series starts tomorrow evening (Sunday) on BBC2 at 6.00pm (says it's a repeat so maybe the series started last Tuesday and I missed it). Then it is on again on Tuesday, BBC2 at 8.00pm, so presumably the Cornish programme will be on the following Tuesday.

And just in case anyone else is interested, the RHS Flower Show from Tatton Park is on BBC2 on Thursday at 7.30pm, then again on Friday at 8.30. I shan't be able to go this year as Josh will be here working on my garden. Still, next year I shall have a blank canvas to play with, so that would be a good time to go - provided I have saved some pennies in the meantime!!

Kath

[gloria townsin]

As we've already had the first change over to digital we cannot now get BBC2 and by the 8th of August we won't get BBC1. We have to do something with the Freeview box ... as I said the ridiculous thing is the appropriate TV is in Croxley. Mind you they are now a lot cheaper than they were, typical really as soon as you walk out of the shop the technology changes and the prices come down.

[jane jackson]

Have you got a freeview box at Mullion Gloria? I had a panic as I thought you only had to pull the plug out and push it back in again and it would retune ~ just shows how technical I am...................Having gone online I found out you have to use the zapper and press Menu and follow the instructions for First Installation and hey presto ~ it worked!

Also Gloria, Annette and any other "horsey" folk out there, Alan Titchmarsh is on ITV this evening at 8pm with "All the Queen's Horses" from behind the scenes at the Royal Winsor Horse Show.

thanks Kath for the info on "Coast", I must have missed it earlier as well.

[Kath Mulligan]

We're due to go digital in this area on 8 November and the digi-people are coming to my Mum's tomorrow afternoon to fit a Freeview box for her and check her aerial. She wants me to be there when they come so that they can show me what to do as well as her, partially because she is quite deaf so doesn't always catch what is being said to her, but mostly because she is a complete technophobe! She was always moaning about there being nothing worth watching on TV a few years ago so we clubbed together and bought her a video (shows how long ago it was) and some films, like Sound of Music, My Fair Lady (her all-time favourite), Oliver etc. We installed it for her and showed her exactly what to do - and how many times has she used it - Never!! I've even put a film in for her and started it when I have been there, but she tells me to turn it off again as she won't know how to stop it! Come November, I can see that I shall be getting numerous phone calls for assistance. Good job I only live a couple of minutes away from her.

Kath

[gloria townsin]

Well the last two posts have given me a laugh........your Mum sounds a bit like me Kath.......I also have to be nursed through putting video's/DVD's on and off......and I can quite understand how you would think that to plug in should have re-tuned Jane........why not?
We do have a Freeview Box which Jeff did for us when he was down........when we arrived - lovely all set to go. Then heaven's knows what we did or what happened but all of a sudden the remote refused to work and all kinds of odds and ends were behaving oddly. Then just as sudden, the remote works again and all seems well. Although we can't get BBC2....so don't have a clue why that is. Trouble is as Jeff did the initial change over we aren't in the picture as to what he did and he's a bit far away to pop along and show us........Think we will resort to going into the Village Hall to ask what to do next. Are we just getting too old to keep up with the technology? and by that I mean Eddie and myself.........

[gloria townsin]

Meant to add I'm looking forward to the Alan Tichmarsh programme tonight.......do you remember a series of programmes they made about 20 years ago I should think about horses? They did one on Eventing, which I have recorded and one on Driving when they visited George Bowman's yard and followed him on a cross country event with his greys. I also have that on a long ago video. They were brilliant programmes. Ian Stark was one of the event riders, Matt had a lesson with him when he travelled round the country and he rode Matt's pony at the time to get a feel of her. The first time I saw Ian Stark was when he was riding a Connemara Pony cross country at an English Connemara Pony Socy. Show. (think the ECPS is now under a different name).

[Kath Mulligan]

Well, have now watched both Coast and the Alan Titchmarsh programmes and thoroughly enjoyed both. I find some of the snippets of information given in Coast absolutely fascinating, especially tonight the piece about the Isle of Wight, how it came to be formed and the fact that Africa collided with Europe.

The hovercraft item was interesting too. I have never travelled on one but when Vin and I were on holiday in Ryde, Isle of Wight a few years ago, our hotel was right opposite the hovercraft landing station, and our room directly facing it too. That was fine, it was fun to watch them, until we realised that the service started up around 6am each morning to take commuters across to the mainland. Have you ever heard just how much noise a hovercraft makes as it takes off? :angry:

Kath

[gloria townsin]

Loved All the Queen's Horses.......those brilliant Cavalry chaps. Riding in the pouring rain and showing their dedication to their horses, regiment and country, makes me very proud to have such young men representing us.

Answered the question about George Bowman he is definitely still around, and the Bassett girls, I remember them when they first started driving teams. I seem to remember them driving Shetlands and Dartmoor ponies. All the horses looked wonderful and I love the drum horses, amazing!!

The Queen's quite a girl riding several times a week....good for her and Prince Phillip looked pretty nifty climbing over the fence.

[Kath Mulligan]

Just to remind everyone that Cornwall is featured in tonight's edition of Coast at 8.00pm on BBC2.

Kath

[Annette]

Also Gloria, Annette and any other "horsey" folk out there, Alan Titchmarsh is on ITV this evening at 8pm with "All the Queen's Horses" from behind the scenes at the Royal Winsor Horse Show.

Thanks for the reminder, I really enjoyed the programme and will no doubt watch it a second time around ! .

Looking forward to Coast tonight too.

[jane jackson]

thanks Kath. Somehow I seem to have missed the last few posts on this subject ~ must be having yet another senior moment. I too enjoyed the Alan Titchmarsh programme on the Queens Horses. I also rmember those programmes you were mentioning Gloria. think that was when I first got a video recorder and I recorded them but no sure I still have them.

Have you got your Freeview sorted now Gloria at Bryher? If you weren't getting BBC2 perhaps you were actually watching on analogue as BBC2 was removed from there this month. The TV in our bedroom sometimes comes on with analogue instead of Freeview and there's not much difference in quality there like with the other TVs.

Why is life so complicated??:cray:

[Liz]

Thanks for the reminders Kath and Annette, I'm looking forward to both. I missed the first 'All the Kings Horses' and hadn't realized that it was on again.

Once more the weather is wet and windy and a 'sit outside with a glass of wine' seems a less than tempting option for this evening. I shall light the log burner, toast my toes and enjoy a night in front of the tele... with a glass of wine of course.

[gloria townsin]

TV still not sorted Jane, Eddie and I have been so busy, Eddie especially, in the evenings we have kind of been flopping on the couch and to have to use our failing brains to try and sort the remote hasn't seemed very much to the fore. It will have to be done though and I have a feeling it will be done when our youngest son Matt comes down at the beginning of August. In the meantime we are going back to Herts to fulfil the two committee dates I'm involved with, one for the Shih Tzu Club and the other for the Barton Way Allotments.....much as I enjoy these committees it's becoming something of a tie that I can do without as I'd rather be in Cornwall. However for the time being I have committed myself so must be there. Once I'm back in Herts. I'll be o.k. but the going back isn't great.

[Kath Mulligan]

Safe journey back tomorrow, Gloria. The weather sounds as though it is going to be absolutely foul for Cornwall and for us, so you may not be so loathe to leave as if it were a sunny day.

Kath

[jane jackson]

Yes have a safe journey Gloria. It may be a bit busy near Culdrose tomorrow with the Air Day! Hope you don't get caught in the traffic. Linda and her children were going to go there but the weather forecast isn't good and they don't fancy getting wet all morning and going later might be rather busy on the roads.

This morning we went to Poldark Mine. that was interesting and much more underground walking than Geevor ~ a trifle damp underfoot with drips from above but well worthwhile. On the way home we saw some of the planes spiralling in the sky and dropping down before soaring up again. Three were coming towards us as another flew right right through their path. Should be a good display tomorrow.

[gloria townsin]

Bad weather will make leaving a little less painful but I really am not looking forward to the journey in rain and wind especially over Bodmin. Would put it off until Thursday but it doesn't give me too much time to get organised for Saturday's show, there are always things to catch up on when we get back and we've been here two and a half weeks so more than usual.

[adesmith]

I enjoyed Coast tonight but disappointingly there wasnt much Cornwall on it although they did feature my favourite place - Botallack. The program was much more about our home territory and the Severn Sea which was very interesting. Seeing it all on tv made me think its not such a bad place to live - its funny what the magic of television can do!

Have a safe journey home Gloria.

[Kath Mulligan]

Yes have a safe journey Gloria. It may be a bit busy near Culdrose tomorrow with the Air Day! Hope you don't get caught in the traffic. Linda and her children were going to go there but the weather forecast isn't good and they don't fancy getting wet all morning and going later might be rather busy on the roads.

This morning we went to Poldark Mine. that was interesting and much more underground walking than Geevor ~ a trifle damp underfoot with drips from above but well worthwhile. On the way home we saw some of the planes spiralling in the sky and dropping down before soaring up again. Three were coming towards us as another flew right right through their path. Should be a good display tomorrow.

Oh no, it's not Culdrose Air Show day tomorrow! I seem to remember lots of last year's flying programme having to be abandoned because of torrential rain too. What a crying shame if the same happens this year.

Kath

[Kath Mulligan]

I enjoyed Coast tonight but disappointingly there wasnt much Cornwall on it although they did feature my favourite place - Botallack. The program was much more about our home territory and the Severn Sea which was very interesting. Seeing it all on tv made me think its not such a bad place to live - its funny what the magic of television can do!



Yes, I was a bit disappointed that we only got about 15 minutes of the programme in Cornwall too, but still enjoyed the programme as a whole. Elizabeth and I both learned something new tonight - we knew about the Plimsoll line on ships but neither us was aware that he gave his name to the plimsoll shoe as well.

Kath

[Linda]

..mmmm! Neil Oliver...mmm!
:girl_wacko::girl_wink:

[Kath Mulligan]

..mmmm! Neil Oliver...mmm!
:girl_wacko::girl_wink:

mmmmm! indeed, Linda. Janet thinks he should get his hair cut - me, I think he is just fine the way he is!!!

;):p

Kath

[gloria townsin]

The long locks are fine by me ......... :girl_wink:

He looks very Italian to me.......in fact very much like an old friend's son who's Father was half Italian.

[Liz]

Hugely agree about Neil Oliver, adore the hair, swoon at the voice and I must say my heart began to flutter when he set out for a skinny dip at Ilfracome! Somewhat disappointing camera work 'tho.... ;)

[Linda]

sorry Janet...but I just love long hair on a man...well depending on who that is....perhaps it stems from those long ago 60's....so glad I am not alone....its so silky too (Neil's that is!)...Jeff had his hair long and got it cut just before we met!! He wont grow it today so I can see what it would look like as it would be curly he says!! :)

[Kath Mulligan]

Hugely agree about Neil Oliver, adore the hair, swoon at the voice and I must say my heart began to flutter when he set out for a skinny dip at Ilfracome! Somewhat disappointing camera work 'tho.... ;)

Me too, Liz! I would have happily swapped places with that woman who was swimming to meet him, although I think I would have struggled to stay afloat in all the Victorian clothing!!

Linda, I have mixed feelings about long hair on a man these days. Some, like Neil Oliver suit it, but on others it just makes me want to grab a pair of scissors!

Kath

[Janet Swan]

sorry Janet...but I just love long hair on a man...well depending on who that is....perhaps it stems from those long ago 60's....so glad I am not alone....its so silky too (Neil's that is!):)

Just got to set the record straight - I too love long hair on many men e.g. Steve Knightley of Show of Hands :fans:, but just not Neil Oliver's. Perhaps if he tied it back in a pony tail or a plait (like Bob Flowerdew) it just might stop him from constantly brushing it away from his face when he's talking to the camera :jester:? Anyway, dear ladies, he's all yours - enjoy ;).

Janet

[gloria townsin]

Have to agree it rather depends on who is wearing the long hair......our eldest son has long hair and I think it not only ages him but looks horrible and this from his Mum.....our youngest son has longish hair also and it suits him although I would prefer it short as he looked really smashing when he wore it that way. Our middle son has never let his hair grow long and it always looks nice. All three of them grumble that they inherited their Fathers hair which has more than a tendency to curl.......he in turn inherited it from his Father. Eddie has never let is hair grown long as it would have looked like a frenzied bush!! What the lads ought to be grateful for is that unlike their Father who went grey in his 30's they haven't.......so they must take after my side for that as at 93 you could clearly see that my Mum's hair colour was auburn and my Dad was still quite dark at 91.

[Kath Mulligan]

I always wanted long hair when I was in my early teens but my Mum refused to let me - partly because she had been forced to have hers long and plaited as a youngster and she hated it - so when I went to college I decided to grow it. I stuck with it out of sheer cussedness until I was about 22 but it was quite curly and I looked like a cross between Kate Bush and a Afghan hound!!! - especially when the weather was damp.:dance3::dance3::dance3: This was in the days before Frizz-Ease! I'd gone back to wearing it short by the time I met Vin and he asked me once if I'd consider growing it again - until I showed him a photo of the 'bush', then he changed his mind!!

Janet, sorry but men with plaits - no, no, no!!!

Kath

[gloria townsin]

Another shared experience then Kath. My Mum wouldn't let me grow my hair long as she too wore her hair long as a child, when she had her auburn hair cut short at the age of 16 her older brother wouldn't speak to her for ages. So I was of the short hair-cut brigade. Grew it very long before I had Matthew ........ so I was about 28/29 but found it a nuisance when I was looking after a baby..........tied it back but it still flopped and got in the way, so having satisfied my longing I got it cut and it has never been that long again. Oddly enough I find it grows very quickly now I am older. I'm not very fond of plaits full stop, although I did envy my best friend at school's long dark plaits, but I was 5 at the time. I'm still in touch with her, she lives in Crief now........sat next to her on my first day of school, then quite by accident moved next door to her a few weeks later, a long, long, friendship, which saw us through school, going out as teenagers, meeting our future husbands, having children in fact a lot of our life.

[jane jackson]

I always wanted long hair too but it would never grow much beyond shoulder length. It's always been fine and not a lot of it so I despair most of the time as any damp weather makes it flop completely. Linda who has just gone home always looks immaculate with her hair but uses straighteners every other day or else she says it goes wavy which sounds just fine to me. Perhaps nobody is ever satisfied with their own hair.

After yesterdays wonderful summer weather, it's back to dull and drizzly today.

[Kath Mulligan]

Claire used straighteners on her hair a few months ago and I honestly didn't recognise her when she walked through the door!! She looked so different and it really didn't suit her. Fortunately no-one else liked her new look either, so she soon resorted to her naturally curly mop.

Kath

[gloria townsin]

Poker straight hair is all the thing ....... at one time to have a natural curl to your hair was deemed a real blessing now they iron out every last kink. My sister had curly hair as a small child, my Mum's hair had a natural curl, not tight just nice so that it always looked just done.....my hair was never easy. My Mum used to put my hair in rags to try and give a twist to it........I hated both the rags, which were awful to sleep in, and the end resulting corkscrew curls. When I got old enough to go to the hairdresser my Mum used to love telling me they had put a nice wave in the back......that was when the hairbrush came out and I brushed until there was no trace. My friends Mum was just the same, that's the friend with the plaits, by teenage years she had them cut off and her hair was shorter than mine......but her Mum loved to say she had a wave in it, we used to look at each other and grimace at the thought.:dirol:

[Linda]

when I think back to my 'youth' and how I used to spend hours on my hair...when I was only nine I lef school early to go to the hairdressers and had a perm so that my hair would fall into a Page Boy look. As I grew up I used rollers every day, geez sleeping on them was hard!, I wouldnt go out in the evening without a ..wait for it...head scarf!! to stop the wind from blowing out the style. You could bounce elastic bands off my hair for the amount of hairspray! Then in the eighties I had perms for the curly style first in the short style that was popular then and later on as it grew it was the 'shaggy' style of perm. I had every style of cut possible, from really short to bobs to long, today?...I found an old school photo and can't believe it...I am back in the style I had when I was 12 years old and wasn't in to hair and make up at that time. How time comes round full circle...I am now thinking I would like to get it cut short again!!
The efforts I went to in those days...

[Kath Mulligan]

Oh the hairspray! In the days of bouffant hair mine was so backcombed and sprayed that I could have gone out in a force 9 gale and not have turned a hair!! And the agony of trying to brush it all out again afterwards. Men have no idea how much hassle we women go through to make ourselves appear attractive, have they?!!!;)

Kath

[Gill Bilcliffe]

The agony of sleeping in spikey rollers each night and the back brushing next day followed by a spraying of hair lacquer from a squeezey bottle. My hair would turn white after washing and as I remember in the sixties we (me) certainly didn't wash our (my) hair each day! More like once a week! :redface:

Back to Coast. Neil Oliver ~ very nice. Please keep your hair long Neil. Was also nice to read the name of Bob Flowerdew another favourite of mine from way back Gardeners World days. And what about the lovely gardener Dan Pearson?

[Janet Swan]

Linda, Kath and Gilly - you've written exactly my hair "story" too, and since my last hairdresser now works for an estate agent, I've no idea where to go next!!!

Janet

[Kath Mulligan]

Simply had to watch tonight's episode of Coast if only because I had read a preview about the intriguingly-named bone-eating snot flower!!! It sounded utterly repulsive, but was actually quite pretty, and turned out to be a seabed creature which thrived on dead whalebones.

Fell in love with Tiree - what a stunningly beautiful place. Somewhere I should love to visit one day.

Kath

[jane jackson]

Didn't see Coast as at The Minack and only just home (well have washed up the thermos and mugs) lovely dry evening but a bit of a breeze. It was Amadeaus and very good if a little long and the queue didn't seem to get moving up the steps to get out. Very good evening though.

[Kath Mulligan]

It's looking a little grey and overcast at the Theatre just now for the matinee. For a change it's sunny and hot here. Just come back in from the hospital and it's 27C outside!

Kath

[Kath Mulligan]

Just been watching tonight's episode of Coast from Norway. Claire and I went on a mini-cruise to Bergen for her 21st and had a coach trip round one of the fjords, visiting Voss and the guide told us then how Norway harnesses its waterfalls etc to create hydroelectric power. With all our rainfall, wouldn't you think the UK could do something similar? After all, when gas and oil supplies run out, we shall always have a plentiful supply of rain!!

Next week they are in Northumberland so shall be sure to tune in for that.

Kath