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bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 8:56 am Post subject: Tales From The Wildwood BBC4
Series comming out on BBC4 on 17th October about the restoration of neglected woodlands. We're biased because we were involved in the programme in a small way, but having met some of the other people involved, it looks really promising.

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 12 10:56 am Post subject:
It will be interesting to see what sort of investment is necessary.

robkb

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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 12 9:01 am Post subject:
Really looking forward to this, thanks for the reminder.

bulworthy project

Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Wed Oct 17, 12 5:14 pm Post subject:
With no TV and a dongle for our internet, we're not going to see it until tomorrow, so we'll have to see if it's as good as it sounds then.

Bodger

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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 12 6:41 am Post subject:
We watched the first programme last night and really enjoyed it. We now have it on series record.

robkb

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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 12 7:22 am Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

We watched the first programme last night and really enjoyed it. We now have it on series record.

Yep, me too. Enjoyable and much less trivialised than some other things like this I've seen.

bulworthy project

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Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 12 12:05 pm Post subject:
We watched it this morning. Really enjoyed it. For anyone who missed it, it's repeated this evening and on Sunday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ndkwq

robkb

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 12 7:59 am Post subject:
Well, last night's episode was rather good

bulworthy project

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Location: Rackenford, Devon

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 12 10:08 am Post subject:
We particuarly liked the wood-kiln dried logs getting a mention. The brown ends (wood that has not quite become charcoal) keep us warm all through the winter. They're a great fuel although you do have to be careful not to make the stove glow.

robkb

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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 12 10:14 am Post subject:
Yes, I got the impression they can get a bit warm - didn't they mention a temperature of nearly 400 degrees C at one point? The 2000-year old coppice was pretty amazing

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 12 6:29 am Post subject:
I felt a bit sorry for the two Tamworth pigs. Eight weeks hard work clearing the woodland and what was their reward? Redundancy and off to the slaughter house I'm sure that we saw that the sow was in season in the first episode.

robkb

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 12 7:11 am Post subject:
Yeah, but you need a bacon sarnie after all that hard work...

Ty Gwyn

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 12 10:31 am Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

I felt a bit sorry for the two Tamworth pigs. Eight weeks hard work clearing the woodland and what was their reward? Redundancy and off to the slaughter house

I'm sure that we saw that the sow was in season in the first episode.

And to fat to be able to conceive.

bulworthy project

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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 12 8:46 am Post subject:
Episode 3 of Tales from the Wild Wood on 31st Oct,has been picked as Critics Choice in Radio Times: https://www.radiotimes.com/episode/srxc9/tales-from-the-wild-wood--series-1---episode-3

marigold

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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 12 10:07 am Post subject:
I'm enjoying the series, thanks for bringing it to my attention

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