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Mary-Jane



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:15 pm    Post subject: Start a New Life in the Country on now - Channel 5 Reply with quote
    

A couple have bought a run-down garden centre and farmhouse in Suffolk and are planning to grow chillis and open a Mexican restaurant...

Bloody mad as cheese.

Mind you - if we'd have gone with Channel 5 instead of Beeb 2 at least we'd have got paid...but you know Gervase

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Start a New Life in the Country on now - Channel 5 Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:

Mind you - if we'd have gone with Channel 5 instead of Beeb 2 at least we'd have got paid...but you know Gervase



And money is always handy

Mary-Jane



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Start a New Life in the Country on now - Channel 5 Reply with quote
    

Bernie66 wrote:
Mary-Jane wrote:

Mind you - if we'd have gone with Channel 5 instead of Beeb 2 at least we'd have got paid...but you know Gervase



And money is always handy


Yup - but Gervase prefers the 18th century bartering system, wrapped in hand-spun 17th century wool tweed...

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


Gervase



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Look, sweetums, had we gone with Channel Five they would have wanted their money's worth by spending the whole filming period trying to get a wide shot of your rear end and getting footage of us arguing.
Both of which, of course, are rarer than rocking-horse poo!

Bernie66



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

But how much dosh would you have got. You could stage a fight for that and.......

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Mid-Suffolk
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I think it's these guys

https://www.chillicompany.com/

I drove past them the other day.

Mary-Jane



Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

High Green Farm wrote:
I think it's these guys

https://www.chillicompany.com/

I drove past them the other day.


Oh right - wonder what it's all like? Bloody good luck to them I say...

Why don't you pop in some time and report back to DS?

moonwind



Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 1140

PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Their website looks excellent, and the content would suggest they have thought hard about things.

Why don't the mods from DS contact them by e-mail and invite them to join here?

Like a little welcome card (virtually)?



I bet they would have some helpful hints if they are prepared to share soem stuff with others.

Jonnyboy



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Location: under some rain.
PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

What is it about BBC2 and Guardian readers?

Jonnyboy



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 12, 06 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

High Green Farm wrote:
I think it's these guys

https://www.chillicompany.com/

I drove past them the other day.


They sell chilli themed hats, fancy that.

Andy B



Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 06 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It was a good program, did anyone catch the previous weeks one in Ireland £45.000 to buyand £14.000 to fix and they did it.

jema
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I love such programme, though would really like top hear whay they have to say about what really happened.

alisjs



Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 1497
Location: Conwy
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the ireland people spent £30k not £14k in the end....family donations I think. Amazing result though. They seemed very happy!

High Green Farm



Joined: 30 Nov 2004
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Location: Mid-Suffolk
PostPosted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mary-Jane wrote:
High Green Farm wrote:
I think it's these guys

https://www.chillicompany.com/

I drove past them the other day.


Oh right - wonder what it's all like? Bloody good luck to them I say...

Why don't you pop in some time and report back to DS?


I'll try to....I don't go that way very often.....about once every six months....its on the way to the abattoir

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