[Still playing with tractors]

Yes i agree it was one of the best episodes of late, no arty farty stuff

loved the duck house brilliant

[Backinwellies]

On going fight in our house over ellie ......... as far as I'm concerned she is a blond  b   put on for show my OH thinks she is lovely!!!  Give me practical funny, competitive julia anyday   (shame they dont compete Julia with Ellie .in something practical ........ we all know who would win!!!.......... come to that she would beat adam hands down at most things too!!!!



............. awaiting the back lash.................

[SallyintNorth]

There's something about Julia that just grates on me, can't put my finger on it.

Ellie doesn't grate, but yes, is a bit of a blonde b.  Sorry, Ellie, I'm sure you're really nice.

Adam's ok, definitely a bonus having another real farmer on the prog.

I do like Matt.  Another Northerner, and from a farming family to boot.

[Fleecewife]

I quickly get fed up with most presenters when they have been around too long especially when they appear on loads of other progs - for example Hammond is a name which pops up all over now, not just imagining he's still 18 and playing boy racer.  I begin to notice all their foibles and mannerisms to the point that I can let it spoil the programme.
I never get tired of David Attenborough though.
 
I agree that Countryfile is less about agriculture these days, but they are appealing to the masses and encouraging greater interest in the countryside for everyone.  It leaves us with no specialist TV programme and some of us are not up in time to listen to Farming Today 

[HelenVF]

I like Matt a LOT lol!  I don't mind Ellie but her hair does get on my nerves - tie it back!!  I can't make my mind up about Julia Bradbury.  Sometimes I like her, but sometimes I don't.  Not sure why.  Adam needs a programme of his own!  He is fab!

Helen

[Still playing with tractors]

I don't mind either Julia or Ellie but hey i'm a bloke  

[colliewobbles]

I am liking the shetland ducks.......project coming on......

Helen

  we loved them too

[kye]

I bought my cows from Mary (with the ducks). They are lovely girls. 

[Backinwellies]

Yes Adan maybe does need a programme of his own ......but not one where he  pretends to farm or even worse smallhold ........... he is a landowner of a very large estate and i suspect the 2 minutes of farming he does for countryfile a week is the most he ever does! (watching him try to tell the age of a sheep by its teeth in one episode (he was wrong!) had me laughing out loud.    Yes he has done a lot to promote farming to the masses and I'll thank him for that, but how many bulls at several £1000 each  can you buy and how many new tractors can you drive  before Joe Bloggs thinks all farmers are rolling in it ...........   Give me Matt any day......... when he goes home to his papernts farm he gets dirty!

[colliewobbles]

Yes Adan maybe does need a programme of his own ......but not one where he  pretends to farm or even worse smallhold ........... he is a landowner of a very large estate and i suspect the 2 minutes of farming he does for countryfile a week is the most he ever does! (watching him try to tell the age of a sheep by its teeth in one episode (he was wrong!) had me laughing out loud.    Yes he has done a lot to promote farming to the masses and I'll thank him for that, but how many bulls at several £1000 each  can you buy and how many new tractors can you drive  before Joe Bloggs thinks all farmers are rolling in it ...........   Give me Matt any day......... when he goes home to his papernts farm he gets dirty!

I have to disagree somewhat with this - we got our GOS weaners from him and spent quite a lot of time at the farm with him and his farm manager.  They are actually tenant farmers and don't own the estate at all.  A short drive from their farm is a massive country house which is actually the estate that Adam, and originally his Dad, rent from.  The Farm park only covers about 2 acres and is not a particularly big set-up.  And the farm house looks fab on the TV but is actually pretty ramshackle and needs quite a bit doing to it.

When we talked to him about livestock he clearly knew his stuff and was very hands on whilst we were there, as was his young son who was well into the farm animals too.

Obviously his farm manager is fantastic and they seem to work very well together and he needs someone to rely on whilst doing his other work. Every farmer needs to diversify and he is lucky that he has been able to diversify into something fairly well paid that brings him good publicity - I guess we all would if we could.

[colliewobbles]

On going fight in our house over ellie ......... as far as I'm concerned she is a blond  b   put on for show my OH thinks she is lovely!!!  Give me practical funny, competitive julia anyday   (shame they dont compete Julia with Ellie .in something practical ........ we all know who would win!!!.......... come to that she would beat adam hands down at most things too!!!!



............. awaiting the back lash.................

My Dad is totally convinced that Julia and Matt have a thing going on    Lucky her I say - after all the man can dance, is a sheep farmer by trade and loves collies - what more could a girl want.   

[HelenVF]

Nooo, Matt is happily married, isn't he?  He is a NICE boy! 

Yes Adan maybe does need a programme of his own ......but not one where he  pretends to farm or even worse smallhold ........... he is a landowner of a very large estate and i suspect the 2 minutes of farming he does for countryfile a week is the most he ever does! (watching him try to tell the age of a sheep by its teeth in one episode (he was wrong!) had me laughing out loud.    Yes he has done a lot to promote farming to the masses and I'll thank him for that, but how many bulls at several £1000 each  can you buy and how many new tractors can you drive  before Joe Bloggs thinks all farmers are rolling in it ...........   Give me Matt any day......... when he goes home to his papernts farm he gets dirty!

I have to disagree somewhat with this - we got our GOS weaners from him and spent quite a lot of time at the farm with him and his farm manager.  They are actually tenant farmers and don't own the estate at all.  A short drive from their farm is a massive country house which is actually the estate that Adam, and originally his Dad, rent from.  The Farm park only covers about 2 acres and is not a particularly big set-up.  And the farm house looks fab on the TV but is actually pretty ramshackle and needs quite a bit doing to it.

When we talked to him about livestock he clearly knew his stuff and was very hands on whilst we were there, as was his young son who was well into the farm animals too.

Obviously his farm manager is fantastic and they seem to work very well together and he needs someone to rely on whilst doing his other work. Every farmer needs to diversify and he is lucky that he has been able to diversify into something fairly well paid that brings him good publicity - I guess we all would if we could.

    I'm pleased you said that, I was getting worried!


Helen

[MarvinH]

Yes Adan maybe does need a programme of his own ......but not one where he  pretends to farm or even worse smallhold ........... he is a landowner of a very large estate and i suspect the 2 minutes of farming he does for countryfile a week is the most he ever does! (watching him try to tell the age of a sheep by its teeth in one episode (he was wrong!) had me laughing out loud.    Yes he has done a lot to promote farming to the masses and I'll thank him for that, but how many bulls at several £1000 each  can you buy and how many new tractors can you drive  before Joe Bloggs thinks all farmers are rolling in it ...........   Give me Matt any day......... when he goes home to his papernts farm he gets dirty!

Well said