Just been watching country file,...wow,I says to my wife the winning photo of the fieldmouse was awesome,such a lot of patience me thinks...!!

Then ,its shown the picture is staged,using a trained mouse handler in a sterile ,set up...environment..

That in my view makes the winner,null and void..
One of the finalists should be the winner..other non staged pics..

(I know I'll get an otter,put it into a fenced lake,photo it,next yr I'll win....not...)

Country file what a con..

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Great program, love it. I buy my parents a copy of the calendar every year form Christmas, wildlife lovers

If that the case Adam that is pretty piss poor, I missed this bit

Should be just genuine people taking genuine pictures, what a load of bollox

On another note as I'm watching it now. Used to do a bit of walking in the lakes with my family when I was a kid so I started to take my family as you do. I walked round the bottom of the old man of Conistion one year up towards goat water, near the top of the disused copper mine, or so I thought lol...

Next thing BANG WTF

I was walking along a ridge just above the mine, guess what, this day they were working it, set a load of dynamite off to take a load of stone down to get to the copper down, all the family hit the deck, loudest bang you have ever heard, seriously, our lass and my daughter in tears as I was looking through a thick “smog” before I realised what went off lol

Not a warning in site

Now I can laugh about it

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My brother n law was a slate miner,blaster...one day the set charge blew him up..mother in law,said his skin was hanging off of him like wet tissue paper...he didn't die ,luckily,changed jobs after that..

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Bloody hell mate, that's terrible.

So are you buying a calendar?

I think I will, pretty cheap trick that like but, hey ho

Sorry for changing subject, back on track, just felt it was appropriate with the program

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Yeah was really bad he was a lucky chap, didn't turn into dust or a section of 'Riley'....'snooker tables'...

Lots of ex blasters around here...!!

Probs not going to buy one tbh mate,I like authentic,sure its a great calendar and deffo get one for your family..its just my view...I guess👍

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Your a man with a passion mate, no doubt

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Staged photo shoots... calling themselves country folk
Next there will be thousands of unsuspecting people paying through the nose to angle for genetically modified fish reared on food out of sync with their evolution stocked only for sport, oh hold on

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Jesus Jon

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Adam, I do hope you're aware my tongue was firmly in cheek.. sort of

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Yeah but mate......, think you've told the truth..,maybe you'm an empath freed from the narcissistic constraints of modern life (brainwashing)...and like myself question stuff,and think for yourself,there fore we could be construed as Greta's nemisis,exposed to the world as a puppet, enticing,luring milinai, snowflakes that are melting in front of our eyes, this very moment in time.

Lol....😁

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Countryfile is made for townies , bit like the Archers 😂

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The ****s won't pull their synthetic wool over my eyes

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I think, landscapes photos are more difficult to take. At least, that's fair for me. I much prefer portraits or shooting events, like weddings or birthdays. Here you can capture some emotions. Some people think it's more tricky cause it's 50% of luck, but maybe I'm just lucky. I still consider myself a beginner, I want to get more skilled and do something like this: https://www.poptop.uk.com/bristol/suppliers/photographer/wedding-picture-taker/

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Ah Ha ..............

The schools have broken up !!!!!

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The schools have broken up !!!!!

...and who knows for how long... Plenty more **** like this to come until the little *******s go back.