First of all, I was amazed at the amount of money involved in transferring it from BBC to Channel 4. Then there have been all the cheers that have gone up because some of the presenters have said they won't go with the programme. This has led to all sorts of talk about loyalty and winning formulae for programmes and so on.
What I find most incredible of all is that this is apparently the most popular programme on TV. How does that come about? The most popular programme is all about watching people bake cakes! Don't get me wrong; I love to bake cakes. I do so quite often. And I love to try new recipes. But the idea of watching other people baking cakes and then seeing whose cake is the best strikes me as quite ridiculous. It's a bit like a media-age version of the church flower show cake competitions of my childhood!
I know there are lots of channels to fill with stuff to watch but can we not do better than this? And here's another thing: instead of watching other people bake, dance, sing, or whatever else comes up in a competitive situation, it might be an idea to actually do all those things yourself!
Meanwhile, bad news stories keep coming to my notice. Here's a link to one about a young man who was stabbed for speaking Polish. Talking about his attackers, the young man said, "One of them said he had a daughter living round the corner and he didn’t want her to hear us talking Polish.” What a strange thing to say. This makes talking Polish on a par with dealing drugs, selling pornography and organising prostitution.
As I have been heard to say before, we live in a very odd world.
Having said that, we are enjoying a mild sort of Indian summer here. This has given us the chance to go for long walks along the local bridle paths, stopping for pleasant refreshment along our way. So,it's not all bad.
And here are some photos. I have still not mastered the art of attaching photos via my iPad so I have used the laptop instead. So it goes.
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