Topic: ???Monty Don - Live Chat

[Colin_Bellamy-Wood]

"Ex-Beebies" may recall seeing a message from a HOST about a week ago on all the Boards (including the Allotment Board) that Monty Don would be doing a Live Chat between 9 and 9.30pm tonight.

So I "watched" it and was frankly quite bored by the whole thing as it was all about Ponds.   GW tonight was about Ponds!   I ain't got a b****y pond.   I got the impression that Monty would be talking in general, and found the whole thing a great disappointment.   I have left a message on the Allotment Board to this effect for Ceri.   It will be interesting to see if there is a reply.

Did anyone else "watch" the event, and if so, what did you think of it??? ???

[Suze_O]

Hi Colin

No, meant to watch it but got distracted sorting out bean recipes for 'Lishka.  Glad I didn't waste my time then, as I don't have one of those water filled thingies either.

It will indeed be interesting to see if you get a reply as certainly they were a bit backwards in coming forwards during the troubles  :D

[Ragged Robin]

Hi Colin, quite agree prog was fairly lack-lustre.
High-light for me was Chris in full length rubber waders!!!! ::)
   The offer to have a 'live- chat with Monty didn't tempt me at all.
Am also very unimpressed by Gardening SOS- dumbing down, or what?
          Robin

[Suze_O]

Now if it were Bob Flowerdew in rubber .......

Do you think all the gardening progs have been dumbed down a bit?  I used to love watching Geoff Hamilton, I had enormous confidence in what he said, he was a real gardener I thought, not an namby pamby presenter who didn't get his hands dirty.

[Ragged Robin]

Only if he wore his hair down! ;)
The whole TV scheduling is dumbed down,little to entertain the more intelligent, gardening viewer- did enjoy QI with Stephen Fry last night- nothing to do with gardening though :-/

[Suze_O]

Oh quite agree about the hair  ;)

Funnily enuf we have a BF look-alike locally, although his hair is dark brown.  He is a lecturer on game keeping ........ (shades of Lady C. I think?) also he has divine Harley Davidson!  This is way-off topic, sorry.

Missed that prog last night, on my way back from Manchester so didn't arrive until late, hopefully it will be repeated.