Our Yorkshire Farm

Mind she did well to find a Garry, it's not that popular a name now, I had a couple of Garry's in my class so she may have gone for an older man.

esp unusual with the double r.
you heard it first here !

Kamj

I used to love this programme but i feel its become false now, to 'celebrity'... reading between the lines i dont believe its as idyllic as made out.
Also the fact Clive has 11 children but they're never mentioned seems sad too.
I grew up on a farm and whilst it was an amazing upbringing parts were hard going.

I thought he only had two children from his first marriage and nine with Amanda.

That makes 11…..

BlueSapphire

I'm afraid that I am going to agree with the minority on here. I have never really taken to the series and always felt that Amanda came over as a bit self-satisfied and smug. The children are lovely, but somehow everything seems too good to be true. There is something that I can't put my finger on that is just not right.

I agree. I thought she seemed smug and a lover of the limelight, and I didn't believe her descriptions of childbirth. The children are lovely though.

www.yorkshireshepherdess.com/public-speaking-events/

It's my favourite show on TV and I was so sad to read on here about her marriage troubles. However when you look at her commitments from early September to December she can't possibly be spending much time at home attending to her flock. From Theatre shows to literary events if she manages a weekend on the farm she'll be lucky. I just think she needs to kick all the shows into touch and go back to what she does best, being a mum and shepherdess.

No one would comment at all if she was a man and having to work away

Grannynannywanny

Delighted to see the return of one of my favourite programmes tonight at 9pm. I love watching their life on the farm. The children are wonderful.

I'd say the same to Clive if roles reversed, go back to your day job. It's attending to the flock, two legs or four, which is most important.

Sorry Granny I was supposed to quote Jane.

People don’t seem to get that you can’t have it both ways. If you want to enjoy following the Owens and their farming life you have to accept that promoting her books and giving talks will take Amanda away from the farm. She started writing before she had nine children. Her popularity grew as her family increased so she responded in a way that has benefitted them financially. The genie is out of the bottle as far as intrusion is concerned so I hope they can find a way to balance their public and private lives. I wish them luck.

I have been reading on the internet today their marriage is on the rocks. Apparently Amanda is constantly away from the farm and Clive thinks they will end in divorce. It might be the truth who knows it's hard to believe anything these days.

silvercollie, 'cynical'? - no, just realistic.

Farming and meat consumption involves animal cruelty, there's no arguing that it doesn't. The fact that it's gone on for a very long time makes no difference at all.

I've stayed on a farm and farmers are used to it, blind to it - and accepting of it - along with vets.

Of course, what we see on our screens (on this and other programmes like Countryfile) is very much edited, romanticised, cleaned up - and overly sentimental - in an effort to compensate.

What's this about Amanda and Garry?

JaneJudge

well it just goes to show, you can live on one of the most remote farms in the country and your neighbours still spy on you and gossip

Neighbours have been biting tongues for a very long time, no spying required.

Staying on a farm hardly makes you an expert on farming practices, Hetty58.

Grandmagrim

JaneJudge

well it just goes to show, you can live on one of the most remote farms in the country and your neighbours still spy on you and gossip

Neighbours have been biting tongues for a very long time, no spying required.

sounds pleasant

JaneJudge

No one would comment at all if she was a man and having to work away

Not commenting on the fact she's working away from home more so about the fact their marriage is on the rocks, we would say the same if it was Clive living away from the farm and all this gossip came out.

To me Amanda and Clive both seem like very hard working people who have been devoted to each other, their children and their farm. Any success they've had has been due to their hard work and the fact that their lives have captured our imagination and admiration.

I'm sorry they are having such a hard time at the moment. We've all surely had hard times in our own ways. I hope they find a way through it.

merlotgran, what a strange comment! I don't have to be an expert to see suffering. Hill sheep farming is cruel:

www.animalaid.org.uk/the-issues/our-campaigns/animal-farming/suffering-farmed-sheep/

Then there's the psychological damage to those poor children.

But Hetty58 you are seeing this from your own unique perspective as we all do. Being a vegan doesn’t give you additional insight into how the the world works and the merits and downsides of farming and it’s impact on children, although I appreciate that you may think it does.

Scones

To me Amanda and Clive both seem like very hard working people who have been devoted to each other, their children and their farm. Any success they've had has been due to their hard work and the fact that their lives have captured our imagination and admiration.

I'm sorry they are having such a hard time at the moment. We've all surely had hard times in our own ways. I hope they find a way through it.

This….

Thank you, Hetty58 but I won't be ordering a free 'Go Vegan' pack.

I didn't find merlogran's comment strange.

Casdon I agree.

Viewing the world from a rather narrow viewpoint (even if you believe it is right) does not invalidate other viewpoints and ways of life which have been traditional for thousands of years.

BlueSapphire I’m with you, almost too good to be true…

Oh Hetty I could weep. So many doubly standards, so much closing of eyes to animal suffering and brainwashing of children, all because of centuries of ‘tradition’. And yet we’re the ones who are cynical with something to be ashamed of apparently.