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Old 03-11-2016, 20:27
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...or maybe just to ask! I think probably Ben DID ask but I don't recall her answer.
Well I didn't fully understand why she was doing it (and I was actually listening) and you clearly didn't, hence why I said that it may take a series.
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Old 03-11-2016, 21:15
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I would have stayed in the Cabin....like the Daughter did - she isn't a fool.
I would have been in that cabin too. It looked very cosy.

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I think each episode could be extended to a small series. Such fascinating people. One hour just isn't enough.
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Old 03-11-2016, 21:32
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I would have been in that cabin too. It looked very cosy.

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I think each episode could be extended to a small series. Such fascinating people. One hour just isn't enough.
I think that there is definitely room for a 'New Lives in the Wild: Revisited', providing they are still there.

This is one program that on many occasions has left me wanting more.
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Old 03-11-2016, 21:46
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I think that there is definitely room for a 'New Lives in the Wild: Revisited', providing they are still there.

This is one program that on many occasions has left me wanting more.
When Ben was on The Wright Stuff (last week), he mentioned a group that have since disbanded (or maybe got new recruits/different members). They survived on roadkill and dumpster diving (e.g. going through supermarket dustbins). You've got to hand it to Ben for being so game to pitch in with such diverse lifestyles. He is so open and amenable - amazing!
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Old 03-11-2016, 23:41
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I would have been in that cabin too. It looked very cosy.

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I think each episode could be extended to a small series. Such fascinating people. One hour just isn't enough.
Yes, that would be a really great idea!!
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Old 07-11-2016, 21:02
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This show seems to get better with each series. The last two episodes have been great.

It's one of my favourite programs and imo the best thing that Channel 5 has made. The only downside is that it makes me feel so boring. The guy tonight truly was like Crocodile Dundee. The couple really are living their dreams whereas the woman last week, although extremely interesting, seemed intent on making her life a living hell.

I hope they continue to find these wonderful interesting nutcases for Ben to visit.
Agreed. This is a wonderful programme and by far the best thing C5 has made.
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Old 08-11-2016, 23:39
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Tonight's episode: A young couple who bought a £3,000 property in rural Turkey to live a sustainable lifestyle starting with only £2,000.

Wow! Such a contrast from the programme last week. Everything looked cold, bleak and muddy. Couldn't fault the couple's determination and tenacity to follow their dream but it all seemed so haphazard and fumbled.
Felt sorry for the bunny who wasn't dispatched quickly with the first blow.
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Old 09-11-2016, 00:17
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This episode was a departure from what we've seen in previous episodes. Instead of getting away from it all, they appear to have joined it by living on what looked like a street.

Whether I envied their lifestyle or not, in previous episodes I could see why they chose their lifestyle - maybe there was a beautiful waterfall within walking distance, a mountain view or natural wildlife but with this one I just didn't get it.

If I had the guts to up sticks and go and live out my life on a budget, there must be far better places to go.

Turkey may have been a good choice but I believe they were in Hungary.

Back to normality next week
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Old 09-11-2016, 10:10
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I found this episode less than captivating. It's basically getting by, within society, on little money i.e. not a departure or different lifestyle.
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Old 09-11-2016, 11:01
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All these programmes are screaming out for a follow up in a year or two's time to see how the couples have progressed. Will we get one though?
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Old 09-11-2016, 11:09
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All these programmes are screaming out for a follow up in a year or two's time to see how the couples have progressed. Will we get one though?
Would it be that interesting though if it was just more of the same, i.e. they were still living that lifestyle? I guess you are hoping that some may pack it in!

I think a follow up, say, 5 years on might prove more interesting. So much of these lifestyles require physical labour and it always occurs to me that, should illness or age creep in, they could not continue as they currently do. They must have thought about that!
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Old 09-11-2016, 11:53
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There's some stuff about Mum here:
http://fffandf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/1...an-escape.html

(scroll down to Dec 23)
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Old 09-11-2016, 15:55
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Tonight's episode: A young couple who bought a £3,000 property in rural Turkey to live a sustainable lifestyle starting with only £2,000.
Hungary.

They had £5000 to start but after buying the property over the internet for £3000, that left them with just £2000 and no income.


This episode was a departure from what we've seen in previous episodes. Instead of getting away from it all, they appear to have joined it by living on what looked like a street.

Whether I envied their lifestyle or not, in previous episodes I could see why they chose their lifestyle - maybe there was a beautiful waterfall within walking distance, a mountain view or natural wildlife but with this one I just didn't get it.

If I had the guts to up sticks and go and live out my life on a budget, there must be far better places to go.

Turkey may have been a good choice but I believe they were in Hungary.

Back to normality next week
Yes it was Hungary, not Turkey.

There are lots of properties like this in other surrounding countries such as Romania and Bulgaria, the latter being a favourite with British. £30k will buy a very decent liveable property with all services connected and all come with a fair chunk of land.

Whilst i realise the couples budget was extremely small imo they had acted quite impulsively with zero planning. Worse still, they seemed to have absolutely no means of maintaining an income. I'm pretty certain that was the main reason for inviting the wealthy Ferrari driving mother over for a much needed cash bung!

Neither had thought this through properly at all and i very much doubt they will be there for long.
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Old 09-11-2016, 22:43
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The place they were living in Hungary looked like a place one would escape from rather than escape to.

I could understand putting up with some hardships if they were in stunning surroundings, but that muddy place looked depressing. Maybe it was the gloomy weather, but it looked like a place that had been abandoned and taken over by squatters.

They're a nice couple, but I can't see them staying there for very much longer.
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Old 09-11-2016, 23:52
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The place they were living in Hungary looked like a place one would escape from rather than escape to.

I could understand putting up with some hardships if they were in stunning surroundings, but that muddy place looked depressing. Maybe it was the gloomy weather, but it looked like a place that had been abandoned and taken over by squatters.

They're a nice couple, but I can't see them staying there for very much longer.
Exactly my thoughts.

I love this series but this episode depressed me and Ben didn't enjoy it - what was to enjoy? He always throws himself into the lifestyle of the people he visits but there was nothing here to join in with.

Two people in love with 5k between them. What to do? Let's buy a hovel in Hungary sight unseen and we've only been here a couple of months but we'll invite Ben.

Boring and exploitive.

Edit. She clearly comes from a very wealthy background and knows for certain that she won't have to end up in this shack.
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Old 10-11-2016, 17:57
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Hungary.

They had £5000 to start but after buying the property over the internet for £3000, that left them with just £2000 and no .
OK. I apologise for getting Hungary wrong (senior moment) but I don't know why you had to get so picky about the figures. Did it make you feel superior? I said they started with £2000 to live a sustainable lifestyle which is correct. Their sustainable lifestyle commenced after they purchased the house.
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Old 08-12-2016, 01:01
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Tonight's show in the Appalachian Mountains was a strange one. Not the escapism the featured people usually seek.

Firstly they set up their camp just off a main road. Wanted nothing to do with society, yet returned to the town every few days to scavenge food from dumpsters and collect cooking fat for their truck.

As for the dissecting of those poor bears. Put me in mind of savages.

It was a dirty filthy hovel. Not washing their crockery is one thing, but allowing their dogs to lick them clean and then just re-use them. Even Ben looked uncomfortable.

That guy Todd was the spitting image of Pernell Roberts from Trapper John, M.D. fame.
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:42
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Tonight's show in the Appalachian Mountains was a strange one. Not the escapism the featured people usually seek.

Firstly they set up their camp just off a main road. Wanted nothing to do with society, yet returned to the town every few days to scavenge food from dumpsters and collect cooking fat for their truck.

As for the dissecting of those poor bears. Put me in mind of savages.

It was a dirty filthy hovel. Not washing their crockery is one thing, but allowing their dogs to lick them clean and then just re-use them. Even Ben looked uncomfortable.

That guy Todd was the spitting image of Pernell Roberts from Trapper John, M.D. fame.
Now THERE'S a trip down memory lane, if ever there was one
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Old 08-12-2016, 09:43
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I was interested in the food wastage issue being shown and addressed. It is obviously beneficial that such food (only slightly damaged) can be salvaged and put to good use.

I thought the dissection of the bear and the way they fingered the resulting stew (in the pot) was very off-putting, if not somewhat gruesome!

It was nice to see the leader redeemed by love though i.e. that the woman and her child completed him.
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Old 08-12-2016, 14:06
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Re the bear stew, did the scummy hunters shoot the bears even though they didnt want them, or did they shoot them knowing the tribe would want them, or did the tribe let it be known that they would take any animals that were going.
Fogle couldve made more of it.
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