Clarkson's Farm - Amazon Prime series about the most inept farmer... in the world

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wtfNeedSignUp said:
What's up with the weather on that god forsaken island? One year there's drought, then endless rain, now TB. Is god trying to say something?
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The British isles receives the brunt of moist air from the Atlantic. This means our climate is more temperate than the likes of Norway and we receive less snow, but our relatively flat terrain means we have no mountains to catch/block storms/cold air hence a shit ton of rain and gloom that the UK is typically known for. Mountains force air upwards meaning any rain gets dumped on one side whilst the other is spared, or it gets colder and freezes near the top, hence why Sweden gets less rain than Norway, or why Iceland is mostly just cold but gets little rain.

Once you see the connection between the movement of water, wind, and geography, you can kind of see why everything is the way it is. The Alps prevent hot air from the Med/Africa from reaching into Germany, but the small gap between Spain and the Alps allows the French to get a decent warm climate in the South which the rest of the country gets a taste off but to a lesser degree. This is also why south England gets a touch nicer weather as a pleasant side effect, but the collision of moisture and cold air from the North sea with this little bit of warm air means we can (and do) get a lot of rain and storms too. The hills in Scotland and mountains in Norway also help shield central and Eastern Europe from moisture, but they also receive very little warm air due to mountain ranges in the Balkans and Anatolia and being so far inland that any do they get from other sources (such as travelling along the flat terrain of Northern France and Germany) has cooled down by the time it reaches them.

It's all rather interesting... if you're autistic.
 
D_Tractor said:
Series 5 | Official Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GJxPc3B2osUClarkson's Farm returns to Prime Video on the 3rd of June.
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I hope they don't talk about the pub anymore. It's called Clarkson's Farm, not Clarkson's Pub, and while I understand the pub culture is important in the UK, the place seemingly ended up being more of a family restaurant than a local pub with decent side dishes.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I hope they don't talk about the pub anymore. It's called Clarkson's Farm, not Clarkson's Pub, and while I understand the pub culture is important in the UK, the place seemingly ended up being more of a family restaurant than a local pub with decent side dishes.
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twas the only way to make farm to table profitable i'm afraid. i'd like to know its at least mildly successful and if so, if other farmers have been able copy it.
 
oh no its pipkun said:
twas the only way to make farm to table profitable i'm afraid. i'd like to know its at least mildly successful and if so, if other farmers have been able copy it.
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It's not really practical, Jeremy had to spend a fortune setting up the place and even then it was a money sink that maybe will return the cost in a decade, and that's with his advantage of publicity. A normal farmer will have to risk taking a massive loan and need to compete with corporate bars to make a profit, with the pub location being a big issue (close to the farm means no business, far from the city means massive loss on transportation).

An actual solution would mean the UK government step in and massively limit/tax food imports to make buying from British farmers the only viable option. But that's way too unpopular politically to happen.

Starting a popular sentiment to buy only UK produce is just doomed to fail for politically sperg reasons.
 
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