I had a journalist from the BBC telephone us just after lunch, wanting to do an interview about the rantings on this blog.
At the time, I was in the middle of baking prune flapjacks, keeping a small boy entertained, awaiting the delivery of the second boy on the school bus and keeping an eye on the Other Half (off sick today).
So, I politely told the BBC chap, “no thanks, too busy now but feel free to call back”.
He got a bit snotty and said it had to be then or not at all.
“Fine,” said I, “not at all, bye”.
It’s strange how some people in the media think everything has to happen when they want it to happen. Real life’s not like that.
Mind you, I suppose it’s difficult for mainstream, urban consumer, wage slaves to grasp the fact that there are alternate realities to theirs and that there are a few of us with different personal time zones to the rest of the world!
That is uncanny a journalist e-mailed me today and asked if they could do an article on cider making, I may need to credit you however!!!
mine was just scunny news
I suspect the journalist who contacted us found this blog via bean-sprouts, which was linked to by the Times.
But the outside, conventional world runs on clock times. And anyone who grows veggies or bakes, or both, knows that the real world runs on ‘when it’s ready’ time.
I know which I prefer. I’m sure real world/outside world time lag…..
Vegetables, baking and one more… small children who have time zones all to themselves!
If people want to know what you are doing let them look here rather than the BBC taking all the credit.
Maybe the journo can find a crofter who isn’t busy and interview them instead. You know, one of those crofters who just sits around all day long with nothing to do.
I’ve heard of those crofters, never met or seen one, mind. But I hear they’re the ones that get all sorts of government hand-outs, lead an idle life and generally sponge off the rest of us!