Paul Merton motorhoming TV series

Ok so far
 
I stopped watching once the bloke from RC motorhomes appeared.
 
It would be far more realistic and informative if they were honest about the difficulties in finding adequate parking for motorhomes particularly in towns and villages. I assume that the programme makers arranged little deals for 'easy' parking for the MH.

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Ok so I watched some more . What a load of rubbish . One of the couples offering “van life “ “hacks” are a YouTube tuggers channel!!!(Carefree Caravanning) They only filmed the back of the caravan so it looked like a motorhome. Typical channel 5 dross !
 
Norfolk Nige said:
Ok so far
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Pretty sure that she has driven something like an HGV before….. watching the mirrors like a Hawk. Broken mirror was totally staged.

edit….. it is now getting a bit annoying
 
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I've always enjoyed his dry wit on panel games and the prog was O.K. in a sort of chewing-gum-for-the-eyes sort of way.
It seems that they had permission to park the m/h right outside the railway station door. I doubt that they'd let me do that.
I didn't expect Paul to be particularly amusing with his customary T.V. repartee but I did think he looked rather frail.
It was all a bit superficial and I'm not tempted to watch the rest of the series but on the basis of his efforts to connect the EHU I'd like to see him struggling with the cassette.
I'd give it 5 out of 10.
 
Has he said things like, how much ? , it’s a rip off, I am not paying that much money. Haha.

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5 out of 10 is very generous. The most exciting moment was the wing mirror scraping the hedge.
 
Spriddler said:
I've always enjoyed his dry wit on panel games and the prog was O.K. in a sort of chewing-gum-for-the-eyes sort of way.
It seems that they had permission to park the m/h right outside the railway station door. I doubt that they'd let me do that.
I didn't expect Paul to be particularly amusing with his customary T.V. repartee but I did think he looked rather frail.
It was all a bit superficial and I'm not tempted to watch the rest of the series but on the basis of his efforts to connect the EHU I'd like to see him struggling with the cassette.
I'd give it 5 out of 10.
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I thought he looked a bit frail aswell!

I quite enjoyed the programme,it was a damn site better than alot of other stuff they put on mainstream tv!!
 
That bed would drive me crazy! Looks from the movement on it that it will fall down while driving

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It was quite good, his wife seems a real nice lady and at least there was a lot of Motorhome based filming as opposed to other programmes where you see them driving it for a minute then the rest is sightseeing.
Enjoyed
 
mitzimad said:
well ive learnt something i didnt know.after years of struggling to park in whitstable you just drive into the harbour and park out side the lifeboat station
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Saw the sailing club there as well
 
Landy Andy said:
Really enjoyed her. Very nice person and much more capable than him.
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Pretty sure that she has driven something big before. Look at the way she watched the mirrors

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Landy Andy said:
Really enjoyed her. Very nice person and much more capable than him.
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I enjoyed it. It’s entertainment so is never going to be serious and stick to reality, but it did try to show the good bits of motorhoming and give some guidance. The chance to enjoy scenery, seclusion and freedom. I’ll watch the next one.
 
Norfolk Nige said:
I enjoyed it. It’s entertainment so is never going to be serious and stick to reality, but it did try to show the good bits of motorhoming and give some guidance. The chance to enjoy scenery, seclusion and freedom. I’ll watch the next one.
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Even though I have complained about the episode ,I know I will watch the next one . Some of it was funny, like the “Wildcamping” . The girl in the VW van with the box fresh pure white trainers and white coat . Very practical camping attire 😂
 
MacVan said:
I thought a staycation was saying at home and blowing the holiday budget there, rather than going on holiday in the uk. Sorry.
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I thought the same but the Brits have adapted the use :o

From Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia said:
Staycation
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A staycation (a portmanteau of "stay" and "vacation"), or holistay (a portmanteau of "holiday" and "stay"), is a period in which an individual or family stays home and participates in leisure activities within day trip distance of their home and does not require overnight accommodation.
In British English the term has increasingly come to refer to domestic tourism: taking a holiday in one's own country as opposed to travelling abroad
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“Staycation”
I agree but, unlike the French we regard English as an adapting growing language so this, like my pet hates - using ”like” when they mean ”such as” and “decimate” when far more than one in ten is destroyed, I have come to accept it. I think it is here to stay(cation) - see what I did there?😁

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After watching it taking into consideration it's not aimed at those that already have motorhomes but the wider audience of want to be motorhomers and people who like Paul Merton. That said I found it reasonably watchable I liked the fact that him and his wife have a good relationship with out lots of unnecessary arguments and nonsense. I can't say much about the places they visited or how they were shown they could have been better, maybe next week will get a little better.
 
Langtoftlad said:
No doubt they'll engineer some jeopardy, suspense & "drama" into the programme, rather than confine themselves to being factual, informative and interesting.
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Factual?

What's your name?

Donald Trump?
 
mitzimad said:
well ive learnt something i didnt know.after years of struggling to park in whitstable you just drive into the harbour and park out side the lifeboat station
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My thoughts exactly. My OH comes from Whitstable and she didn't know you could park a motorhome there! Next visit .........
 
I thought it was watchable, not the usual getting stuck in a field or scraping a gate type rubbish. Overall a good balance.

Trouble is, it did make motorhoming seem quite nice, wait for the next rush in demand....

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