Trek.

I am certainly going to enjoy, if not like, the new Star Trek film. That is just a fact. But I really, really enjoyed and liked this, from the good people at The Onion.

Killer Bees? Again?

Today I watched Castle in the Country, at approx 1pm on BBC 2. I have never seen anything quite like it in my life. For a while, I couldn't tell if it was a genius spoof a la Posh Nosh, or if the BBC had finally flipped its lid and was now dedicating an hour of its daily programming to shows specifically designed for the recepients of the Barbour Jackets Club-Class Collectors mailing list.

From the BBC 2 website "Castle in the Country is a daytime magazine programme based in some of the UK's finest castles focussing on rural affairs, agriculture, environment, food and the countryside".

This epidode focused on Burghley House, seems like a nice little spot, hmm?

But the hidden terrors. From the show, I quote ..

"Tom discovers a rare bird in Burghley House, and it's pinned to a wall"
"Gordon is preparing a desert inspired by his Grandmother"

"So, Sybil, the house was completly destroyed in a fire in the 1800's, did you lose everything?"
"Actually, no, the Beringer Rose garden remained undamaged - quite a relief"

Quite. Especially when over in the other wings of the estate, crazed cannibals are basting octogenarian family members and nailing sweet avarians to the walls in blood-lust.

Sadly, the show chose to focus on a show-jumping competition curently being set-up in the 'grinds' of the 'hice'. Nora Bunsenton-Bunsenton was eager to explain that the jumps were made impressivly difficult by being narrow, set near water etc - things that horses don't like. Why not take it to another level, Nora? I bet horses really don't like fire, do they? Or killer bees?

But thats another episode, I'm sure.