On Jeremy Vine now.......
Some stuck women who havent got a clue have been on already telling us what we should & shouldn't do
On Jeremy Vine now.......
Some stuck women who havent got a clue have been on already telling us what we should & shouldn't do
Mike Parsons trying to explain, but..................Jezzer is just not listening as usual
thank you andrew hunt for putting a calm and honest view.
After taking part in my first OMM, I was dismayed at the way the media miss-represented the events at the week end.
I had a great weekend and was disappointed that we did not carry on into day two.
Jeremy Vine show like the rest of the media , just dont get it.
Never mind they will soon get back on to the doomed economy..
Im off to the soup kitchen.
Bet you wish you'd been there after all eh Nee Bother
As a former journalist (turned media lecturer) and OMM competitor, this was a notable weekend for me! As many people have already remarked, since journalism tends to work by simplifying, context is lost in a quite infuriating (and quite deliberate) way. So '1500 unaccounted for' may have some literal truth but is otherwise ludicrous hyperbole without the wider context that we are all aware of. Worse still, the practice of prioritising the juiciest quote: which is where the moron from Honister mine comes in. So the event is deliberately misunderstood, context deliberately ignored, facts not conducive to the story ignored. We finished day one along with many others and were camped before being told the event was cancelled. No problems, no complaints, just calm efficiency as we all dealt with the conditions with the benefit of decades of experience in the british hills. All power to the organisers - just hope it doesn't attract the yuppies next year.
Yeah......sounded like a good weekendOriginally Posted by Moorlander
After taking part in my first OMM, I was dismayed at the way the media miss-represented the events at the week end.
I had a great weekend and was disappointed that we did not carry on into day two.
Jeremy Vine show like the rest of the media , just dont get it.
Never mind they will soon get back on to the doomed economy..
Im off to the soup kitchen.
Bet you wish you'd been there after all eh Nee Bother
I can back this up as I’ve just heard Mike Parsons on Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ program. You and Yours has been going for a long time and is a program I respected in championing consumer issues with some very good investigative journalism. Not today though, they are pedalling the same BBC mis-information that they have been putting out all weekend. Shame on you BBC.
Having never organised a race before, I’m only speculating here, but….
Might the problem be that next year, land owners will refuse to allow the OMM to pass over their land for fear of negative publicity?
Or are land permission issues different in MM type races, rather than fell races that follow a set course?
Simongywn said
All power to the organisers - just hope it doesn't attract the yuppies next year.
It shouldn't if as the entry details on the website state
'All competitors will be vetted for their competence'
I'm off to the soup kitchen.
...and another thing. The weather was so bad I couldn't get up my garden to cut a cabbage. So, I did the obvious thing and opened a tin of peas. You should have seen the rain on my conservatory roof. It was difficult but we survived.
Later, when it quietened down a little, we checked the freezer (a bit short on oven ready chips) and battened down the hatches to watch "Saw". Put the leccy blanket on but took the top blanket off when we went to bed so that I could feel conditions a little closer to those 'lost' souls
I know it is going to be difficult for the organisers but they should just ignore any negativity and understand that we still love them. Big hug.
Wish I had been there.
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