David FranksRe the #CountryFile cast, when I repatriated in 1997, there was a case that those of Asian & African origin were not fairly represented on our TV - now, they ARE overrepresented, which is NOT fair on photogenic competent English; my #poem on "England's TV" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/06/walkaboutsverse-69-of-230.html
Re lambing & castration on #CountryFile 15/3/2026, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem, with #photos, "A Good Life" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/03/walkaboutsverse-95-of-230.html
Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity newsBBC Countryfile legend was left in tears over 'agonising' health issue
BBC Countryfile legend admits 'I was disappointed' as she addresses show exit
The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentCountryfile host admits 'I'm ashamed' as they make candid confession on BBC show
Re hare-coursing on #CountryFile 1/3/2026, my WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Suffering" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/poem-205-of-230-suffering-badger-b.html
Re #CountryFile 1/3/2026 with catch-&-release fly-fishing, would you like to return home having had a hook wrenched from your mouth? My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "On #Fishing Regulation" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html
Solar🌄Gardenunpicking this chunked-up statement about the excessive carbon-cost of sending emails ⬇️ .
The most opaque part is each email has a cost of 1 g of carbon, an average of the figures estimated by Tim Berners Lee, 10-ish yrs ago, given in the countryfile page.
"A spam email…0.3g CO2e …
a "regular" [wtf?] email … 4g
an email with a photo or "significant" [also wtf?] attachment …50g …"
Bernerss-Lee ref is to book, if anyone has it. Rest of the calcs are ovo energy link in the countryfile one. Ovo itself offers a gamut of domestic energy plans, including gas, default grid-mix, and 100% renewable
Judging by the fact that the gafam mail providers regularly return my mails - yes even replies - from my own renewable-energy powered server - they must be so lightweight as to be considered spam! ;-P
If you've not got one, get a genuine #green email account eg. posteo.de, if you're in europe
Many mailers default to html - switch it off and unload a whole lot of baggage in one easy step.
Remove received attachments when you reply.
Even delete superfluous signatures and the quoted message if long and non-essential.
Does your mail app need to check the server every minute?
Do you really need to send 30MB size images of your cat etc bcs that's what your phone takes -- when 0.3MB is sufficient to fill a laptop screen, if the image is not too detailed, and 3MB is high res? Scale them first.
How many streaming video or audio minutes are you burning thru per 0.3 g email?
Are you running your own computer/household on 100% renewables and avoiding flying or driving a combustion vehicle? If not, why fret about <0.1% of your external carbon impact?
Can we carry on emailing now?
As an example of how, due to mass economic/CAPITALIST #immigration, standards are falling in England, BBC Weather on #CountryFile 22/2/2026 just informed us of "oCasional showers". My WalkaboutsVerse #poem on "Nationalism Without Conquest" https://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com/2011/04/walkaboutsverse-84-of-230.html
Re #CountryFile 22/2/2026, my WalkaboutsVerse #poetry, with #photos, "On #Fishing Regulation": http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/walkaboutsverse-204-of-230.html