FARMER IS FUMING!!... WHY WOULD ANYONE LET IT GET THIS BAD??

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In today's video we have taken it on our selfs to get stuff done... Dad is raging AGAIN about the lack of maintenance! Do you agree? Let me know in the comments!
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@bevakathedementedraccoon 8 месяцев назад

I can't be alone in *LOVING* your dad even more when he gets into full blown rant mode.

@benrichards7397 8 месяцев назад

He reminds me of mine. 😂

@bertgregory911 8 месяцев назад

He is ace!

@brendanwhite9799 8 месяцев назад

The truth hurts all the do gooders that go around spreading lies ,we all love the ginger wearer when he goes on the rant 😊 he's nearly always right

@RachelM-Head 8 месяцев назад

10/10!!

@AxlMetcalf 8 месяцев назад

Honestly I joined for the ginger fella

@zstation64 8 месяцев назад

Your Dad is a legend. Same problem on the roads, blocked drains lead to flooding, which leads to potholes.

@dsndicmsa7141 7 месяцев назад

But governments love it.... they blame climate change for the issues caused by wasteful spending in frivolous crap instead of basic maintenance, then claim they need to tax people more so they can keep up the wasteful spending.

@stevietm 8 месяцев назад

It's so nice to hear the passion in your dad's voice about the environment. It's a shame the "suits" don't share the ginger guys passion for the land.

@Doubie. 8 месяцев назад

If your using your land to make money there are very few people who will be a more zealous advocate for your property than yourself

@joskd8491 8 месяцев назад

I think here in Holland it's even worse...

@paulaltena 8 месяцев назад

in the Netherlands you will get a fine if you don,t do your ditches, they check from the air.

@clivereynolds6633 7 месяцев назад

The suits are as thick as sh-t. Uni students full of their own nonsense. It's exactly the same with environmental health prats who check letting properties. NOT A CLUE

@kevindarkstar 7 месяцев назад

And right there is the problem, those in power don't really care about it, they pay lip service bit like the water companies and the sewage put out into waterways ect, they talk about the 'environment' but they don't want to actually do it 😮

@C4sp3r123 8 месяцев назад

Well said! They spend millions on flood defences that wouldn't be needed if they just got the basics of a man and a digger right. Exact same issue round my area, no maintenance!

@ebbs0000 8 месяцев назад

Yep same this way in east Sussex it's a shit show no one looks after the infrastructure but the council hire idiots that work offices to tell us about climate change. When it floods!!!

@MrMajorduck 8 месяцев назад

I don't think that's true. The reason they dont dredge the dykes is to make the land up stream flood and hold the water from getting downstream. Under heavy rain there is not enough capacity to take all the water run off from all the houses built on flood planes, so they flood up stream.

@hollydforce 8 месяцев назад

This is a whole country problem. They’d rather spend money going up rather than basic digging ditches. Ditches, Becks, Rivers all half full of silt.. said they only dug them out half the flooding we get wouldn’t happen but no they’d rather build multi million pound concrete to please people who haven’t a clue but it looks good

@spencersanderson1894 7 месяцев назад

Also beavers in the right place can do a better job than these concrete walls can. And for no cost at all. Plus give other benefits like cleaning the water.

@zogworth 7 месяцев назад

EA has had budgets decimated and the water ways agency is now a struggling charity. Glorious neoliberal Britain!

@Michael-8903 8 месяцев назад

After five seconds of Ginger guy and overgrown ditch, I knew it was going to be an entertaining video 😂👍👍

@belleetlabete1819 8 месяцев назад

What I love about Tom’s videos is how informative and educational they are. I’m a country girl but know there is so much more I can learn.

@philipmills172 8 месяцев назад

Wish your dad worked for the EA, he makes more sense than anyone about flood plains and land management

@Lanny-io9bi 7 месяцев назад

👍

@johnmccallum8512 7 месяцев назад

There vis no chance of The Ginger Warrior working for EA he is not PC enough.

@tonynewcombe9075 7 месяцев назад

Practical man with Common sense gets more good work done.

@princesspillows 8 месяцев назад

They blow 40k on flow charts and buzzwords. They arent bothered about maintaining the ditch because the aftermath only affects you, not them. Well done for holding them to account. You can only stay silent for so long! Blaming climate change is easier for them. Important message you both got out there today. ❤

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 8 месяцев назад

They blame a thing that they make money out of, so they can make more money!

@imperialgirl4858 8 месяцев назад

Bureaucracy at its finest. Your dad is absolutely spot on. Especially about the conservation angle. Those drainage features provide fabulous habitat for all sorts of native terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, but without the maintenance it is worthless.

@josephknowles5114 8 месяцев назад

Lack of maintenance is happening everywhere,I often say if council dredged often then flooding wld not happen

@bobuncle8704 8 месяцев назад

Best one yet. I love when Ginge gets goin, and telling us like it is. I just wish that those who should hear this, and actually listened, we’re able to hear and actually do some things about this properly.

@17snooker 8 месяцев назад

Everything you and your dad had said is true. The sooner we get back to cleaning out ditching the better

@marierobinson3935 8 месяцев назад

The environment agency are the reason GB floods so much,no maintenance and allowing estates to be built on floodplains, so frustrating!!! but a great video❤

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 8 месяцев назад

Thank goodness someone see what’s going on!! There’s a reason the old folk built on hills!

@stuartandrews4344 8 месяцев назад

Spot on 100%

@sarah-janeharvey8079 8 месяцев назад

Same is happening here on the east coast of Australia. Last few years has highlighted the massive mistakes of upstairs not thinking ahead.

@countk1 8 месяцев назад

Here, In Belgium, that all changed. You're not allowed to put concrete/asphalt everywhere you want because of drainage to avoid overflowing the sewer system. The sewer system is also doubled up to rain water and septic water on most places. Rivers have their fixed flood plains back. When you sell a property, there is a section in the contract that handles that too. So it's managed at least. Maintenance of ditches and brooks is still an issue though.

@foxcompaq 8 месяцев назад

You haven't got a clue do you? The EA objects to houses being built on floodplains constantly, but they're overruled constantly due to a need for houses, then they are blamed when they flood! Get a grip. Why would the EA want houses built where it's known to flood?

@simonalsop85 8 месяцев назад

It's so good to see the passion you and your dad have not just for your animals, but for the environment surrounding your farm. I totally understand what your dad is getting at. So good to see. Keep it up!

@donbennington677 8 месяцев назад

Having cleaned a few ditches by hand in the past, I know you can't work properly in a ditch full of water. Also, the best place to start is where the water empties out, That way it is running away from you and emptying as you work up the ditch. Water only runs down hill, and ditches need to be cleaned regularly and often. We need water to grow crops but we also need to be able to get it away when we have too much.

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 8 месяцев назад

That’s fine if you own the land where it flows out or have permission to work on someone’s land.

@donbennington677 8 месяцев назад

Yes, I was fortunate enough to be on a place that was Miles from the river but it all emptied into a flood plain that flooded most winters

@MrJudgementday99 8 месяцев назад

One of the rings that annoys me most is that the EA don’t do their job and then send farmers to jail when they do the job for them.

@foxcompaq 8 месяцев назад

Give me a break, he knew what he was doing, I assume you're talking about the farmer in Hereford? He was trying to get planning permission!

@tracktime1196 8 месяцев назад

Arh Tom your Dad is a legend! I wish every farmer/land owner had your Dad's perspective, I work for my local authority on the drains and I'm always butting heads about elevating flood water with basic maintenance and you and your Dad are on the money I could fix 80% of the problems in my area if I had a small excavator and a chain saw for about 2-3 month with access to the dykes, ditches and culverts on public and private land what really is annoying is the land owners don't understand it will benefit themselves to let us on and the powers at be to give authorisation to let me undergo the work it would save them all a fortune over the years and would make the environment flourish. I'm with you that there's an hidden agenda, a little bit bad weather are now called storms and given a name, politicians are banging on about climate change causing flooding is total lies the problem is lack of basic maintenance due to authorities not spending a little extra bit of the budget which they would recoup over the years anyway it's ridiculous

@JamieBlindLife 8 месяцев назад

It takes a community to keep running the way it should be not a bunch of pen pushers well done Tom

@TheSparkysdog 8 месяцев назад

Tom both you and the ginger guy are spot on, total lack of maintenance by EA, they put it in, it's their responsibility to manage it!

@foxcompaq 8 месяцев назад

If they had the money to manage it.... Blame the government.

@casualsports90 8 месяцев назад

I feel your pain Tom! Our back garden shares a fence line with a stream and a farmers field and we are both always on the phone to the local council about it over growing and flooding both my garden and the farmers field in the winter.....yet nothing ever gets sorted and we have the same conversations with them every year. Its like banging your head against a brick wall!

@simonbrown8509 7 месяцев назад

Well I have a small river at the end of my property, and as a riperian owner I own to halfway across the river, and it's my job to maintain the bank on my side. If you too are riparian owners of the stream like us, there's no job complaining to the council, because it's your job to fix the problem.

@kevindarkstar 7 месяцев назад

Which is exactly what it is, they will enforce action against you, but if you want them to fulfill their obligation they are not interested and will ignore you

@Bob10009 7 месяцев назад

@@simonbrown8509 exactly. People are so entitled, demanding other people do their job for them. Riparian ownership is a thing.

@dafyddrees8252 8 месяцев назад

Would you consider planting an Alder hedge along the ditch edge? They are a native British species that usually live along river banks that shore up the soil structure to stop erosion. As it's planting trees, could you get a grant for it? It also improves soil quality by introducing nitrogen, and they drink! They drink a lot!

@littlelawson06 8 месяцев назад

upvote

@medievelknevil8716 8 месяцев назад

Surely if you planted an alder hedge you would then limit any access to the water for machinery to clear further reed growth

@Doubie. 8 месяцев назад

@@medievelknevil8716that’s not even remotely a problem any equipment that would need to access that ditch would easily destroy any plant life in the way

@graememckay9972 8 месяцев назад

Who would pay for the planting, the maintenance and how much more land would be lost? They can't get the tractors and chopper into the edge of the fields with trees because of the over hanging branches so it would need cut every year. If the EA don't dredge the ditch they sure as hell aren't going to do hedge cutting.

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 8 месяцев назад

They have a bad habit of root systems blocking field drains coming to a main drain. We have that problem. Unfortunately they need chopped and the drains sorted.

@FoMoCo123 7 месяцев назад

I’ve been preaching this very issue to people for years now . Flooding is primarily caused by mismanagement of land and poor planning .

@bryanbrooks2634 8 месяцев назад

Your dad absolutely made this video!! Glad he got his point across. Loved every moment of it!

@user-qy7tw5qt7l 8 месяцев назад

I would be proud to call Mr Pemberton, senior my Dad.. very proud man

@pennysmith2511 7 месяцев назад

We need so many more like your dad and you. It's strange how folk around would help but too afraid to ask. Or feel farmers not approachable. Mad

@paf950 8 месяцев назад

It's like that all over. We have a drainage pipe in addition to an open ditch running through our property that the City put in 45 years ago to relieve flooding. In those 45 years we have only seen the City maintenance crew once and that was about 43 years ago! The 16 inch drainage pipe must be more than half filled with silt and the ditch is barely visible. This is in Michigan, USA.

@BattlestarCanada 8 месяцев назад

Tom, your Dad is a national treasure. You MUST give him more chances to Rant about things relative to farming and the UK. I've never learned so much as I have from your Papa.

@AlexsandraBohlin 8 месяцев назад

I am not a farmer nor do I have an interst in farming but I llove watchig people that are passionate about what they do and taking care of their surroundings! Keep up the great work that you do!

@RG-mk3ds 8 месяцев назад

Morning Tom I have wondered what happened when you featured the water problems before. Please keep updates coming about the drainage. You are in a position both in terms of where you farm and your notoriety to make a difference it is such an important topic and seems to be gaining a bit of influence at the moment. Thankyou this video is top notch.

@user-bd1fx4be2i 8 месяцев назад

your dad's a star hit the nail on the head with "there used to be 30 men on diggers and 3 in office now 30 in office and 3 on diggers" spot on

@martinowens2813 8 месяцев назад

Nothing like a full ditch to get Father going 😂 but he is absolutely correct, in today's World there is too much talking and not enough doing!

@bwghall1 7 месяцев назад

all managers. No workers!!

@TheCgmullen 8 месяцев назад

Great to see your dad again. Love his passion for your farm. The two of you always brings a smile. Love watching your channel.

@colddiesel 8 месяцев назад

What you were looking at there was exactly the same issue that they had down in Somerset with the terrible floods 2 or three years back. The Agency was shamed into fixing that problem, caused entirely by lack of maintenance and this year they have been much better. I can remember that 60 odd years ago when I lived in UK "bankmen" were employed locally who worked constantly to keep the rhines and ditches clean. They just never got into that state because working men who knew what they were about never let it become a problem. Progress? I think not.

@simple_simon 8 месяцев назад

Could listen to your dad all day. Like Attenborough of the farming world

@eoinohare3746 8 месяцев назад

Over here in NI we aren't allowed to clean out the river, and the river agency will not do it very frustrating!

@stevejasper5471 8 месяцев назад

The trouble today is the people in charge have no experience and no Common sense but are educated to the point of stupidity The EA needs to listen to people like the Ginger Warrior who know their land great video guys.

@yant8777 8 месяцев назад

Ginger is so right.Same story here in Ireland.They'd almost arrest you if you cleaned out a drain. 'Upsetting nature'

@richardstrange7629 8 месяцев назад

"30 men working on the drainage and 3 in the office...Nowadays 3 men working and 30 in the office !! Never a truer statement !!!! 👍

@joshuaredfern1620 8 месяцев назад

I can smell this video! Completely agree with the point you have made on this! Its so satisfying to clean a ditch out for someone.

@jamesmarsh4957 8 месяцев назад

the environment agency is hopeless , millions spent on putting it all in and its never been looked after its pathetic , you do a great job showing this , i am sure the people in charge have no clue about how it works they see it all overgrown and think WILDLIFE , but the wildlife are drowning in it all , lots of the flood defenses would not be needed if the whole system was maintained , your Dad is spot on with all this

@james1c763 8 месяцев назад

t's so nice to hear the passion in your dad's voice about the environment. It's a shame the "suits" don't share the ginger guys passion for the land.

@adrianhearne3359 7 месяцев назад

Tom - great educational video, thanks. Here's a crazy thought for you, wouldn't you think that the EA would be ensuring that these gullies were 100% clear at least a couple of times a year - and that they'd then congratulate themselves by sticking a little water turbine somewhere towards the outlet and draw a little bit of energy off it? They are, after all, called the Environment Agency, aren't they..? If we didn't know any better, you could almost imagine that they're ALLOWING this to happen so that they can then just point at 'The Narrative' and that we're all "doomed, I tell thee - DOOOOOOMED!!!" I mean, imagine that they're other Gov budies, Public Health decided to start scaring the shite out of everyone due to something that had a mortality rate of 0.4% and shut the whole economy down as a consequence .......oh, bugger. Scrap that last bit.

@djborud 8 месяцев назад

Thank you to you both for showing this follow up video of the work being done! Love a good Ginger Warrior rant! There is nothing quite so entertaining as your Father making his point regarding an issue he’s passionate about like his family farm/business!

@jospike1470 8 месяцев назад

I said this a year or two ago and I say it again now....nothing like hearing a farmer saying something with feeling. Well done Ginger Dad

@teresabrewer2661 8 месяцев назад

Yippee a Sunday video. I don't blame your dad for getting angry, I would too. They've lied, to the detriment of your farm 🤯🤯🤯

@jaynegixer 8 месяцев назад

Always interesting videos Tom. Drain looks functional now .

@ronaldlucas5360 8 месяцев назад

It is the same all over the UK. Drains clogged and fields flooded! I watched Cowley hill farm that had to rescue his sheep stranded on a tiny piece of land.

@ericwatt1447 7 месяцев назад

Yes your father mother and grandparents know what there talking about i have always said wish my parents was still alive to talk to and ask things but am on my own now wife gone as well your dad a good man keep up the good work

@peterclarke3300 8 месяцев назад

Great video Tom I been saying what you have said about the ditches everywhere and it’s the main reason for flooding and building on flood planes then people moaning about their houses getting flooded it’s all madness and all to save money 👏👏👍👍

@jenwhitby279 8 месяцев назад

Need more of your dad giving a tour of your land and how best to care for the environment!

@jimmyoneill8908 8 месяцев назад

Great job. Sure cleaning out the drainage system will help extend the grazing season which bring down the farm emission because your grow and grazing kore grass.

@davidfaulkner5423 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant to see it's finally getting cleaned out. Love the passion and knowledge your dad shares, that is so important. Stressed me a bit when you were standing under the excavator arm whilst it was operating (my construction background), not the safest place to be. Just remember to think safe, be safe.

@andrewjohn7952 8 месяцев назад

Why don’t they pay farmers to maintain the ditches

@user-vv8jp6bj7w 8 месяцев назад

Tom, I remember as a child every winter the ditches were cleaned out by the farmers. Then the rivers authority took over and the conservationists and thats when the problems started. I appreciated we need wild life habitat I dont have an issue with that, ut it needs to be managed and that is what the true farmers do best. I know Olly has commented on the ditch problem and you are both right.

@nathanielh8358 8 месяцев назад

Love it Tom. We still clean our ditches with the old major and foster back actor. Last time we did it we had the police called on us but luckily it wasn’t followed up

@ippaku 8 месяцев назад

This is definitely a problem that someone needs to take on and help the farmers and the people because again you want the environment to be clean and safe for everyone not just the animals are taken care of and the people you’re providing food for. Thank you for this informative video. It was very nice to see the ginger guy as always with his passion and love for his farm. Have a great week everybody happy cows, happy farmers happy of yours. Be well be you.

@dudleyblokerave 8 месяцев назад

I love a good drainage rant! Keep it up!

@finleylatham4753 8 месяцев назад

Great videos keep it up 👍

@Sparkx100 8 месяцев назад

One of the best you've done. Thank you.

@markbradley5333 8 месяцев назад

love the ginger Guy, and your both right i can remember then cleaning canals dont see it at all now, great video again, please do a update once its all cleared

@trippinggauntlet4520 8 месяцев назад

Ginge talking common sense and facts for 17.39. 👍

@antoinehardy9384 8 месяцев назад

Good to see journalists are full of **** in every countries! 😋 You guys are awesome, keep it up

@pdevaney1 7 месяцев назад

Tom dad is a Legend, he on the ball when it comes to drainage

@rosemarymurphy5767 8 месяцев назад

Tom , your Dad is right why would people leave the drainage uncleaned just maintain and cleaned out to let water flow . Keeps the water flowing instead of coming over the banks to flood the fields. Love how your Warrior Dad explains things awesome . Thank you Warrior Dad. Keep the water ways cleaned so pumps can work right. We clean our creek banks and water way’s every other three years.

@MrTractor1983 8 месяцев назад

Tom keep out of the Danger zone please you're in the "RED" Zone of that Excavator stay safe both of you excellent vid as usual

@goodiezgrigis 8 месяцев назад

For 2 employees that fart in the chair in the useless office they could pay for a digger and operator doing maintenance on the ditches all year. We do alot of ground work for those agencies and the amount of people employed there baffles me. Seeing them doing absolutely nothing useful on the ground makes me fuming as well.

@user-zu6qn9ux9n 8 месяцев назад

Thank Tony Blair for creating paperwork and red tape to create jobs that produce nothing and are a drain on the system.

@longjonwhite 7 месяцев назад

At least the bloody system’s getting drained though…

@TheMightyAntar 7 месяцев назад

It speaks a lot towards having a much more transparent and effective environment agency with the right tools to do the job that they're supposed to be doing!

@charleslynch7274 8 месяцев назад

Definitely a very interesting video loved hearing your dads point of view on it

@josephknowles5114 8 месяцев назад

Us common people can see the problem, instead of lining there pockets,go back to easy maintenance,dredge rivers clean out storm drains it's so simple

@Fieldsonyoutube 8 месяцев назад

Glad you got your bit sorted finally, however I fear they do need to do more downtream and upstream, to fully solve the issue. I was shocked at Wardies waffle with trees growing in dykes around his area, FULLY grown at that. preventing flow, I hope they open the gates also so this water has a chance to escape the system. hopefully EA are starting to listen, and 3 on the ground 30 in the office, typical government agency.

@tomvalentine9985 8 месяцев назад

Tom, these are some of the best videos you do. Please keep it up. The more yourself, Andrew, olly and other farming youtubers concentrate on this by way of social media the more momentum it will gather to be addressed in the mainstream.

@mattsmith8428 7 месяцев назад

Such a great video, so many good points made by the ginger one, and showing so much passion about the land

@davidarmstrong1452 8 месяцев назад

Tom, your dad is 100% right about water flow and the damage it can do if it can't! Your dads also spot on about the EA and their lack of maintenance to water ways up and down this land, check out Wardy's Waffle from a couple of weeks back to see the state of flooding dew to a lack of management, it's a real mess! And Tom never apologise for being pissed off and having a rant it's your land and your livelihood.👍

@grenvillephillips6998 8 месяцев назад

Only a government agency could be too busy predicting a flood to get round to clearing the drains.

@brianmartin2071 8 месяцев назад

Great video guys ! Your dad is so passionate about the water and the ditches. He is 100% right everything is blamed on climate change and global warming, sometimes the simple solutions like cleaning of ditches etc is definitely the cost effective way forward . Keep up the great work 👍

@stewthorne 8 месяцев назад

ive said for years we need to dredge years ago a river near me was 3 to 4 feet deep now you can paddle across ,so how can 15 ft of flood water go through with out bursting its banks . great video keep up the good work

@janf817 8 месяцев назад

You both said it perfectly. The people who should be sorting this problem have probably thrown away money elsewhere and not prioritised the drains. Its a very short-sighted way of looking at things. A lot of the problems we have these days are through lack of maintenance, simple as. I can't blame your dad having a rant, but it must feel like banging your head against the wall as no one listens!

@longjonwhite 7 месяцев назад

Harrumph! I hardly think proper diversity training is throwing money away. What if someone’s feelings were hurt by mis-gendering them?

@MCMilkingIt 8 месяцев назад

Great video Tom! Such an important issue. Same problem here all over Ireland with rivers and drains not cleaned out. Floods are destroying land, wildlife, habits and livelihoods. And people here are being prosecuted for trying to solve the problem and maintain the rivers and drains. Things need to change

@Iaintwoke 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for pointing out what the media get up to..👍

@Wwbyoung 8 месяцев назад

So thankful for you posting this!

@johnhughes5287 8 месяцев назад

Tom totally agree with you. We are fortunate to get ours done every year. Give it 4 months and it is back to the same way as before. As your father said to many in the nice office and not enough out working.

@GeoffHou 8 месяцев назад

I fully agree that the ditch needs maintenance. I however question how it is being cleared. Removing the reeds from the bank is causing the banks to fall in. The center shall be cleared and what is being cleared should be layed against the reeds on the banks so that the banks can grow in again. Clearing all the way will only cause more erosion.

@iansimpson4236 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating insight Into poor maintenance from the water people agency. One wonders when we see areas being flooded are symptoms of a similar poor management. But they would never admit it. Thanks Tom and Dad. 🤓

@OfficialiGHazee 8 месяцев назад

Love this Video Tom! You & your Dad are spot on with everything youve said. I look forwards to videos such as these as its highlighing a clear problem. This is a huge problem all over the UK. Due to money cutbacks most will now never get cleaned/ dredged out and they wonder why everywhere floods much more often. Clean them out and it will prevent alot of flooding. Multi million pound flood defenses are required in certain aspects but for the most part a simple job like this will massively reduce the risks. You only have to look at Holland. They dredge theres out every year to prevent flooding. 👍👌

@notaclue 8 месяцев назад

Got to love a rant! I mean this in the nicest way possible but I could listen to fellas his age for hours! 👍

@roemerbrunklaus626 7 месяцев назад

The video you made about the flaws in the drainage system in your area made me diced to study civil engineering and specifically water management and fluid dynamics. Amazing videos and keep up the good work 👍

@buildingsbyair 8 месяцев назад

Tom, your dad is fantastic. He is knowledgeable and speaks a lot of sense

@John-ng2vg 8 месяцев назад

Hi Tom and dad My grandad was a skipper on a chane dredger one of many that dredged the river ribble from about 1920 to 1952 when he retired. My dad tells me that grandad said it was a hope less job thousands of tonnes of silt a day taken out to the sea, and it would be pushed back in with the rough wind and tides. He said a good rain fall in the mountains and Ribble valley would do more good than 4 dredgers in a week would do 😮 In the end it all shut down. You have always to keep water running away. I hope all goes well with the brooke now. I've loved watching your videos over the year's take care all the best.😊

@puppynation3340 8 месяцев назад

Great Video and well said. The problem is that farmers and landowners have been saying this for the past 15-20+ years, but the government won't listen and continues to underfund the EA. Farmers know how to look after the land and the animals on it, including the wildlife, and have done so for hundreds of years, knowledge past down from generation to generation. So, let them manage the land and the waterways on their land, and have an EA consultant oversee, advise where needed and assist with grants/payments to do so. It's not difficult. The statement 'There used to be 30 people doing the maintenance and 3 in the office, now there are 30 in the office and 3 doing the maintenance' is so true and is prevalent throughout all publicly funded government organisations, this is where it needs to change. Please keep us updated and keep up the good work guys

@Mother..nature..77 8 месяцев назад

Top video Tom we love a good rant of honesty 😊

@DeirdreHickey-nx8nt 6 месяцев назад

Wow, what a difference to the ditch. Well done dad you are so right. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@slickymick 8 месяцев назад

Hi, well said Tom and great words from the ginger guy 👍 Ireland is the very same lack of thinking and work. Lack of maintenance 🤬

@AlleyCat-1 8 месяцев назад

Love the video. Totally understand your dad's frustration towards the people who are suppose to be cleaning that up. Thankfully we don't have to deal with that kind of an issue, but we have an irrigation water way system that their maintenance guy that used the same kind of machine that there & but "our" tore up our pasture last yr coming thru (after 5 yrs of us being here & even longer before that) to "clean", all he did was tore up tree's to get to tumble weeds that they could have easily just burned. This property has been developed since the 1950's at least, tree's were allowed to mature, etc. NOW, they want to put a road thru their easement, which would wipe out an old growth orchard, very mature willow. So bloody annoying.

@nanderson08rc 8 месяцев назад

This was the instagram video I tagged you in tom. Glad to see its made a massive difference

@bobmorton2397 8 месяцев назад

So pleased to see this,and hear the ginger guy explain it. Fantastic to listen to someone that understands the principles of drainage, water management and flood control. John price paid a hefty price for understanding the same and acting on it, Simply because EA won’t spend money on basic maintenance, hiding behind the eco smoke screen. Keep up the good work Tom.

@julietarpey4216 8 месяцев назад

Love The Ginge and his rants, rants = knowledge and common sense ❤❤

@davidgagetta7935 8 месяцев назад

It's the same in the States - no basic maintenance is done - drains blocked, can't dredge streams and creeks because of some "endangered" fresh water something or another. And when it does flood, there is still no help/relief. Your dad is spot on.

@RicardoPetrazzi 7 месяцев назад

That was really interesting. I came away with more of an appreciation of what proper land and water course management involves and its implications.

@farmerjacob 8 месяцев назад

Crazy such waterways, in the netherlands its mandatory to clean all the waterways before winter, otherwise we get a big fine. The fine is a real good motivator to do it

@BigYinMac 8 месяцев назад

Another brilliant record Tom. Have you ever tried to get your local MP involved? It’s a major issue for the local community & getting the local politicians interested might just help get these types of issues more prominence. Keep up the good work