Liz Jones and fitting in on Exmoor.

Ha, the Welsh will probably burn her house down!!! The woman is revolting and not even a good writer. She does nothing but moan on about her lot. I heard her on the radio a couple of days ago and frankly, to hear a grown adult talking like that, it was pathetic. Nothing but poor little me, mainly because I'm childless and single. Well, no man would go within a million miles of her frankly. The only thing she is interested in is money and how to lord it about over people. She knows full well that she is insulting people but is such an attention-seeker that she just keeps on doing it. So she gives loads to charity - big deal. I personally know of a gentleman, now sadly dead, who single-handedly raised over £1M for charity and entertained lots of people in the process. He wasn't rich, just an ordinary person in the street. He was never recognised for his efforts, and probably didn't want any recognition either. Apparently she lets all the locals ride their horses in her school for free. Ooh, wow, - more fool her.
 
I had an embarrassing moment then, thinking do I claim to live on Dartmoor when the actual moor is 5 mins up the road, then realised I do live within the National Park so reckon I'm not telling porkies..!
Interesting to read so many people agree with me, I would place bets on her selling up and moving after the recent fuss, but learn any lessons? I very much doubt it...
 
What Liz Jones has done is cause untold damage to a fragile economy that relies hugely on tourism. People are reading what she writes and staying away, that combined with showing no desire to integrate has rightly gotten people hot under the collar.

The articles paint everyone on Exmoor as smelly, unfriendly, with crap food and 70s decor. Having recently returned from holiday in Exford I can confirm that she couldn't be further from the truth - slightly eccentric locals, but their food was excellent, the beer a little too drinkable ;-) and everyone more than welcoming. In fact it is so good I'm going back to see my new friends on Friday for the weekend.
 
oooh where are you staying in Exford? Our friends have just bought the Edgcott House hotel there and are doing it up. They've had a fantastic welcome from everyone and wish they'd made the move sooner.

Just wish we could make the move too. With any luck the only people that will believe Liz Jones will be people like her and frankly who wants them.

Just off to empty the bread bag so that I've got something to wear tomorrow (when trolling through Waitrose having a sneaky look at the Illy coffee before going to Sainsbury's to do my shop)
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For all you inbred barbarians
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Illy coffee is a very average yet over priced brand of coffee. It is typically served in naff little "coffee shops" that like to think they are continental and chic, but are in fact drab, and the type of business that keeps the paper doily industry alive.
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People are reading what she writes and staying away

[/ QUOTE ] Oh come on, that sounds a bit unlikely. How can you prove that? That's certainly not reflected in the comments she gets for her articles.
I tell you one thing, I don't think I'll write my book about my horsey experiences yet - people might recognise themselves.
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That's half the fun of reading a book written by someone you know isn't it?
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The sooner that awful woman gets off the moor and shacks up in Windsor the better. She makes my blood boil and gives credence to my long held view that anyone wanting access to the area should be required to apply for a short term visa.
 
I wonder what would happen to her little menagerie of animal unwanted if she moved away? Like any of us, I'm sure she would be devastated to have to lose them.
 
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I've only recently heard about this Liz woman recently through HHO. Got to say she sounds a total cow. I couldnt give a toss she's been through a divorce or whatever, so do many people these days but not all of them start slagging of random groups of people in the press!

I'm a "townie" but one day I hope I'll be able to live in a rural place. Luckily for me I have the gift of (at least a little) common sense so hopefully no-one will be shooting a my property (or me!).


Sorry, but you cant expect to insult people in a national newspaper and for them to turn around and say "no worries! we'll like you anyway".

Cant stand the heat n all....
 
I digress, but I had a rather odd experience with my Hunters. I never wanted a pair but a blue pair appeared in my tack box at my livery yard, in exactly my (extremely small) foot size. I tried leaving them outside it, in the hope they would go away. No-one touched them. In the end I've been forced to wear them, and really, at a muddy show, considering they were free, they are not bad!
 
Have to confess I used to read the Mail on Sunday - got a sort of sneaking pleasure of being so irritated by this woman's fatuous behaviour but when she started writing drivel about a married man I called time on buying the stupid paper.
She clearly doesn't give a damn about anyone but herself and her self obsession and lack of regard for her fellow human beings is frankly abhorrent.
Feel sorry for her poor animals!
 
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