so wonderfully charming

I’m not a huge TV watcher.

 

I mean, we do have a huge (ish) TV, but aside from a bit of cycling on Eurosport I rarely watch it.

 

I do watch some niche documentary stuff on BBC iPlayer of an evening but not much.  I prefer YouTube these days.

 

But recently I’ve become addicted to a wonderful programme on the BBC called “The Repair Shop”.  The premise is simple: people take old heirlooms along to this old barn in a beautiful part of the old English countryside (quite near where my sister lives actually) where mainly old craftsmen and women from a bygone age sympathetically restore them.

 

my heroes :-)

 

I absolutely love it.  For starters I’m someone who prefers to repair something rather than dispose of it and get a new one, and some of the stories are so emotional I freely admit to being moved to tears at least once each episode.

 

I love watching experts at work, and the ones on this show must be among the best of the best in their respective trades; anything from horology to woodworking with most in between, the show is an absolute treasure.  The work they produce simply has to be seen to be believed – it is breath-taking.

 

I hope they keep making it for years to come.