Botton, The Strangest Villiage in Britian on C4 Thurs night

After watching this programme, It reminded me in the days when I used to go to a place like that, A Camphill Rudolf Steiner related place with celebrations the outside world has never heard of such as Michaelmas (on 29th September based on harvesting and the community gathering together for a meal) and St John's (24th June, a celebration with a big fire), They don't have TV and only the radio for entertainment in a room(I only came on a day placement).

To last night's programme, Botton Village in North Yorkshire seems really nice and peaceful but it must be a fair long distance from a nearest town, It must have been a huge step for the guy who decided to leave the place after 25 years to face the outside world but he must be doing well. As for the others it sometimes must be a huge challenge when you get in your 40's and for the co-workers (young forgien voulenteers or longer and senior long term in which some are known as houseparents) who seems to have a life without TV.

I did go to Botton for a visit with freinds once when I stayed in a Camphill place.

No need to double post a topic.. I am sure it a mistake.

I still think that the title the picked was extremely inappropriate for the subject.

i can think of a few tv forumers who would have fitted in very well at botton

In last night's programme, What do everyone think of the lady who wanted to do washing up being so bossy to a man at the place. I thought it was quite enteraining.

I really liked that very smartly dressed man that went round shaking hands with everyone because morning was now afternoon!

Here is the website for the place for anyone who wants to see more
http://www.camphill.org.uk/botton.htm which contains pictures of the place

I admire them all. I think its a fantastic community.

Again it was a good show and the villiagers did their act and with Big Brother on afterwards, The end might have attracted more viewers by then

I felt rather uncomfortable with this programme personally. Not because of the subject content, but because of the nature of why people might watch it. Doubtless there will have been a sizable percentage of the viewing audience who will have been watching purely for the "freak show" element.