Well I tried to make a light hearted comment and it didn’t work.
Lets hope my daughter grows up with a sense of humour and the ability to such trivialities in her stride…
I’m sorry I just think that it’s a crying shame that a woman can’t be appreciated for her daring and professional capability.
I can appreciate she may well be a very professional presenter (although I haven’t seen Blue Peter since Valerie Singleton was on it) but walking on a rope with a safety line is hardly daring. She was being paid plenty of money to do it, and for the same money I’d happily do it too.
To be honest I’m far more impressed by the huge number of women who work in pretty low paid caring professions than by some highly paid TV presenter pretending she’s doing something daring.
I have to say that her Amazon trip was truly amazing. To do something like that absolutely solo with no-one else there (other than the producer, cameraman, sound engineer, cook, medical team, maintenance crew and support boat) and with only the fast flowing river current to help, really is something else. I doff my cap to her.
I hope some of these selfish, unambitious women cleaning the toilets in the local hospice take some time out from their 60 hour working weeks to watch and be inspired.
I don’t think anyone’s holding her up as something amazing or better than a hospice toilet cleaner, but better to have done the Amazon trip and the high wire thing than sit on her ass and do nowt…or marry Ashley Cole…
I have to say that her Amazon trip was truly amazing. To do something like that absolutely solo with no-one else there (other than the producer, cameraman, sound engineer, cook, medical team, maintenance crew and support boat) and with only the fast flowing river current to help, really is something else. I doff my cap to her.
I hope some of these selfish, unambitious women cleaning the toilets in the local hospice take some time out from their 60 hour working weeks to watch and be inspired.
Come on, credit where credit’s due. In my book the kayak thing and the tightrope are both pretty impressive, and I don’t see that it’s knocking the people cleaning the toliets in hospices to say so.
I don’t think anyone’s holding her up as something amazing or better than a hospice toilet cleaner, but better to have done the Amazon trip and the high wire thing than sit on her ass and do nowt
Don’t get me wrong. She’s made the most of her life (more than me certainly) and I’ll give her lots of credit for that. But her so-called “daring, amazing achievements” aren’t quite what they seem. I’ll admit I am jealous though. I’d love to kayak down the Amazon, and be well paid for doing so. Good luck to her, but don’t elevate her achievements above those of lots of other folk.
Come on, credit where credit’s due. In my book the kayak thing and the tightrope are both pretty impressive
Don’t totally agree I’m afraid. I suspect most of us could do both things too if our employers gave us the time and money to train for them. I will give her credit for getting that sort of job in the first place though. I’m quite jealous.
Good luck to her, but don’t elevate her achievements above those of lots of other folk.
I’m not sure I get this. Any achievement of any sort can be made meaningless by comparing it to something worthy. Sports world champion? Yeah, but what about those people caring for elderly parents- aren’t they the real champions? Achieiving some high political office? Well, they haven’t shown as much devotion as people who volunteer with disabled kids etc etc etc.
It just seems a bit churlish to me. It is what it is, what’s wrong with that? She’s not making out she’s better than those other people as far as I can tell, and she HAS done ac couple of things most people would never do, even if given the opportunity.
most cleaners in hopsitals and hospices that i’ve met aren’t there cos its doing good for society and helping vulnerable adults… they’re cleaners, cleaning as a job for money to pay bills.
then again i’ve only met cleaners who are paid to do the job… i’m yet to meet a volunteer hospice toilet cleaner! hopefully i’ll be proved wrong as the world would be a nicer place if people did volunteer for such things.
My comment yesterday about mutton dressed as lamb relates to the cheesiness of the photo, not do do with her attractivenes or otherwise.
Oh, and I’ve volunteered to clean kitchens in old folks homes. Not toilets, or in a hospice, and I can confirm that it certainly doesn’t make me a better person. Just a git who occasionally does decent things.
when she lands a jumbo jet on a conveyor belt. Then I’ll be impressed
Just a bigger version of those Go ape courses, and Ive seen 8 year olds do that 😆
Claiming to have canoed solo down the Amazon, when in fact you have a full support team from one of the world’s largest media organisations, devalues the achievements of people who genuinely have done such trips solo. And is a complete lie. Hardly a great example to the kids who watch Blue Peter.