Paddy & Chris Road Tripping

Couple of episodes in, enjoying it. I’d heard Harris mention it on a podcast (maybe Rogan), and it sounds like he really had let himself go a bit too much for a couple of years so I think theres some truth in what he hints at on this show.

The only thing that does wind me up a little is the slight undertones of ‘living in the UK is so miserable, people are all boring and fat, all we do is sit in grey offices all day’, because theres not a single thing I’ve seen on the show yet that you cant do at home. However I also understand this is just the magic of TV, and of course they have to do that as its the pretense of the entertainment.

As mentioned above – if people havent watched Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip (theres a few series). I incorrectly assumed it was a cooking show when it was on and ignored it. My partner persuaded me to watch it and turns out its very much just like the very best bits of Top Gear with saucepans. Brilliant watch and a similar kind of show to this one.

 theres not a single thing I’ve seen on the show yet that you cant do at home

This is very true.

This is very true.

Right to Roam is somewhat more restricted in parts of the UK, but other than that, it’s attitudes that need to change.

Is this series some sort of severance package or did they have a contract for another series of TG?

Enjoyed it I think.

@joefm listen to Harris on Joe Rogan and it becomes a bit clearer why they have found something for them to do!

theres not a single thing I’ve seen on the show yet that you cant do at home.

it’s a lot harder to avoid other celebrities doing travel shows with their dad/dog/family/another celebrity though

Watched all three, decent enough entertainment, but I agree the sentiment above, lots of UK bashing.
The bit in Sweden when he was lakeside and eulogising about seeing kids being outdoors, well he could probably go to any sailing club in the UK and see kids taking part.  A handful is not a representation of an entire population.

Also, I did find the whole, stress free life//ditch the watch message a bit repetitive.  I think the two surf teachers were alluding to the younger generation having cars, probably wanting to travel, expand horizons etc.  As soon as that is an aspiration, then it needs money, and that inevitably leads to needing work, which then is dictated to by others, unless you are very lucky. So yes, the old timers on that Greek island might be healthy, but they may have never had the desire to visit Paris, for example, and possibly have spent their entire life without a passport.

If nothing else, great tourist trapping television. Switzerland looked stunning.

@Snotrag would you mind putting it into a sentence please?  not sure what bit to listen to

Its a while since i listened but basically when the Freddie incident happend, he said the BBC just went full silent treatment on him, which as it was his first time being an ’employee’, he found really hard – they went hard radio silence, no support, no comms, and even when he offered to help with lots of the investigation/unravelling of what had gone wrong it was effectively blanked. I think Paddy was probably in the same position too. Eventually they seem to have realised that you can’t just dump/blank an employee indefinitely and leave them with nothing to do – and thus here we are.

thanks – well summed up

@snotrag
Chris Harris was an ’employee’ of Autocar before going freelance

Are you calling young Snotty a liar? 😉

@Harry_the _Spider

Are you calling young Snotty a liar? 😉

Merely correcting a mistake I would say 😉