"Cerumen" wrote in news:bq248m$6s4$2
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TV shows we see in the US show beautiful green Ireland, and we hear
about abundant rainfall, but see very few trees.

Certainly where I live in West Cork there are plenty of trees even though
other areas are barren. The rainfall here is not as great as some think
and all that it really shows is that TV programs give a limited and
distorted view of Ireland, or indeed any country in general.

I remember the day that the 'Holiday' program 'did' North Devon. They
described it as 'attractive but rather flat'.

On closer inspection it proved that they'd spent part of one day in
Braunton (which has a small flat area of marshland immediately behind the
coast), and had done the rest by helicopter. They must have flown at quite
a height...

Either that, or the entire team secretly live in the Alps.

Victoria