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Ear to the ground (kerryman charging people to view country side)
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01-11-2010 10:58PM#1
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johngalway wrote: »20k, I'm suddenly very interested
Must see if it's on RTE player later.
Could possibly be a runner for you alright John!;)0 -
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No need in the world for any of that aul research nonsence. Just make up your own version of events:D Ten times more interesting, if you have a good enough imagination.
Ah no, ya have to do those things right. You can be 100% sure the tourist will repeat what they've been told to a local shop/cafe/B&B/hotel and bang goes the reputation of the guide.
I was on a guide course here in Conamara, very interesting the things I learned from that
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It cost 100k 50k after grant. He made 25k last year he spent 7k advertising and 1k resurfacing the walkways. Who would think that people would pay to view the scenery in kerry when it is all around youjohngalway wrote: »20k, I'm suddenly very interested
Must see if it's on RTE player later.
As Muckit said more power to him there are people willing to pay to view scenery and he is making an income from them. 0 -
sh1tstirrer wrote: »It cost 100k 50k after grant. He made 25k last year he spent 7k advertising and 1k resurfacing the walkways. Who would think that people would pay to view the scenery in kerry when it is all around you As Muckit said more power to him there are people willing to pay to view scenery and he is making an income from them.
We farmers (and indeed all Irish business people) need to start thinking outside the box if we want to earn a crust.
"Diversification" I think they call it
Seriously though, isn't it true, it's always the thing you take for granted yourself that somebody else will worship? You only have to look at the like of Ballygowan selling water for Christ's Sake! Would we or our parents ever have imagined it 20 years ago?
I know I've been harping on about it before in other threads, but mark my words our grass is one of our biggest natural commodities that we could and should be exploiting more.
The environment and cutting back on carbon emmisions is now one of the main focuses of world governments. They've started already as we know, putting levies and charges on water, eventually, in my opinion, ALL energy levels used on farms will need to be monitored and we'I be penalised accordingly. (ie. how much fertilizer we use, they'I have a calculation per tonne to find the total don't you know..:rolleyes: Also cattle/sheep rations etc etc.....)
What system stands out head and shoulders above the rest as being the most natural, has the least evironmental impact and lowest carbon footprint? Grass-based of course. Many countries don't have that luxury, we do. Ireland is in a potentially very favourable postion in this regard, we just need to highlight this fact to the rest of our world markets, it's low costing and it's health and environmental benefits.
There's already big debates raging regarding meat production and it's sustainability. It takes (don't hold me to it:rolleyes:) something like is it 4-6kg of cereal to produce 1 kg of beef? This cereal could be used instead to feed people directly!! We can't eat grass! So it makes sense to use it to produce meat which we can!..... Sorry about the rant.....:rolleyes:0 -
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We farmers (and indeed all Irish business people) need to start thinking outside the box if we want to earn a crust.
"Diversification" I think they call it
Seriously though, isn't it true, it's always the thing you take for granted yourself that somebody else will worship? You only have to look at the like of Ballygowan selling water for Christ's Sake! Would we or our parents ever have imagined it 20 years ago?
I know I've been harping on about it before in other threads, but mark my words our grass is one of our biggest natural commodities that we could and should be exploiting more.
The environment and cutting back on carbon emmisions is now one of the main focuses of world governments. They've started already as we know, putting levies and charges on water, eventually, in my opinion, ALL energy levels used on farms will need to be monitored and we'I be penalised accordingly. (ie. how much fertilizer we use, they'I have a calculation per tonne to find the total don't you know..:rolleyes: Also cattle/sheep rations etc etc.....)
What system stands out head and shoulders above the rest as being the most natural, has the least evironmental impact and lowest carbon footprint? Grass-based of course. Many countries don't have that luxury, we do. Ireland is in a potentially very favourable postion in this regard, we just need to highlight this fact to the rest of our world markets, it's low costing and it's health and environmental benefits.
There's already big debates raging regarding meat production and it's sustainability. It takes (don't hold me to it:rolleyes:) something like is it 4-6kg of cereal to produce 1 kg of beef? This cereal could be used instead to feed people directly!! We can't eat grass! So it makes sense to use it to produce meat which we can!..... Sorry about the rant.....:rolleyes:
Shure we can manage like this! Only some fcuking busybody with a clip board would be out taking methane measurements from the horses ars e:P
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Thats not how it works Tora. YOU will be taking the measurements from the horse, filling out the 15 page report in triplicate, posting one to Dept, one to council and keeping one for 75 years for inspection. Oh and filling in your supervisors clipboard for him in case he suffers from repedetive strain injury.:cool:Shure we can manage like this! Only some fcuking busybody with a clip board would be out taking methane measurements from the horses ars e:P0 -
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You have to admire him for taking the chance, the scenery was great and the facilities looked spot on, exactly the sort of attraction I'd pay for myself..
Pity nobody will pay to see our rushes here in Cavan, and we've spent years perfecting the crop
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You could charge €2/child for a 5 min trek that equals €6 every 6-10 minutes. Better still if you took the donkey and cart to the beach in ballybunnion on hot summer days you would make a fortune. From 12pm to 6pm you could make anything from €200/€360 in a day.See f i can post apic of the donkey cart nd see wot u think0 -
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