21 November 2023 , 10:27
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BBC Countryfile viewers couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the price of a sausage roll at a local farm shop in West Sussex.
Fans sat back in their seats as the popular show, which first aired in 1988, took them to the South Downs and visited the village of Kirdford in West Sussex. But it was when presenters John Craven and Sammi Kinghorn filmed a thriving rural community shop that many fans were left in disbelief over how much shop owners were charging for their sausage rolls. Having a local farm shop means that villagers do not have to face the long commute to the nearest town to find a supermarket.
And instead, can enjoy the locally sourced and homemade sausage rolls - for a price of £2.99. But that was not enough of an incentive to quell the anger for some viewers. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter one person said: "£2.99 for a f***** sausage roll?" Another person added: "Does he spit in it? It's a sausage roll FFS."
But it seems as though the price did not deter some viewers. One fan said: "That's a sausage roll that is." While another penned: "I want a sausage roll now. Damn BBC propaganda." And it also looks like the price is a bitter pill many of the villagers are willing to swallow. Shopkeeper Craig said: "We will sell between 50 to 100 sausage rolls nearly every day of the week."
Countryfile fans were dealt a bitter blow last month when it was announced that presenter Ellie Harrison was quitting the show after 13 years on the BBC series. But Ellie, who has presented the show since 2009, promised viewers that she will see them "again someday."
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Shopkeeper charges £2.99 for a homemade sausage roll (BBC)Writing in her last Countryfile column, she said: "After 13 years, my final column is a fond farewell to Countryfile - I'll miss the people, places and stories. Thirteen-and-a-half years after I arrived four hours early for my first Countryfile shoot, which culminated in me commuting up Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) to deliver Matt Baker a sandwich of freshly harvested mushrooms, it has come time for me to bid you farewell."
She added: "It has been a decision I've drawn out, such is the bond with the programme, and boy will I miss the geography field trips. But like all endings, I'll take all the lessons from these days forward with me on my journey." Ellie continued to reflect on environment issues and reminded readers that "our countryside is a gift", before going on to detail her reasons for bid farewell to the show. There are many things I'll miss."
Ellie penned: "I've come to realise that I don't need to navigate to a whole new ocean or even a new sea, but to chart a new course somewhere in these waters, raising my three wonderful children, growing our family business and following my own creative calling to produce art of my own making."
She then continued to say: "The winds of change are blowing, my hands turn the tiller and I close my eyes to take comfort from Invictus: 'I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.'" Ellie signed off her final column for Countryfile magazine telling fans: "I'll see you again someday."