We need to go back to our roots

He wasn't a schemer like Nasty Nick in Big Brother, camp like Jeremy in Airport, or a fool like Darius in Pop Stars.

Chris Park, 27, from Wycombe Road, Studley Green, came across as far-out, but plunged into Surviving the Iron Age while others argued and came down with food poisoning.

The programme, surviving the Iron Age, was shown recently on BBC1 and was about whether modern man could cope with the problems of living in the Iron Age.

Seemingly, while people argued, Chris got on with it but that's not how it was according to Chris.

He said: "The BBC dug out a few days of arguing for four or five episodes which is a bit of a shame. I wanted to see more Iron Age but it was important to see why people would have left."

But Chris admits there were problems.

He said: "Most people there were square pegs in round holes."

Chris added: "In our community, everyone was really friendly to each other. After a while, everyone is really real and open. They spoke the truth. When that gets processed, you get a breakthrough in the community where everyone talks.

"I took a back-seat really. I didn't find it difficult. You would have the gravel path and people wearing wellies. I found it difficult how everyone actually used the twentieth century stuff."

But Chris enjoyed the experience, having lived in communities before.

He said "It's very different in a community from a family where you don't know the neighbours. It's not what we're used to."

Chris added: "I liked it when you start a fire with your own fair hands, drink what you've carried from a well."

But there were some practicalities to get over.

Chris said: "There were times for television where they did shots called cutaways. They filmed you doing something then want to film a cutaway shot because it's good for the programme and say, 'Can you do it again so we can have a cutaway?'."

But clearly, Chris was one of the best to adapt. He said he was called in as a kind-of spiritual adviser but was keen not to interfere though believes people should have a respect for the environment.

He said: "I've got a real sensitivity to to the natural environment. What everybody needs is to respect the natural environment and focus more on the spiritual rather than speeding around in a car or looking at the world through a television box."

Chris added: "I practise Druidry which concerns itself with this earth and spirituality which leads us to the natural environment.

"I did A Level art and got really into Shamanism and rites. It's a very physical, real and natural thing.

The filming took place in September to November last year, finishing on the Celtic festival of Sam Huin. Since then, Chris has been planting trees in Didcot, travelled to a Breton Festival in France, playing his pipes as well as staying relaxed, living in harmony with the natural environment.

He said: "If you look after the Goddess, she looks after you. The natural world has been good to me."

Chris also gave a parting shot about what he learnt from the programme.

"The twentieth century is a brilliant time to be in but we really need to discover our roots and our natural world."HE wasn't your average star of fly-on-the-wall documentaries.

He wasn't a schemer like Nasty Nick in Big Brother, camp like Jeremy in Airport, or a fool like Darius in Pop Stars.

Chris Park, 27, from Wycombe Road, Studley Green, came across as far-out, but plunged into Surviving the Iron Age while others argued and came down with food poisoning.

The programme, surviving the Iron Age, was shown recently on BBC1 and was about whether modern man could cope with the problems of living in the Iron Age.

Seemingly, while people argued, Chris got on with it but that's not how it was according to Chris.

He said: "The BBC dug out a few days of arguing for four or five episodes which is a bit of a shame. I wanted to see more Iron Age but it was important to see why people would have left."

But Chris admits there were problems.

He said: "Most people there were square pegs in round holes."

Chris added: "In our community, everyone was really friendly to each other. After a while, everyone is really real and open. They spoke the truth. When that gets processed, you get a breakthrough in the community where everyone talks.

"I took a back-seat really. I didn't find it difficult. You would have the gravel path and people wearing wellies. I found it difficult how everyone actually used the twentieth century stuff."

But Chris enjoyed the experience, having lived in communities before.

He said "It's very different in a community from a family where you don't know the neighbours. It's not what we're used to."

Chris added: "I liked it when you start a fire with your own fair hands, drink what you've carried from a well."

But there were some practicalities to get over.

Chris said: "There were times for television where they did shots called cutaways. They filmed you doing something then want to film a cutaway shot because it's good for the programme and say, 'Can you do it again so we can have a cutaway?'."

But clearly, Chris was one of the best to adapt. He said he was called in as a kind-of spiritual adviser but was keen not to interfere though believes people should have a respect for the environment.

He said: "I've got a real sensitivity to to the natural environment. What everybody needs is to respect the natural environment and focus more on the spiritual rather than speeding around in a car or looking at the world through a television box."

Chris added: "I practise Druidry which concerns itself with this earth and spirituality which leads us to the natural environment.

"I did A Level art and got really into Shamanism and rites. It's a very physical, real and natural thing.

The filming took place in September to November last year, finishing on the Celtic festival of Sam Huin. Since then, Chris has been planting trees in Didcot, travelled to a Breton Festival in France, playing his pipes as well as staying relaxed, living in harmony with the natural environment.

He said: "If you look after the Goddess, she looks after you. The natural world has been good to me."

Chris also gave a parting shot about what he learnt from the programme.

"The twentieth century is a brilliant time to be in but we really need to discover our roots and our natural world."