article_snippet.sent: Turner set hearts aflutter when Turner stripped off to manfully mow a hay field with a scythe, an ancient cutting tool used for centuries prior to horse drawn and modern mowing machinery.
article_snippet.sent: They say Turner’s macho grunts and terrible technique as he hacked at the hay tarnished the view of the usually 'sedate' action of scything.
article_snippet.sent: When the Poldark episode in question aired, word got around our network of scythe enthusiasts very quickly that there had been this scene in it where Aidan Turner used a scythe,' Aidan Turner says. '
article_snippet.sent: The story of the Poldark highlights the romantic aspect of the scythe and the scythe use in history but we weren’t very impressed with Aidan Turner’s scything..
article_snippet.sent: Mr Riley, from Gillingham in Dorset, also questioned whether Aidan Turner had been shown how to use a scythe properly before the cameras rolled. '
article_snippet.sent: I would guess that Aidan Turner had not been shown how to use a scythe properly before filming.