Earlier today I travelled up to Sutton in Suffolk to visit ‘the Pliocene Forest’, a project managed by GeoSuffolk. We are exploring options for ecotourism on the farm and with our own Pliocene/Pleistocene heritage, Sutton seemed like an interesting model. We were met by Barry, who runs the site with a team of loyal volunteers.ContinueContinue reading “A visit to the Pliocene Forest”
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Question Time last night: ‘Britain after Brexit’
I am a regular watcher of the BBC’s Question Time, although I should probably stay away for the sake of my blood pressure. Yesterday evening a special ‘Britain after Brexit’ episode was broadcast, during which an audience which was divided as the country was at the referendum (roughly 52:48) posed questions to a panel composed ofContinueContinue reading “Question Time last night: ‘Britain after Brexit’”
Is countryside stewardship bad for wildlife?
Anybody who has had to trawl through the new countryside stewardship package, as I have this last fortnight, will know quite how much of a task it is. Hundreds of pages of options are available, which has good and bad sides to it. Fundamentally I think it is an effective package, enabling most possibilities inContinueContinue reading “Is countryside stewardship bad for wildlife?”
Victim of Flytipping…again
It was only a couple of weeks ago that I posted about the growing issue of flytipping but having now personally suffered from it (again) on the farm, I felt it necessary to post some images and once again raise the subject. Yesterday I walked our hedgerows on the farm, assessing their condition as we planContinueContinue reading “Victim of Flytipping…again”
Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors
In this week’s Farmers Weekly it is difficult to ignore their campaign to repeal the August hedge cutting ban. It seems that the furrows in the brows of contractors are getting deeper and two years after the ban was put in place they continue to call for its reversal. It is an issue that seems toContinueContinue reading “Who will win the Hedge Cutting debate? Birds v Contractors”
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