Standing up for Nature
We popped around to see the SLE, Scottish Land and Estates, but there was no-one in. Henry doesn’t really get weekends. He had a look through the window and couldn’t see any sign of life. Henry asked me why there was a Job Centre Plus just round the corner and I really couldn’t say. I…
Left as a present by Henry on top of a grouse butt on Snilesworth moor. Vote for Hen Harrier as our national bird. #HaveYouSeenHenry
It’s good to see that yesterday a consultation was launched on the South Georgia and South Sandwich Island Strategy 2016-2020 to ‘stakeholders and interested parties’. I responded to an earlier consultation on the seas around South Georgia and I will be reading this strategy closely. There are no permanent or indigenous inhabitants of the land…
As Longfellow wrote in his poem Retribution: Though the mills of God grind slowly; Yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all. And maybe the same is true of the Rural Payments Agency who replied to me on my enquiry into how they are getting on with…
I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time and now I have – and although it wasn’t a complete success, I’m glad I did. The carefully crafted plan involved combining an evening visit to Cheltenham racecourse with an afternoon visit to the Bill Smylie reserve above the racecourse and Cheltenham to see some…