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The sun was shining yesterday lunch time so I thought I’d go out and pick some blackberries – I’d been in Canterbury on Saturday and then it had rained on Sunday, so the weekend had not been a harvesting opportunity. I think others must have been similarly occupied or put off because the hedgerows were…

Speaking as one who loves a good sing – as part of a crowd anyway – I’d have been belting out the words of the National Anthem (which nation is that by the way?) with more gusto than skill if I had been in Jeremy Corbyn’s position. I miss the alternate Saturdays at Nene Park…

I complained to Defra about their handling of my FoI/EIR request on 1 September.  Yesterday they replied saying how they were going to handle it – and that was fine. No complaints there. None at all. The letter even said ‘If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.’ which I thought was…

Water Matters is the other document launched by WCL at yesterday’s event in Parliament (click here for agriculture vision). I liked it a lot; it’s punchy. I like punchy! The Blueprint for Water partnership (which includes many of the usual suspects and also Salmon and Trout Conservation UK (note change of name), the Institute of…

Yesterday I travelled into London for the launch of a couple of documents by Wildlife and Countryside Link (of which more later). As I walked up the steps of Westminster tube station I felt slightly nostalgic for the days when I used to spend a lot more time in this habitat and as I emerged,…