Standing up for Nature
Continued from last Saturday Down on a remote stretch of rocky coastline, away from the woodland I had walked through, the feel of the place was very different. The magic of the woodland on the slopes above was closed off from view by a shielding canopy of leaves, and the wood itself was dwarfed by…
Derek Gow is a farmer – you can see from the image opposite he is a serious farmer. Here he writes about the future he has chosen for his farm. Winds of change For those who don’t farm it’s difficult to understand the mentality of those that do. While James Reebanks in his excellent book…
Today has been a good day. First, I got quite a lot done early on in the day – this is always important to me. What is early on? Before 7am. Second, I saw Les Wallace’s epetition pass 6000 signatures before I left for Wellingborough station where the sun was shining. Usually, when it is…
I have written before about how those in charge of our state forests are leading on taking out the lead (Pb) from ammunition. FC England were definitely in the lead (see here) but FC Scotand were not far behind (see here). Here is the Forest Enterprise Scotland position on use of lead ammunition – Waitrose…
Three weeks ago (how time flies) I spent two sunny days in the area of Weardale, Upper Teesdale and surroundings. It was a warm couple of days to be up in the hills. I was there at the invitation of Caroline Beck, a journalist who formerly worked for the BBC in the north of England…