If you want an intimate encounter with Britain’s largest land mammal, then the moors above Sheffield are the place to go. Walking up through deep…
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Young country diary: What’s that droning noise coming from the river? | Anna
I love going back to the same riverside path at the edge of the city. It’s so familiar, but thanks to nature no visit is…
View More Young country diary: What’s that droning noise coming from the river? | AnnaYoung country diary: What was barking in the woods at night? | Eilidh
On my birthday, I made my way into the woods carrying a plate of fruit, scrambled egg, cat food and peanut butter on toast. The…
View More Young country diary: What was barking in the woods at night? | Eilidh‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisis
Back in the 1970s, Holly Collins was studying for her A-levels in Sussex. While her friends sent off their university applications, she wrote to the…
View More ‘They’re at the forefront’: the women leading the way through Britain’s farming crisisHidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
Three redwoods tower over Wakehurst’s Elizabethan mansion like skyscrapers. Yet at 40 metres (131ft) high, these are almost saplings – not even 150 years old…
View More Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shadeCountry diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate Blincoe
I am up to my ankles in thick mud, scraping horse poo up from a waterlogged pasture. It’s been a tough winter for anyone who…
View More Country diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate BlincoeProtesters to hold mass trespass of Cirencester Park over charging plans
Hundreds of people are expected at a mass trespass of Cirencester Park in protest against the introduction of charges and electronic gates for pedestrians and…
View More Protesters to hold mass trespass of Cirencester Park over charging plansLabour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmers
Labour has laid out its plans for farming at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, promising to reduce imports that undercut British farmers and forge…
View More Labour tells NFU conference it will reduce imports that undercut British farmersDefra officials buried analysis showing dire financial prospects for hill farmers
Government officials have buried an analysis of the financial prospects for some of the most vulnerable farmers in the UK after realising it was almost…
View More Defra officials buried analysis showing dire financial prospects for hill farmersCountry diary: Bringing the hills to our home | Andrea Meanwell
We have been busy renovating our farmhouse for more than a year now. It has an interesting history and has four phases of development historically –…
View More Country diary: Bringing the hills to our home | Andrea Meanwell