Bourne, Lincolnshire - a historic and personal insight into its decline as a market town.
When a market town declines and evolves into another era of development it changes the character and the nature of people that occupy...
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- Aug 4
- 14 min
The Towns that Serve the Countryside?
Do the towns of the Fens serve the countryside? Or does the countryside serve the towns? The American economist Jane Jacobs argued that...
- Jul 28
- 4 min
Farming for the Good Years.
I recently read a tweet that expressed the fear that every farmer feels this time of year: " Just totted up what we've spent on the...
- Jul 2
- 3 min
When to blow the budget!
Every person that has well run personal or business finances works to a budget of various simplicity or complexity. Whether it be how...
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Lack of Incentive? Or Lack of Trust?
Single Farm Payment saw an average cut of 22% for farmers last year with the money supposedly diverted to the Sustainable Farm Incentive...
- Feb 6
- 8 min
DEALING WITH CROP FAILURE
INTRODUCTION This guide is designed primarily for UK arable farmers but can be applied to others especially those businesses with a...
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Lindisfarne, Jeremy Clarkson and Organic Butter
Three things have struck me over this past week. The proposal to make the waters around Lindisfarne a Highly Protected Marine Area, a...
- Oct 16, 2022
- 3 min
The Grave of Andrew Sharp and the Curse of Cattle Plague
In the graveyard at Gedney Hill churchyard is a modest gravestone that due to the ravages of time and growth of moss cannot quite be...
- Jul 16, 2022
- 4 min
THE DUTCH FARMER PROTEST – WINNERS AND LOSERS
The “Dutch N” case and the “Urgenda” case are compelling the Dutch government to seek massive reductions of greenhouse gases by 2040 and...
- Jul 10, 2022
- 2 min
The Importance of Listening about Health and being Listened to.
I have just been listening to Barbara Bray’s podcast about Women Positively Ageing and the first episode is about gut health. Now it may...
- Jun 26, 2022
- 2 min
Lonely
I know many farmers, several tweeters, and a few friends that all express the same feeling at different times. Loneliness. Regardless of...
- Jun 13, 2022
- 5 min
Inertia of Farming
Beware the inertia of farming. It is perhaps the most commercially and emotionally hazardous factor of farming. It is the tendancy to...
- Jun 5, 2022
- 2 min
The British Countryside - Managed by Man
I cannot help but feel as I wander through the British countryside that its nature is as God intended......managed by man. The last week...
- Apr 21, 2022
- 6 min
KNOW YOUR EGGS
In the past few days I have been listening to egg farmers, one face to face, three on the phone. In addition I have been listening to...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 5 min
ALL CHANGE FOR FARMING AND THE REST OF US part 2
A quick look at the adaptability and success of British Farming. British farming can be regarded as a 500 year story of change with most...
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