Posted by Sally on September 20th, 2008 in Country Living, Rants and Rambles
There was a great article in the Daily Mail about competitive ploughing and not only did it give me a laugh but also made me think about what it is us countryside folk do on a rare rural day off.
Not for us a duvet day in front of the tv, playing golf or washing the [...]
Posted by Sally on September 2nd, 2008 in Country Living, Dating
Finding love in the UK countryside is not always easy, as expressed in my post Countryside Love - The pub full of ex’s and the time and lifestyle limitations of rural life does not help the situation.
Online dating has become big business in the last decade but finding a partner on a big popular site [...]
Posted by Sally on July 22nd, 2008 in Country Living, Farming Issues, Rants and Rambles
Last week a junior Minister, Jonathan Shaw, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs (effectively an office junior) was dispatched to Brussels to an EU meeting which banned the British acre from 1st January 2010.
To make matters worse the UK government representative gave no objection to the ban, despite the UK’s [...]
Posted by Sally on July 19th, 2008 in Country Living, Wildlife
The Wildlife Trust need our help to save Balls Wood, after the current owners ( the Forestry Commission) made the decision to sell it.
For over three decades the Wildlife Trust have been managing parts of Balls Wood, a 55 hectare (136 acre) woodland but would now like to purchase the entire woodland to keep it [...]
Posted by Sally on June 23rd, 2008 in Country Living, Dating, Farming Issues
Just typing dating or UK dating into your search engine may not get you the result you want if you are looking for farmer dating. Farming is a way of life, which involves long hours and lots of mud.
Finding a partner that understands farming and rural living is certainly not easy, someone that understands you [...]