http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/#comments Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:17:02 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=751 Do you know we have a website for country kids? A friend said that her sons were looking for a grown-up type of site for kids but all they could find were either pre-school age or sites about celebrities/fashion, or that concentrated one one subject. So we made a website for country loving kids! You [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-kids-online-secure-website-for-kids/feed/ 5 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/new-food-and-farming-minister-for-uk/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/new-food-and-farming-minister-for-uk/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:01:09 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=654 Since I’m in cynical mood today I thought I’d have a browse around to find out about the new Minister for Food and Farming, Jim Fitzpatrick. For those of you who don’t know the former UK Government Farming Minister, Jane Kennedy, resigned last week (read that as asked to leave) after refusing to vow her [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/new-food-and-farming-minister-for-uk/feed/ 1 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-shows-and-fairs-2009/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-shows-and-fairs-2009/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 22:37:29 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=619 My thanks to Sam who pain-stakingly sat and typed all these dates out for us \(sorry it’s all in capitals). Unfortunately it would have taken too long to add the contact details and address so if you want to go to any of the shows but can’t find details on the net please leave a [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/country-shows-and-fairs-2009/feed/ 13 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/get-away-to-the-country-farm-holidays-in-the-uk/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/get-away-to-the-country-farm-holidays-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:15:08 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=371 Have you started planning your summer holiday yet or just fancy a relaxing weekend away? There are many reasons why you should consider a farm holiday in the UK rather than going abroad. We are all becoming more aware of the environmental impact of flying abroad for a relaxing break but at this time of [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/get-away-to-the-country-farm-holidays-in-the-uk/feed/ 26 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-get-your-children-outdoors/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-get-your-children-outdoors/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:56:46 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=265 When children are toddlers it is so easy to get them outside, the mere mention of “let’s collect leaves” and they have a fit of excitement and run for their wellies. When kids get a bit older any mention of moving 3 feet from the playstation or computer screen is met with ‘that’ face and [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/how-to-get-your-children-outdoors/feed/ 3 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rural-community-takes-matter-into-their-own-hands/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rural-community-takes-matter-into-their-own-hands/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:17:52 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=234 What would you do if you lived in a remote rural area and needed to recruit a GP? Rural GP’s are getting harder to find, with most doctors preferring a town or city with regular hours and easy to make home calls. The residents of Applecross, a remote rural area in the Scottish Highlands, have [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/rural-community-takes-matter-into-their-own-hands/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/working-from-home-can-you-make-money/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/working-from-home-can-you-make-money/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:43:03 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=231 An issue that often crops up for the likes of farmers wives is can you make money working from home and if so how. I am not talking about running a business from home but being paid as a home worker, an employee that works at home. The benefits of living in the countryside simply [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/working-from-home-can-you-make-money/feed/ 7 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/countryside-culled-from-junior-dictionary/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/countryside-culled-from-junior-dictionary/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:19:13 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=206 The Oxford University Press has removed dozens of words relating to the British countryside from their junior dictionary. Ms Saunders, a mother that spotted words were being removed while helping her son with his homework, has compared the dicionaries from 1978, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007 and found a vast list of words relating [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/countryside-culled-from-junior-dictionary/feed/ 2 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/what-do-rural-folk-do-on-a-rare-day-off/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/what-do-rural-folk-do-on-a-rare-day-off/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:41:05 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=191 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 [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/what-do-rural-folk-do-on-a-rare-day-off/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/eu-bans-the-british-acre-land-measurement/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/eu-bans-the-british-acre-land-measurement/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:43:34 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=169 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 [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/eu-bans-the-british-acre-land-measurement/feed/ 5