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/eu-and-cap-robbing-peter-to-pay-paul/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/eu-and-cap-robbing-peter-to-pay-paul/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:55:30 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=634 Isn’t the EU and CAP just a way to rob Peter to pay Paul, leaving the UK billions poorer so we can have a badge saying we’re in the gang? Sorry but I was looking up a statistic regarding the common agricultural policy and came across an article about the UK and EU and felt [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/eu-and-cap-robbing-peter-to-pay-paul/feed/ 9 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/confessions-of-a-bad-blogger/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/confessions-of-a-bad-blogger/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:34:17 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=201 It has been a month since my last blog post …. in that time I have been wrangling with a nasty divorce, moving home and eating chocolate like it is going out of fashion. Now all that is over I am back to give my views on the happenings in the rural countryside of the [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/confessions-of-a-bad-blogger/feed/ 1