A decade of Shoot 1.0 is over: it's time to make plans for Shoot 2.0
Ten successful and fun years running a 900-acre rough shoot have come to an end. What wisdom and experience can we bring to the next 120-acre version?
Charlie Flindt
I'm a semi-retired farmer, having just handed 90% of my mixed farm back to the landlord - the National Trust - for them to carry out their version of farming. We now run 100 acres in mid-Hants with…
Exploring the Attic: Mousetraps, Memories, and Magazine Archives
If the past is indeed a foreign country, then the farmhouse attic is the portal, and an old magazine is my passport.
It's Quiz Night - but not as you know it
We farmers like to do things differently, and an evening of intellectual challenges (and sausage sandwiches) can certainly be filed under 'different'.
Invasion of the Art Soc - and an unexpected consequence
We were thrilled to welcome the 'ladies (and gents) who paint', and got a bit more than just a set of lovely bits of artwork in return.
These days, getting from A to B is as simple as ABC. Or is it?
There are ten thousand ways to find your way in the countryside - so why is it so difficult for delivery drivers to reach their rural destinations? I think I've got the answer.
When farming days are (finally) done.
My retirement from arable farming has been gradual, somewhat unorthodox and easier than it could have been, but I have to acknowledge that the final cord connecting me to my old acres has been cut.