Jonathan Young

How do you live happily in the countryside? Bite your lip

Don't gnash your teeth or hit WhatsApp when your neighbours annoy you. Let 'live and let live' be your motto or you'll never survive rural life

The joy of owning classic cars - but not the models you might expect

My cars are both awful and brilliant - and one might win Goodwood Revival approval

The wild food harvest - blink and you've missed it

There's nothing better than produce from Nature's larder. But you have to be quick and take every opportunity

"Oh no, they've brought their beastly dog with them!"

We love other people's dogs. But don't bring them if they pee on the furniture, steal food, kill your pets, pick a fight and bite you

Far from the madding crowd - and then a little bit farther

Being alone with nature in this crowded island is easy - so long as you're prepared to walk and get up early.

The loathsome litter-louts - and what we can do about them

From discarded mattresses to poo bags, rubbish is everywhere. Maybe it's time we looked at a 14th-century solution to deal with the perpetrators

Use your village - or lose it

If you don't support your local services, don't be surprised when they close

Why do people drive so badly in the countryside?

They can't reverse. They tail-gate you. They don't let you out. Whatever happened to good manners on country roads?

Shooting and the Shipping Forecast

General synopsis for the season. Variable, occasionally rough later. Good.

A little coarse and very maggoty

Forget dry flies and chilled Sancerre - winter river fishing demands hot tea, floats and a pint or two of wrigglers

All I really want for Christmas. Well, mostly

Forget the socks, after-shave and loo books - this is the sort of stuff shooting and fishing fiends would love to receive on December 25

I also walked by night

We know poaching is often ugly, cruel and sometimes violent but many in their youth had a romanticised view of those who ignored the game laws. And I was one of them