RAGS TO RICHES The board rubber struck me just over the right eye. “Wake up Blanning 2,” snarled the scowling face at the head of the classroom. The class turned and sniggered loyally. “Buster”, my English and Scripture master, was one of the few people who physically curled their lip
Mary Bowman is an Associate Director at Highland Rural, a firm of Chartered Surveyors based in Dingwall. Mary shares her journey from stalking and working with hill ponies, to becoming a rural surveyor, and the challenges she overcame on the way.
Lynn Cassells is the co-owner of Lynbreck Croft, a 150 acre regenerative agriculture unit in the Cairngorms National Park. Lynn gives a brutally honest and personal insight into the highs and lows since buying the croft seven years ago.
From June every year I look forward to the coming lamping season. I use this time to reflect on seasons past. this article consists of a few tales from past seasons.
To me, Foxhounds are the countryside's superheroes. Their our answer to Spiderman, Batman, and all the others. I think there's even an Antman? But to all us country folk, there's no bigger hero than a well-bred Hound.
We need to harness the power of social media to reach new audiences.
As with most things in the countryside, I found out about a ladies simulated game day through word of mouth. Before I knew it, I had a hybrid game/simulated game shoot up near the North Norfolk Coast in my diary.
The cost of living crisis and fewer people visiting restaurants, it is a tough time to persuade them to put a new wild meat on the menu.
We are a nation of animal lovers, but to make our countryside a better, more biodiverse place, my benign dictatorship will enforce the following legislative changes
Booming numbers of raptors are undoing the work of conservationists, squandering tax payer’s money, and we’re not even allowed to properly discuss 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.
The future of the countryside is a three-way fight. Here I size up the pugilists and say who I am betting on