Nickie Sheppard, who was responsible for 2023/2024 leading horse Grace A Vous Enki as well as the exciting Ihandaya, trains point-to-pointers at Eastnor in Herefordshire – where husband Matt holds a rules licence.
The early River Cottage shows captured a rural life that now feels like a fading dream. As old ways disappear and the countryside is reshaped, what can this cosy slice of 90s television still teach us about a lost rural past?
During the 19th century in Wales parcels of common land purchased by wealthy outsiders under the Inclosure Acts denied locals essential access to livestock grazing and peat cutting. In some cases the local backlash was violent and persistent.
Lapwings, like the curlew, are red listed, declining and indicator species of multiple habitats, what is being done for these birds and what has led to this decline?
A direct long-haul business flight to chase spring salmon once proved my undoing—courtesy of a duty-free bottle of 100% cask single malt. Never again. We need some rules
They can't reverse. They tail-gate you. They don't let you out. Whatever happened to good manners on country roads?
Roe deer have become super-abundant in Galloway - recreational stalkers like me can afford to be bullish and make better use of these animals, even if only to prevent them from being wasted.
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Just occasionally, humans really can do the right thing
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A heist is taking place under our eyes, and nobody has called for police back-up. The government and the conservation industry are on a seven-year mission to steal the countryside.
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The essential link between food security and nature recovery
Fighting, sex and transects...it all goes on in the stubbles of Suffolk.
Modern rod technology has moved on dramatically from yesteryear and in utilising that for different species and environments, I discuss how that can make me odd.