What is it really like to move to a small Scottish island?
Seeking a nature-rich life, I moved my kids from our city apartment to a croft in the Hebrides.
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Mastering the art of naming Hounds
The naming of hounds is not a decision to be taken lightly
The Most Dangerous Race I Ever Rode In
Be careful what you wish for is a dictum which applies across all walks of life including politics and sport and it came home to roost with me on a British jump jockeys’ trip to Russia in 1992
I Thought I Knew My Pheasants, Until I Had a Mysterious Garden Visitor
The arrival of Frankie The Pheasant outside my window led me down an internet rabbit hole of discovery, learning about the weird and whacky pheasants of the world.
Finding The Next Generation of Hedgerow Champions
A visit to the wildlife rich Fairoaks Farm with members of Diss Young Farmers, gave me hope for the future of East Anglia's hedgerows, and brought back happy memories of scrumpy, snogging and learning to be a good guy.
Revealed: how Scotland “banned” falconry… by accident
The scandalous stitch-up that saw bird brain politicians condemn Stanley the golden eagle to a life behind bars
Spain Might Just Have the Best Shooting Estates... Here's Why
Lifting the lid on why Spain is drawing an increasing number of sporting Brits
Suffolk Punch: Britain's Oldest and Rarest Breed of Heavy Horse
Heavy Horses were once the driving force behind many British industries, but today the Suffolk Punch, a mainstay of East Anglian agriculture, is in danger of disappearing. I'm trying to prevent that from happening
Rural crime: old poles, padlocks and the Countrywatch Connection
We've just come to the end of of a short golden age of rural policing. I'm waiting nervously to see if it's just a temporary one.
Raising a glass to community spirit: the fight to save village pubs
Village pubs are social lifelines for remote rural communities and in the Pennine hills of Northern England a group of dales folk are not taking the threat to their much-loved hostelries lying down.
Adult Sexual and Violent Themes
Adult, sexual, and violent themes? And horses and hounds too? Do hunting people read books? If they don't, there's much to miss - Surtees, Somerville and Ross, Sassoon. Geoffrey Brooke, Molly Keane, and John Welcome. There's Charles Blanning too.
Townie TV? Why I’m proud to bring the countryside to millions.
Apparently Countryfile is “made by the urban elite for the urban elite”, yet I worked on the show for 12 years and I’m a fifth generation farmer’s daughter from the Welsh Borders. What's really going on here?