I have a new mission in life, which is try to cheer everyone up. First we had endless Brexit, then came the winter of unrelenting rainfall and now we have to endure coronavirus – all this negativity is having an adverse effect on us all, so now seems an excellent time to get closer to nature. I am saddened to report the death of a young male Sparrowhawk in early March. It had chased a pigeon twice its size into the shop’s annex and broken its neck when it crashed into the wall. It came as a great surprise to me just how small and light the …
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I have just come indoors and lit a lovely log fire, after a productive morning (which started in the wee hours) down in my lambing yard, sorting out ewes and lambs, moving new-borns and their mums into individual pens to mother up and generally appreciating the wonder of new life – even if it is just sheep. As I write, I am fully aware that there is so much grief and turmoil in the world, but for me I make it my mission every morning to be positive, to smile, not to tell Edward off too much and, as we all used to say at Brownies,…”to do my …
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