Bob Kennard
@bobkenn
Food, farming and the environment from the beautiful Welsh Borders. Author ‘Much Ado About Mutton’ www.aboutmutton.com. Stay in our secluded holiday cottage www.DroversRetreat.co.uk
A shop on 1950’s Hereford? No, taken today. It looked like they had any piece of hardware you could imagine, and cut keys.
Looks like it will be another good year for damsons here in the Welsh Borders. Fingers crossed for no more frosts!
This young Tawny Owl flew into our kitchen window last evening, and was unsurprisingly dazed. However after a while all was well and he flew off. What a great experience to have been so close to a wonderful bird. A family of Tawnys have been resident in a barn for many years.
Blackthorn (sloes) have the best blossom we have seen in years - sloe gin anyone?
As regards the sustainability of ruminant livestock in the uplands, there is a need for more reliable evidence. The National Sheep Association have produced a thoughtful report looking at the whole question of sustainability. The summary is linked below. nationalsheep.org.uk/assets/docum...
Salt marsh mutton, with its exquisite and unique flavour is now available from the Gower peninsula in south Wales. The flavour comes from the salt-loving plants that the animals graze on seashore pastures. www.gowersaltmarshlamb.co.uk/shop/categor...
If Reform wants to scrap Net Zero, and are worried about the numbers of refugees, then they ain’t seen nothing yet!
I've been sorting out 'stuff', & came across a fascinating '60s booklet 'Around the World with P&O Oriental Lines' from the last days of Liners, before Cruises. "In some ways a shipping line is like a long-distance train. Most people are going all the way, but others get on & off at various stops".
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A fox hiding beneath a tree in our wood? Or did I rather over-indulge for lunch?