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This is my countryside diary which appears each Saturday in the Courier & Advertiser newspaper.

Archive for March, 2004

Keeping me right

Saturday, March 27th, 2004
Weekly

THERE WILL be lambs in the field next door very shortly. The shepherd has dropped off several hundredweight of neeps for the feeding ewes, so once they and their lambs arrive, we – the dogs and I, that is – must go slightly further afield for the early morning walks. (…read on »)

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Winter’s demise

Saturday, March 20th, 2004
Weekly

BROWN PREDOMINATES as the countryside colour at this time of the agricultural cycle. It looks like the last of the fields are being ploughed now, and the landscape is one of a countryside-in-waiting for conditions to improve and sowing to start. (…read on »)

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Strange tongues

Saturday, March 13th, 2004
Weekly

A SOLITARY tree pokes its silhouette above the skyline of a hill in the distance. It is the only tree that stands beside the path to the Brown Caterthun. (…read on »)

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Changeing seasons

Saturday, March 6th, 2004
Weekly

IRON HARD early mornings which greeted us at the beginning of the past week turned into two peerless sun-filled and cloudless days. Sunday and Monday were special round here and I hope the quite exceptional weather was shared all over. (…read on »)

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