Or that’s what the last 8 weeks feel like. And suddenly we have a day with no campers! Despite being surrounded by people non stop for two months, we also feel as though we’ve been living in some weird form of isolation. I can’t remember anyone’s name. Sarah can remember every single one of them. [...]
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By Dog Drama
Quiet Easter. Not. On Saturday afternoon I decided to put in an hour’s work in the veg patch. The dogs came with me. While I was digging a trench to plant my potatoes, Dottie went off and found a stick and came back to sit and wait patiently for me to throw it for her. [...]
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By Being Green Is Largely Brown
From October to March, the dominant feature of life in the country is brown. Everything is brown. The sky is brown. The leafless trees are brown. Even the birds look brown. And especially the mud is brown. There are six months of mud. Endless, glutinous, boot sucking mud. All our pig run needs is the [...]
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This is the story of a rural life, lived by Sarah and Christopher on their 40 acre Wealden farm, near Rye, which they share with assorted animals, wild flowers, trees, an eclectic array of locals and the odd visitor who thinks it's an idyll. Sometimes it is.
