Country Life

A new home

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Mere hours after harvest is complete, the plougher arrives and that’s not all.

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Harvest time

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This, THIS, moment is the most exciting moment of the summer when you are a small boy.

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A Christmas round up

Christmas is over and we are all blobbing about like overstuffed turkeys as a result of too much food and way too much wine. I’ve always loved Christmas but it really becomes magical when there are small children about. The children spent last week sledging while we remained iced-in in our village. It was nice [...]

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Comeuppance

So, we’re snowed in (again). Or iced-in, as where the snow has been cleared it is now slip-on-your-backside-and-break-your-bones ice. We live on a steep hill. Without a 4-wheel drive vehicle (which, after the weather the last few weeks, might now be on my wish list). But I planned. I booked a grocery delivery slot for [...]

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Stuck in the mud

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I’m on holiday this week so I am re-posting a guest post I wrote about country life for the lovely DulwichDivorcee a while back. We’ve gone even more country this week on holiday but I’m hoping it’s less mud and more private hot-tubs and fine dining. ************* I‘m very excited to be guest blogging here [...]

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A farm by season

My beloved dog, Defa, died six months ago today. I haven’t been in the field where I walked with her every day even once since she died. I watch the changing seasons, revelling in their beauty, and always with the thought of how Defa would have loved the farm fields as they changed. Nature is [...]

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