The Field

A rallying cry for 2021

I’VE decided to make it my mission to speak up for ordinary rural folk who depend on the countryside for their livelihoods and way of life.

As we approach Christmas, country people will be out tending the rivers, hedges, woods and pathways that visitors to the countryside often take for granted. They don’t expect thanks but what worries me is these people are living under unprecedented threat. Gamekeepers and farmers continue to be vilified and harassed for doing the vital work they do.

And it’s not just these primary countryside custodians,

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