It’s very difficult to have job envy working on BBC Countryfile Magazine. Exploring beautiful places, meeting incredible people and have heart-stopping encounters with wildlife… I think I can speak for the whole team when I say it really is a dream job.
We have all been lucky enough to find ourselves on a huge variety of adventures over the years and these have all featured in the magazine or on Countryfile.com at some stage. But as most of our work takes place in a Bristol office where we produce a new magazine every four weeks, as well as writing and editing dozens of website articles, reviews, podcasts and newsletters, it’s easy to forget to pause to take stock and remember these life-giving experiences; 200 magazines is a lot of content to remember!
So here’s a taster of the team’s top days out in the British countryside – from holidays to crafting experiences to life-changing journeys. We want to share these with you to give you fresh ideas for fun times in 2023 and to give you a little bit more insight into the people who make this magazine. I’d also love to hear your own favourite experiences inspired by the magazine. Please email me at: editor@countryfile.com
Fergus Collins, editor
WILDLIFE
Ospreys, Loch of the Lowes
The first time I ever saw an osprey was on a small loch in central Perthshire. These epic fish hunters were vanishingly rare when I
