Journalist / Producer / Presenter
Since I had my daughter, Matilda, in 2014 we’ve been on many an adventure together. Plenty of them outside. Any Waltzing Matilda entries on my website refer to an adventure with her (often on my back) in reference to the swagman in the well known Australian bush ballad.
Continue reading “Waltzing Matilda – The goblins in the wood”
Here’s the link to listen to my On Your Farm episode for BBC Radio 4 about the drought down under. What’s it like farming the driest inhabited continent on earth, during a drought?
Fears for the threaten grey partridge after a wet June, plus why are they still allowed to be shot if they’re on the UK Red List of Conservation Concern?
Continue reading “Grey Partridge, Red Lists, green and pleasant lands”
Despite the fact it’s constantly changing the countryside has been a symbol of changelessness for years. It’s the catch-22 for UK farming. Continue reading “Brexit: the catch-22 for a new rural policy”
In May I spent a few weeks on the driest inhabited continent on earth. I visited the central west region of Queensland in Australia, which had just had its fourth dry wet season in a row. 83.9% of the state is drought declared. As you can see in the picture it’s pretty dry. Here’s a quick chat with Alec Walker from Gillespie Station near Blackall.
How could I resist the chance to combine two of my favourite things? Cycling and the north Norfolk coast.
Make that three of my favourite things, with @SkyOrla.
I always love the optimism at this time of the year – the expectation of what’s to come in the summer.
But it can also be a bit daunting as there’s 101 things to do: all the winter tidying you should have finished, all the beds you should have prepped and all the seeds you need to sow. Continue reading “Spring – my garden of hope and hopefully glory!”
