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The Archers wake up to Brexit
The Archers have only just woken up to the fact that we are leaving the EU. But at least they are hot on speed monitors. Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged article 50, European referendum, Lisbon Treaty, The Archers, Theresa May
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All the Moor Butterflies on Common Wood
Another workday at Common Wood, creating a habitat for Marsh Fritillary butterflies. Continue reading
The Archers: fiction or fact?
Is it right that The Archers is presented as news when it’s fiction? Continue reading
On Plumstone Mountain
Thirty years ago I spoke at a site meeting of Dyfed County Councillors at Plumstone Rocks, to try to persuade them to remove unlawful fencing on the common Continue reading
Posted in Access, common land, common rights, commons, Open Spaces Society, Ramblers, Uncategorized, Wales
Tagged Camrose, common land, Dyfed County Council, Plumstone Mountain, unlawful fencing
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Gobsmacked
An unexpected and welcome knowledge of national parks Continue reading
Chiffchaffing in vain
A chiffchaff was singing at Princes Risborough car-park, in the same spot at both ends of the day. Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Uncategorized
Tagged bird, car-park, chiffchaff, Princes Risborough
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