When you live in the countryside there’s some traditions that you just have to join in with. Not all villages have them and I’m sure there are regional differences but if you want to be part of the community there’s…
It’s been another hot week. N doesn’t mind it, but I’m not a fan. I’m largely staying inside, or just pottering at home rather than going out. Ideally I’d like it to go down to 24C, that would be more…
Are you a cold or hot weather person? I prefer cooler rather than hot, but I’m not a fan of snow. But there’s certainly plenty that’s special in winter to make you appreciate it. For farmers they’re even less keen…
It’s felt like April’s whizzed by, but on the other hand the weather’s been all over the place so it’s hard to believe we’re nearly in May. Every weekend N asks to go on a bike ride or to go…
I’m not a fan of guns, I don’t have an urge to shoot them, but I appreciate that in the countryside they can be invaluable for pest control. Having said that, I have tried shooting a couple of times. Once…
Every year, there’s a Saturday when hundreds of motorcyclists from the Vintage Motor Cycle Club come biking past the farm. The Banbury Run for this year was a couple of weeks ago, and I decided that we should go out…
Socks. They seem to take up a lot of our conversations in our house (sounds exciting doesn’t it?!). I think most families have issues – well, at least the person who does the washing does. Single socks galore, although I…
It’s not often we ever really see May Day celebrations anymore, but I’d spotted the event at Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, and decided it would probably a good place to take N for the day. *Contains affiliate links I didn’t…
Considering we live in the countryside and have fields surrounding us, we don’t go for many walks. Actually we don’t go for any. It’s a long cry from the days when I was dating the OH, when each weekend he’d…
This is probably the last year that I’ll have N with me for all of a Saturday when it’s shoot season. On the farm, during pheasant shooting season, we’ll tend to have 5 or 6 shoots. To date, he’s been…
I’ve been hearing for a while about how all the blackberries are out and ripe for the picking, but had been put off because the fields where I know there are usually blackberries still had our cows and bullocks in….