I was once a member of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust
and kept what was then an extremely rare Gloucester cow who bullied
her way to top of the pecking order amongst the Friesians who made
up the rest of the herd. She calved another little Gloucester and I
milked her. She yielded...
I hear that the tom-toms are saying that the House of
Bruar has found a buyer in the shape of the immensely tall denizen
of the Dragon’s Den. I doubt it. I have been part of various local
grapevines in my time and the one in Highland Perthshire has always
seemed to be the most...
Highland Perthshire is not the centre of the world. Nor
is South West France where I now live. In fact this region is
considered the hickest part of the nation. In English terms it’s
the equivalent of Norfolk and none of us have any skin left on our
knuckles. We’re...
France is a foreign country; they do things differently
here. And from my blurry perspective most things they do are no
better than they’re done in the UK and often worse. For example, as
a rule of thumb it will cost an employer the same amount in tax and
social charges as the wages he...