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A conflict of interest 15 Aug 2013 | 09:24 pm
I am really, really upset writing this. The Farmer, Rosie and I had a meeting with the new shooting tenant plus the estate spokesperson today regarding a troublesome 'game strip' which was taken from...
Guest blog by Scottish Anglers for Change 9 Aug 2013 | 06:11 pm
Scottish land reformation is due for a radical change in the not too distant future. The reform of the land ownership, tenant farming, land use, community ownership has been due for a very long time. ...
Inclusion 1 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
"I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall the buildings of concrete are; but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man" Sun Bear of the Chi...
The STAG roars 29 Jul 2013 | 04:48 pm
I have not blogged for a while as it has been a busy time on the farm, gathering in hay, cleaning out sheds, shearing (which took place a few weeks ago) plus the myriad of other jobs which needed doin...
Down to the river. 20 Jun 2013 | 04:47 pm
Yesterday proved a little bit busy. The phone rang non stop, visitors arrived, the blog stats hit just short of 100,000 true hits, Scottish ex pat communities from all over the globe have been readin...
Clearance by drought? 17 Jun 2013 | 07:11 pm
The water has been turned off again, this time for four days now. - the usual; no written warning, nothing... We have a handful of cattle in the shed, one or two calves being hand reared some cattle ...
"You'll have had your tea" update 13 Jun 2013 | 01:08 pm
Just a brief update and a copy of the reply by SEPA. I have edited out the names of individuals but you will get the jist of how pathetic the response. From my visit to ****** ******* and the surroun...
On yonder hill, there stood a coo..... 7 Jun 2013 | 12:38 pm
....It's no there noo, it must have shifted. I'm wondering if the wonderful Dundee poet, William Topaz McGonagall, had been inspired to put pen to paper after seeing a vacant farm, perhaps? This blo...
Rural rogues. 4 Jun 2013 | 03:12 am
You know those sort of days where you waken up, stand on an imaginary rake and it hits you so hard on the face that you do not quite know what is going on? Well, today has been that sort of day. We a...
Flitting 31 May 2013 | 02:59 pm
Scottish people do not move house, they 'flit' and unlike the image of a graceful butterfly who flits effortlessly between flowers, the reality is slightly more chaotic. There is even a saying; "You l...
