Farming

Ridge-and-furrow

These stripy fields fascinate me and show up best in low, late afternoon sunlight. They’re ridge-and-furrow field systems formed by medieval ploughing methods. The plough (back then only a single blade) would be pulled by oxen and turn the soil over onto itself in one direction creating a long hump – the ridge.

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English Longhorn cows

I think cows are my favourite animal. They’re curious, gentle, social, caring, innocent. I used to love sitting in the milking parlour as a kid and stand very still and quietly, then suddenly I’d get a very warm, big puff of cow breath in my ear

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