Category: A Country Living

Milking a clean image

Meet Dorset’s soap star Kirsty Hearne – creator of a thriving cottage industry selling goats’ milk and the soaps she makes from it Most of...

At the cutting edge

Mick Percival went from wood-chopping hobbyist to invincible, record-breaking champion – now he gives spellbinding showground performances Mick Percival is surrounded by what he loves...

Girl Friday

Sophie Giles swapped working on an industrial estate for life as an island girl – Tracie Beardsley met Brownsea Island’s youngest ranger On her lunch...

An outdoor life for me

Paul King has swapped modern landscaping for an extraordinary, extravagant Victorian pleasure garden dating back to 1880. Tracie Beardsley reports. It’s seven in the morning....

The call of the charcoal

Jim Bettle of Dorset Charcoal makes his living from an ancient craft, fuelling his passion for a more sustainable country. Tracie Beardsley reports Jim Bettle’s...

Muck at first sight

Meet a Dorset woman working to preserve a British breed of pig which is rarer than the Giant Panda. Tracie Beardsley reports Gloucester Old Spot...

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A love of Plymouth Argyle

Owners’ Day successfully dodged downpours, and Chris Wald shares life behind the scenes at Tizzard Racing – from flat caps to a favourite horse Despite...

Dynamic? Really?

Tim Gelfs, Dorset NFY chair, questions whether Dynamic Alignment and the animal welfare bill will protect or sell out British farming Our current leaders are...

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