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Farming

Naddle and Swindale in the Money

BY NICK PEARCE Wild Haweswater is a partnership between the RSPB and United Utilities, in the beautiful eastern Lake District National Park. On the website promoting the partnership, there is plenty of optimism for the two organisations’ plans: ‘Haweswater’s valleys and fells hold a rich collection of memories, past and present. It is a landscape long loved by residents and visitors alike. But what of … Continue reading Naddle and Swindale in the Money

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countryside, Rewilding

The Hills and Fields of Eskdale

BY MURRAY F HUNTER Our much-loved Borders landscape is under attack from three directions by forces that someone sitting in an office – never having been to our area – could easily sign off as ticking all the boxes, as if that is the best we could do for the environment and global warming. The first is from wind. As I understand it, with permission, … Continue reading The Hills and Fields of Eskdale

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