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mousjoos
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A week or so ago, a news presenter admitted for the first time that the GJ's had been infiltrated by extremists, of both the left & the right.
Weeks earlier, a spokesperson for the police authority said that they "recognised" certain known activists...but just let them carry on smashing stuff, presumably to undermine the otherwise peaceful protests; & to influence public opinion away from the GJ's.
Unfortunately, it's escalated & folks are losing patience.
In the last few days, they've started to implicate the GJ's in the rise of road deaths, due to damaged speed cameras...ths is of course, utter bollocks as they stated in the same news report that people were still using their phones whilst driving, & that the certain of the roads were accidents blackspots. |
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Lorrainelovesplants
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Shan
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Lorrainelovesplants
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dpack
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Lorrainelovesplants
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sean
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Lorrainelovesplants
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Lorrainelovesplants
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010
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Location: Llanfyllin area
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I have borrowed from the library the book-The Sustainable Smallholders' Handbook. The library got it in especially!
A really easy to read book, but not a book to read for fun, it is designed to tell you what you must do, and not do, to get on the ladder of smallholding and all I can say is, it was a good read, in language I could understand.
I would have liked to have such a good, down to earth book 50 years ago, when I wanted to have a go; I had the agricultural education, but I couldn't afford it then. Now I have the money, but too much age about me to be considering another enterprise on my patch. I presently do summer horse grazing, firewood and hay. I like to do the hay because it pays back a friend for his and his family's hospitality. The grazing, post hay making goes to a friend who does my washing and feeds me occasionally. The firewood is what keeps me out of trouble as I supply a shop which is my way of relaxing from working at a farm machinery company, who pay me well, but I am getting tired of it now-it gets physically heavier every day, and I am not 21 any more.
Anyway, anyone considering starting, this is essential reading, ideally before you start! |
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Lorrainelovesplants
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gregotyn
Joined: 24 Jun 2010
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My library is in LLanfyllin, Powys-part of Powys County Library Service. It is generally good for all things; you can get books of course, but also they do all the services the council used to do locally, but now don't. I can pay rates here and so on. They have 8 free public use computers, and 'my girls' taught me all I needed to get me going on a pooter. There are 3 librarians all able to put my mistakes right!
I will have to ask the girls how to do that as I am not that far up to speed. I have asked the girl on now and she says she will do the job in the morning-if I remind her and so if I get out of bed..... should be ok. My review was as I read the book, I would have to buy a copy if I was 40 years younger and was determined to start; it is too far out for me to even think of starting up in earnest at my age. What appealed to me most was that it was a grass roots book written in grass roots language, (there's a pun!); but, very, very important when you want to start, but know nothing of the basic language of what you want to do. I had the advantage of going to 2 agricultural colleges 50 years ago and if I had had the money I would have started then, but things changed as I met a girl and went into the timber trade, making wooden crates, pallets and so on, eventually running a saw mill, divorcing, and moving to a shop and then to my holding-where I should have come to first when I was fit enough to do things!!
I have done the review they say it could be a week before it gets in! I just hope it does the trick! |
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Lorrainelovesplants
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