"La Puce" wrote in message
I hope these lunatics can be counted on one hand. I've had a look at
the Ramblers Assoc. Looks fairly sane and well organised. There's
14,000 members!

I'm not labelling all walkers / ramblers the same. I've enjoyed many walks
around the countryside in the UK myself over the years. However, there are a
small portion of idiots on both sides of the fence (no pun intended). I've
seen people buy smallholdings with public footpaths across their land and
the first thing they do is put barbed wire across the styles and attempt to
completely block access. That sort of thing gives land owners a bad name.
Farmers and walkers can all get on together fine provided their is mutual
respect.


On another note, how is it going in Normandy?! Managed to get rid of
all the brambles/nettles etc? Any pictures?!


Things are going well in Normandy. The countryside (lots of hills and
valleys) around here looks a lot like the Cumbrian countryside photo you
posted the link to. The main difference is that here is much greener with
lots of grass and trees rather than heather and sparse grass. I've not
updated the blog for ages. Been too busy with one thing or another.
It is still a fight against all the weeds, they grow faster than I can hoe /
pull / kill them. At the moment I'm getting the upper hand, but it is an
ongoing battle. I'm determined not to let any go to seed this year - that
happened last year in one part of the veg plot and I'm plagued with
thousands of weed seedlings in that area now.

David.