tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post1650036916251537727..comments2024-03-27T13:34:10.184+00:00Comments on NORTH DOWNS & BEYOND: The sound of destructionSteve Galehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-49170562229706265432018-07-28T21:02:02.745+01:002018-07-28T21:02:02.745+01:00Couldn't agree more Chris. Have you read Water...Couldn't agree more Chris. Have you read Waterlog?Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-55265766946250274072018-07-26T18:45:28.942+01:002018-07-26T18:45:28.942+01:00Quote from Roger Deakin's Wildwood, an excelle...Quote from Roger Deakin's Wildwood, an excellent book btw,"I know of nothing uglier or more saddening than a machine-flailed hedge. It speaks of the disdain of nature and craft that still dominates our agriculture ".Chris Janmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721828711850008987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-57018064954851666252018-07-20T17:54:11.038+01:002018-07-20T17:54:11.038+01:00Social media has watered down meaningful reproach ...Social media has watered down meaningful reproach Phil, as so many keyboard warriors out there have normalised it. Plus the rise of the followers of the Fake News model. We live in deeply troubling times.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-48048574036612533572018-07-20T12:22:54.036+01:002018-07-20T12:22:54.036+01:00There is really very little excuse in this day and...There is really very little excuse in this day and age for such mindless destruction by someone who should know better. If possible the farmer should be named and shamed on local media, but then the namers would by some become the bad guys. Phil Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846400106748443969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-32739643445067649302018-07-18T23:25:31.437+01:002018-07-18T23:25:31.437+01:00I despair at times Derek, and today is one of them...I despair at times Derek, and today is one of them.Steve Galehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459545933323958452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802206289996500659.post-2915269010475361902018-07-18T19:19:43.377+01:002018-07-18T19:19:43.377+01:00It is one of those annual events that makes you wo...It is one of those annual events that makes you wonder why you try and defend farmers/landowners at times. Not only does that flailing leave the hedge in an awful mess, with some resultant die-back, it is often difficult to see the actual need for it at times. Here on Sheppey the annual ditch cutting is taking places on parts of the Harty farmland. Tractors using similar machinery to that used on the hedges, cut the banks and contents of the ditches, meaning that any Reed Warblers, etc. nests in the tall phragmites reed beds get cut down and destroyed as well.Derek Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140363868104172311noreply@blogger.com