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We managed to mow the grass to make the hay…

We managed to mow the grass to make the hay today. the weather forecast for the next week or so doesn’t look to bad, so with a bit of luck we should be able to make some sort of hay or haylage.

I went to the Barn Owl Trust this afternoon as the contractor was starting to mow the grass. It was a bit cloudy with a bit of warm sun shining through the cloud and also a little wind. Just a few miles from Denbury I hit heavy shower. Most of the way to and back from the Trust there were showers, some so heavy I could not see very well out of the car windscreen. You can imagine that I was a bit concerned that before the grass had even been cut, it was pouring down with rain on it. Not a good start for haymaking. When I got back to Denbury this evening there had not been any rain at all. I really don’t know how we missed it. It is either a good sign or it is going to pour down tonight.

As I expected the foot and mouth virus has spread to another farm, and I shouldn’t think that it will be the last. It is a virus that is very hard to confine. That is why it beggars belief that it was only this evening that the public footpaths and bridleways in the restricted areas were closed. What world do these people who are meant to safeguarding our interest come from. You don’t need to be brain of Britain to work out that walkers and ramblers are just as likely to spread the virus as animals who cannot be moved in case they spread the virus. I know that I will be cursed for saying it, but until it is known if the virus is going to breach the restricted area, a nationwide closing of footpaths is essential. It could easily be done on a weekly basis. This is the main holiday period when walkers and ramblers use the footpaths and bridleways. No one knows from what area they may come from, or who they have been in contact with. Yesterday one of them could have been walking across farmland in the restricted areas. Drastic measures need to be taken for drastic situations.

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