Monday 16 July 2018

Some lucky survivors



This plucky grasshopper and his curious beetle-like chum (at 2 o'clock from him) were found crawling over the combine today as we finished. They had made it out of the crop alive - unlike, I suspect, many of their companions down at ground level.

Saturday 14 July 2018

Soon to die....


Tucked away in this web, built carefully among the ripening wheat stalks, lives a spider. The poor creature will soon be crushed to death by the combine harvester as it gathers the milling wheat, which will be shipped off to make bread. The bread will, of course, be labelled 'suitable for vegetarians'. 

Good morning, Britain.

An absolue gem this morning on ITV, as Piers Morgan takes on Liz Jones on veganism, and uses the wheat-production argument fairly compr...