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Countryfile - Cumbrian Shepherdess - Spring

Countryfile – Cumbrian Shepherdess – Spring

Farming and Country Life / 4 minutes of reading / / By

Countryfile – Cumbrian Shepherdess – Spring: For the first of three visits this year, Sammi Kinghorn is on a hill farm in Cumbria, catching up with a passionate young farmer. In a series of three annual trips, the intrepid Sammi Kinghorn finds herself in the breathtaking countryside of a hill farm in Cumbria. She is visiting to spend some time with an enthusiastic young farmer who has a deep passion for the land and its creatures. This farmer is none other than the resolute and dedicated Katie, a 16-year-old with wisdom beyond her years.     As the sun first […]

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Countryfile - A Rural Welcome Revisit

Countryfile – A Rural Welcome Revisit

Farming and Country Life / 3 minutes of reading / / By

Countryfile – A Rural Welcome Revisit: Ten months on from their first visit, Matt Baker and Margherita Taylor are back in the New Forest in Hampshire to catch up with the community and families who have come together to help Ukrainian refugees. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, nearly 170,000 people have arrived in the UK, with rural communities across the country giving them a warm welcome.     Margherita catches up with a mother and daughter who fled the war, to find out how life has been since arriving in rural Hampshire over a year ago. Matt revisits

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