Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
The clearances were just people leaving for a better life else where as people do ..Oh I try to keep myself on a mental health even keel at all times but FFS when you feel like the entire world is against you it makes you wonder why TF we do it. Today has been a shite day half killing ourselves to get jobs done before dark and then you have to listen/read bollox about how bad farming is for the planet? Well okay then, come out of your own wee box that you shout from and show me how to do it better? Coz I am sick to death of being the bad guy ( well wummin ). I am also sick to death about hearing ignorant no nothings spout out crap on the radio about deforestation in Scotland for sheep, FFS the clearances were more about clearing people from the land than tree's or lynx or beavers and wolves. What about the bloody people? Plus this was from about 1750 to 1860 We farm hill ground that has maps that go back to the 1500's ( Timothy Pont ) and 500 years ago the landscape here was almost entirely as it is now! When climate activist put THEIR money into the land that they talk so passionately about and can teach the person that has been farming that piece of ground down through generations, ie they know how each area of ground is at each time of year given the weather etc then I may be interested in listening. Sorry for the rant, tried a new Tempranillo ( hubby calls it Tempramental )