- Location
- LINCOLNSHIRE/KENYA
In his 35 harvests book in 1991/2 he says he got rid of the land because of high mortgage payments and high labour costs but then in 1995 he went and bought the 2000 rented acres at Thriplow from Kent County Council Pension fund although from what he writes it seems the family had sold it to them previously.I think his claims of hardship were exaggerated for effect. When Oliver Walston said he lost money, that was after paying himself a pretty decent rent. I think the sale of 1000 acres might really have been to buy out siblings after his father died as was the earlier sale and leaseback of much of the rest of the farm to a pension fund (which he later repurchased).
The predictions made in Against the Grain are finally coming true. Its hard to believe it took 22 years to kill off the CAP giro cheque.
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