National Trust destroys decades-old Bassenthwaite grassland

ford 7810

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ive been for another look the other day took a sneaky photo or two . It just looks like the field over the dyke now
 

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Henarar

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If it is that easy to get it back into a meadow what's all the fuss about when we want to plough one up?
Yep most of our land hasn't been ploughed or reseeded in decades but we have a couple fields that were ploughed and reseeded about 15 years ago, bet nobody could tell which ones, in fact it would have be a job to tell after 5 years.
 

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