Tag: rural friends

I have met the man of my dreams and vice versa!…

“Hello well here is a huge thank you.  I have met the man of my dreams and vice versa!  After e-mailing each other for a while we decided to swap phone numbers as we are BOTH usless with technoligy and instantly fell for each others voices! well we met and its just got better and… Continue reading I have met the man of my dreams and vice versa!…

Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

For our last business visit, we decided to keep it local and popped in to see Duncan Farrington, who produces Mellow Yellow cold pressed rapeseed oil on the family farm near Hargrave, Northamptonshire. Mellow Yellow rapeseed oil and the new Farrington salad dressings Duncan became interested in oilseed rape back in the 90s when he… Continue reading Mellow Yellow Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil

Art and Farming

You may remember that right at the beginning of our Marathon (Week 2 to be precise) we visited Sedlescombe Organic Vineyard in East Sussex.  While we there we spoke to the owner, Roy Cook, about our trip and he mentioned an artist called Georgina Barney who had zigzagged her way around Great Britain working on… Continue reading Art and Farming

Ample Bosom

When Sally and John Robinson were looking for new ways to diversify on their farm near Helmsley, North Yorkshire, Sally came up with the idea of selling bras and lingerie on the internet and, in 1999, she launched the wonderfully-named ‘Ample Bosom’. It was certainly one of the more unusual farm diversification projects that we… Continue reading Ample Bosom