Having just returned from a very enjoyable, but all too short, stay on a friend’s dairy farm in north Cornwall I can’t help thinking that there must be a market in alternative holidays for city folk.
Those hard working city people (you know the type stockbroker, analyst or oil trader) suffer heaps of stress from counting all those zeros. Well what could be more relaxing then fetching the cows in or turning grass for silage – that’s all I did and it fitted in well with walks along the cliff-top to take pictures and trips to attractions such as the Eden Project.
While my escape from the big smoke was free I sincerely feel that, with the right mix of activities on farm, some bed & breakfast accommodation and generous quantities of beer, a few days on a working farm might well appeal to the mind-numbingly bored city person in desperate need of a few days escape.
And what’s best about this little venture is that they’d pay for the treat.
Of course the worry is that they might enjoy it too much and buy the farm next door at which point you’ll wish you never accepted their cash in the beginning.
