Farming makes you live longer.
At least, it does if Stanley Lucas is anything to go on. The farmer has hit 110, becoming Europe's oldest man - and the third oldest male in the world. He attributes his longevity to lots of fresh air and country food.
"I have never smoked but enjoy the odd sherry," he says. "I think the key to a long life is lots of outdoor living and I've never travelled far."
Stanley celebrated his birthday surrounded by 70 friends and relatives at a nursing home in Bude, Cornwall - plus his seventh card from the Queen.
He left school aged 14 to help run the family farm at Great Beer, near Bude, which he later took over. In 1926 he married his wife, Ivy, and they raised a family before her death in 1963.
Stanley was called up to fight in both world wars but was turned down due to a heart condition.
The football-mad great-granddad was born on 15 January, 1900, and played bowls for Cornwall in the 1970s, and continued the sport until he was over 100.
The oldest person is Japanese woman Kama Chinen, 114. Britain's oldest is Florrie Baldwin, 113.
It is the death of the previous oldest man in Europe, not turning 110, that made Stanley the oldest man in Europe. He was already Europe's oldest man at 109, probably since Harry Patch died July 25 at 111 last year.
Don't forget there are a lot of women older.