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August 2010 - Posts

• Bank Holiday comes six times a year…

  …Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers. Really? Obviously Damon Albarn hadn’t been to where I visited today when he wrote that song. The sun was actually out for the first time in ages this morning, so we headed to the east coast to make... Posted Aug 28 2010, 09:31 PM by NufSaid Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Agriculture, farming, farm, Nottingham, Countryside, Lincolnshire, rain, blur, coast, Cleethorpes, wind farm, turbine, day trip, combining, bank holiday, wind turbine, Damon Albarn [Edit Tags]

• I still think I deserve a sticker…

  What’s that? How am I feeling? Well, thanks for asking, imaginary concerned blog-readers. I actually feel a bit achy tonight. It must be the typhoid. Today’s been a bit odd, I have to admit. It started with trying to propel a cat off an spinney... Posted Aug 26 2010, 09:49 PM by NufSaid Filed under: ailments, Nuffield, Travel, India, vaccine, typhoid, hepatitis, cats, injections, travel jabs [Edit Tags]

• The farming front

  If you were a small child and didn’t fancy the idea of eating carrots, what would be the one thing that would tempt you into trying them? How about a sinister, prancing carrot who not only claims to be a doctor, but also reckons he’s your... Posted Aug 22 2010, 01:53 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Agriculture, Communication, London, farming, Food, Government, rationing, Imperial War Museum, WWII, ministry of food, war, seasonality, jamie oliver [Edit Tags]

• Racy

  The Farmers Weekly crew had an outing to Epsom races this week to celebrate, amongst other things, winning a PPA Award earlier this year. It was a successful evening – Dan’s curse appears to have lifted as his attempt at betting didn’t... Posted Aug 22 2010, 11:30 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, races, Epsom races, racing, Epsom, epsom racecourse, horse racing, horces [Edit Tags]

• The things I do for you guys…

  When Farmers Weekly celebrated it’s diamond anniversary last year, we ran a poll to find out what readers thought the greatest farming innovation of the past 75 years was. While the three-point linkage came out top, the mobile phone came in a close... Posted Aug 22 2010, 12:58 AM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers Weekly, Agriculture, New Media, Communication, iPhone, farming, United States, Apple, iphone 4, ipad [Edit Tags]

• Crazy Cat Lady…

  My threat’s come true. I just need the purple hair. Read More... Posted Aug 21 2010, 10:21 PM by NufSaid Filed under: pets [Edit Tags]

• Did you know sharks have opposable thumbs?

  Me either. But it turns out they do. And they can write. And pop letters in the post all the way from Australia. Don’t believe me? Well look what turned up at Stocks Towers today: Of course, I could be wrong and it could just be that someone thinks... Posted Aug 12 2010, 08:34 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Nuffield, Travel, Australia, India, mumbai, spiders, air ticket, japanese enchephalitis, bombay, dvd, sharks, darwin, delhi, jellyfish, perth [Edit Tags]

• They’re not clones, okay?

  If I read one more headline about cloned cows being in the food chain, I think I’m going to scream. Let’s get this straight, people. You haven’t eaten a clone. You haven’t drunk the milk produced by a cloned cow. Even if you had... Posted Aug 04 2010, 05:13 PM by NufSaid Filed under: Farmers, Farmers Weekly, Agriculture, radio, BBC, Communication, farming, Food, Television, daily mail, cloned milk, cloned beef, cloned cows, clones, clone, farming today [Edit Tags]