Farmers Weekly Awards 2008. What A Night.
Well I have just arrived home after a Fantastic night at the Grosvenor House Hotel for the Farmers Weekly 2008 Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and a special Well Done to Adrian Ivory, Farmers Weekly Farmer of the Year and Young Farmer of the Year.
This years theme was "No Ordinary People." And None of them were. They all had one thing in common. None of them conformed to the norm as far as their businesses are concerned. They all strive to do things differently and better, resulting in some fantastic approaches.
On this blog on Friday I wrote about the up and coming awards and in particular Jimmy Doherty. He won the NFU Farming Champion of the Year. Well done to him. He has put the industry forward into the spotlight in a good way with his Farming Heroes series earlier this year. The British public as a result now look at British Agriculture in a better and more understanding light, which can only be a good thing. We need more like him.
After arriving home and in true farming style, found that the automatic pop hole, that I built, for the chickens hadn't closed. Fortunately the better half had taken some temporary measures. So overalls on over penguin suit and sort the problem out. Anyway I'm off to to join them in bed now. I've to be at college in six hours....