Rural Britain is a wonderful assortment of farms, estates, hamlets, villages, forests and moors, lochs and valleys. Our stunning scenery, close communities and wonderful rural businesses provide an idyllic lifestyle for many, but rural life can also throw up some pretty unique challenges.
The Rural Scene (the Scene & Herd rural blog and news updates) looks at what’s new, what’s relevant, what’s tasty, what’s fun and what’s challenging about life in the Great British Countryside. We offer an insider insight into rural Britain, highlighting some of the exceptional people, businesses and innovations we believe that everybody should know about.
It always amazes us that otherwise responsible citizens who wouldn't dream of littering the countryside will happily release balloons and let paper lanterns float off into the sky without any thought as to what will happen to them! If you know of anyone planning to release balloons or lanterns, please share this information with them. Together, we can help protect the countryside and keep our animals safe.
READ MOREAt the time of writing, Scotland has experienced its hottest day of the year so far and has had just slightly more than half the normal amount of rainfall for the time of year. While the dry, warm weather will delight summer show organisers and festival attendees, it will undoubtedly cause problems for many of you.
READ MORERHET chairman and Dumfries and Galloway farmer Alistair Marshall is midway through a cross-Scotland cycling challenge fundraiser, when he hopes to visit primary schools in all 13 RHET regions in the run-up to the Royal Highland Show. The aim is to raise £10,000 to support RHET to continue to provide free educational activities and experiential learning for young people aged 3 -18 years.
READ MOREScotland’s rural podcast OnFARM is celebrating the publication of its 150th episode and in doing so, is setting out to give charities, individuals and organisations across the country a chance to have their very own podcast episode.
READ MOREA scaled-up version of SKAi (pronounced: Sky) the ‘retrainable, smart-camera vision system’, developed by Forfar-based precision farming specialist SoilEssentials, will make its debut at the 2023 Royal Highland Show.
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