Tag Archives: Berrier End Farm

Berrier End Farm Tree Planting Fiasco – update

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Miles King

You will remember the fiasco I wrote about last Autumn, of Berrier End Farm in Cumbria. This was about 100 acres of valuable wildlife habitat, including large areas of peat bog and wildlife-rich grassland, which was damaged by tree-planting, that … Continue reading →

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10 years after the Forestry Commission wasn’t sold off, the bad old FC has returned

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Miles King

Cast your minds back, dear reader, Ten Years. I have deliberately capitalised these words so please don’t send me any grammatical correction comments. Ten years seems like an incomprehensibly long time ago, considering what we have been through in the … Continue reading →

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